UCCI-R6
Universal Communication Controller Improved
The Universal Communication Controller Improved (UCCI) is a device that establishes the interface from standard Ethernet TCP/IP communication channels (TCP-client, TCP-server and UDP) to standard as well as “non-standard” synchronous/asynchronous systems (non-standard in terms of Commercially Of The Shelf equipment).
The UCCI can interface 8 synchronous/asynchronous systems to 8 network channels simultaneously. The UCCI supports a variety of datalink protocols like Link-1, Link-11B, SIMPLE, ATDL, HDLC, LAPB, Synchronous transparent, Asynchronous transparent and the flexible Universal-mode (which is well known from the Universal Communication Controller, UCC).
To provide flexibility and create a wide adaptation level within these different modes, the UCCI has wide a number of parameters which can be altered to interface to specific protocols. Synchronisation word, bit encoding and bit stripping are only a couple of these parameters. Though the UCCI is designed from a total new concept, a lot of its functionality on the serial communication side is comparable to that of the UCC.
The UCCI goes way beyond the functionality of the UCC in terms of flexibility, ease of installation, ease of configuration, time synchronisation possibilities, logging- and data field extraction capabilities. The UCCI provides remote monitoring and configuration of the unit by means of a standard html-based web-interface and the use of any “brand” of web-browser available. System configuration security is guaranteed by a configurable username and password combination.
- Redundant power supply
Dual power supplies are fixed external of the UCCI-R6. Making the power supply easy replaceable and hot-swappable adds to the up-time of the UCCI-R6. - SNMPv3
Remote control and status monitoring can be performed using secure SNMPv3. The UCCI-R6 also sends SNMP events in case of logon to the device and in case of power-failure and power-restore. - Ethernet
The UCCI-R6 has three Ethernet interfaces, one 1Gb/s interface and two 100Mb/s interfaces. One of the 100Mb/s interfaces is used as a fall back interface with a fixed IP-address. - LDAP
The LDAP-client in the UCCI-R6 allows centralizing of user/admin account credentials management. - Link Reporting
Link reporting capabilities allows system operators to have a direct overview of the performance of the serial and IP communication link. - Serial Receive Error Alerts
Per channel configurable serial receive error alerts warn the operator for possible serial link problems. When receiving a frame with a checksum/CRC error the complete bar of LEDs for a specific channel will blink 10 times in this way notifying operators of a potential link problem. - Power supply failure detection
The front panel power LED will blink when one or both of the power supplies are not operating within specs. In support of this, a blinking red text (PF1), (PF2) or (PF1&2) in the web interface will alert operators of a power supply failure. Additionally, SNMPv3 traps are used to alert a SNMPv3 client of power fail and power restored for each power input.