Protection Testing as It Should Be.
CMC 500. The New Benchmark.
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Overcome your everyday challenges with the most flexible protection relay test set on the market.
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How do I cope with the increasing demands and complexity of protection relay testing?
What do I need for an efficient test of IEC 61850 substations?
How can I minimize cyber threats during protection testing?
Can I improve my own safety even further during testing?
Which other assets can I test with my relay test set?
Our Testing Solution for Your Challenges
Recurring protection tests are essential in ensuring your energy systems are functioning reliably and selectively in the event of a fault. The increasing demand for electrical energy, related requirements to extending the grid and renewing the aged infrastructure, ongoing personnel shortages, and new technologies are all presenting unprecedented challenges. In response we have developed the CMC 500 to give you the best possible support. Make your daily life in testing simpler and safer – get to know the new CMC 500.
Fully Validate Your Protection System with Maximum Efficiency
Automatic processes are increasingly facilitating our everyday lives by taking on repetitive tasks in more and more areas. So why not in protection testing as well? The CMC 500 will reduce your protection testing efforts by as much as 80%. You can standardize and automate your recurring test procedures using templates created by our experts. In addition, you’ll benefit from the extensive, automated documentation of the results. Our testing approach will not only unveil hidden mistakes in the protection relay but within the entire protection system. The quality of your protection system will improve, resulting in safer, more reliable operation.
The CMC 500 will reduce your protection testing efforts by as much as 80%. You can standardize and automate your recurring test procedures using templates created by our experts. In addition, you’ll benefit from the extensive, automated documentation of the results. Our testing approach will not only unveil hidden mistakes in the protection relay but within the entire protection system. The quality of your protection system will improve, resulting in safer, more reliable operation.
Test in IEC 61850 Environments and the Latest Protection Technologies
New technologies often allow us to overcome the challenges we are facing. The emergence of the IEC 61850 standard is a great example of that. As a pioneer in the field of IEC 61850, OMICRON has been a reliable partner in the testing of hybrid and fully digital substations for more than 20 years. The CMC 500 provides all you need to test every relay generation and the latest communication protocols. Integrate modules for testing with GOOSE, R-GOOSE, MMS or Sampled Values, including configurable datasets as per IEC 61869-9, into your test routines just like any other test module. Likewise with IEC 61850 – you benefit from all the advantages of automated testing. You can also use the CMC 500 to perform in-depth testing of the latest protection technologies, such as traveling wave protection relays and relays with sensor inputs – and again, fully automated.
As a pioneer in the field of IEC 61850, OMICRON has been a reliable partner in the testing of hybrid and fully digital substations for more than 20 years. The CMC 500 provides all you need to test every relay generation and the latest communication protocols. Integrate modules for testing with GOOSE, R-GOOSE, MMS or Sampled Values, including configurable datasets as per IEC 61869-9, into your test routines just like any other test module. Likewise with IEC 61850 – you benefit from all the advantages of automated testing. You can also use the CMC 500 to perform in-depth testing of the latest protection technologies, such as traveling wave protection relays and relays with sensor inputs – and again, fully automated.
Opt for Cybersecurity by Design
Just as it is in our private lives, protecting against cyber threats is becoming increasingly important in critical infrastructure. A cyber-hardened protection test set provides an important element in minimizing risks. Use the cyber-hardened CMC 500 protection test set to minimize the risks of cyber threats to your substations. Cryptochip, unique device authentication, encrypted and secured communication and much more: we've introduced numerous features into the CMC 500 to provide you with a completely new level of cybersecurity. Our cybersecurity efforts are continuously supported by our company-wide product security risk management process. This process covers not just the product development phase, it also ensures a transparent and systematic way of handling and disclosing vulnerabilities of released products.
Use the cyber-hardened CMC 500 protection test set to minimize the risks of cyber threats to your substations. Cryptochip, unique device authentication, encrypted and secured communication and much more: we've introduced numerous features into the CMC 500 to provide you with a completely new level of cybersecurity. Our cybersecurity efforts are continuously supported by our company-wide product security risk management process. This process covers not just the product development phase, it also ensures a transparent and systematic way of handling and disclosing vulnerabilities of released products.
