PACiS Gateway by AREVA T&D is a substation communication and data-integration platform designed to link intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) with utility control centers and enterprise systems. As part of the PACiS substation automation suite, it consolidates operational data, performs protocol conversion, and provides secure, reliable access for monitoring, control, and automation applications across transmission, distribution, and industrial power networks.
Key capabilities:
- Multi-protocol interoperability: Connects heterogeneous devices and systems using industry standards such as IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5, DNP3, Modbus, and OPC, helping bridge legacy and modern infrastructures.
- Data concentration and mapping: Aggregates measurements, statuses, alarms, and controls from multiple IEDs, with flexible point mapping to SCADA/