Ensure Maximum Safety During Testing
Innovative developments as well as their independent assessment according to internationally recognized quality standards play a vital role in ensuring our safety in many areas. Protection testing is no exception. Engineers are exposed to an increased risk due to electrical dangers. To further minimize the threats of electrical shocks, the CMC 500 sets a new industry standard with regard to personal safety. A visual display of the output state, the option to add emergency switching off buttons to the device, plus other safety features, make even safe test setups in line with EN 50191 a simple matter. The safety features of the CMC 500 were developed and certified according to the internationally recognized functional safety standards set out in ISO 13849-1.
Protection testing is no exception. Engineers are exposed to an increased risk due to electrical dangers. To further minimize the threats of electrical shocks, the CMC 500 sets a new industry standard with regard to personal safety. A visual display of the output state, the option to add emergency switching off buttons to the device, plus other safety features, make even safe test setups in line with EN 50191 a simple matter. The safety features of the CMC 500 were developed and certified according to the internationally recognized functional safety standards set out in ISO 13849-1.
Experience the Freedom of Versatility
Whether on the road or at home, multifunctional products make our lives easier. It's the same with the CMC 500. It's your reliable partner, now helping you with even more tasks. The CMC 500 not only tests all your protection relays, from high burden electromechanical devices through to fully digital IEC 61850 IEDs. It can also carry out functional tests on other assets, such as current transformers and circuit breakers. Make use of currents of up to 450 A for primary injection, or use the analog inputs of the multifunctional CMC 500 for troubleshooting. The CMC 500 measures, records, and analyzes analog and IEC 61850 signals in real time. Our test set is not just powerful and precise. It's also light and compact. The CMC 500 features numerous software options and a wide range of accessories. You can therefore use it for many additional tasks in your job.
The CMC 500 not only tests all your protection relays, from high burden electromechanical devices through to fully digital IEC 61850 IEDs. It can also carry out functional tests on other assets, such as current transformers and circuit breakers. Make use of currents of up to 450 A for primary injection, or use the analog inputs of the multifunctional CMC 500 for troubleshooting. The CMC 500 measures, records, and analyzes analog and IEC 61850 signals in real time. Our test set is not just powerful and precise. It's also light and compact. The CMC 500 features numerous software options and a wide range of accessories. You can therefore use it for many additional tasks in your job.
Your Requirements, Your Variant
You can customize our multi-phase relay test set CMC 500 to your very own needs. Whichever field you're in – the generation, transmission, or distribution of energy – we have the perfect solution for you:
- Five powerful base variants
- With four to ten current outputs
- With four to seven voltage outputs
- Comprehensive testing software: Test Universe, RelaySimTest, and the CMC Swift app
- Upgradable hardware and software
- Numerous accessories for specific tasks
Find out more about the CMC 500, our relay testing approaches, the available variants and the technical data.
Get to Know Our Developers
Stephan Geiger
CMC 500 Product Manager and Product Management Lead
Our goal was to develop a test set that could best meet the individual needs of our customers. Therefore, the CMC 500 has several configurations that provide them with ideal support for a wide range of applications including those in distribution networks and three-winding transformer testing.
Dr. Cristian Marinescu
Embedded Software Development Lead
The cyber security features in the CMC 500 are based on a wealth of know-how we have acquired over the years by developing cyber security products such as the RBX1. That means you can take our devices into the substations with a clear conscience.
Michael Jochum
Hardware Development Lead
The experience we have gained with over 30,000 CMC test sets in the field has helped us develop the CMC 500, making it even more reliable and universal. These factors are of vital importance for users.
Patrick Denz
Hardware Development
Offering a compact device with this level of performance was a significant challenge, but ultimately, our customers can benefit from a smaller, lighter device. This drove us to push the technical boundaries of what is possible.
Florian Rein
Safety and Standardization Expert
Personal safety is our number one priority. With the CMC 500, we used proven analysis and evaluation methods to identify and eliminate potential use hazards. All the safety functions have been developed in accordance with established standards to ensure the protection of our users in all conditions.
Christopher Pritchard
Product Management Lead
Our testing solutions not only allow our customers to check the correct parameterization of their relays/IEDs, but they can also oversee the correct function of the protection system in realistic fault scenarios. This helps our customers to improve both their efficiency and quality of their testing.
Florian Fink
Product Manager and Application Expert
We spoke to many users and saw which additional functions would help them, and we implemented those functions in the CMC 500. The scope of application areas is wide-ranging, and our customers have the flexibility to choose which functions they need.
Veronika Nagel
Product Owner Test Universe
Knowing that our customers could still carry out seamless tests with the new CMC 500 was vital for us. Even if the hardware changes, Test Universe is fully compatible and supports the previous test templates.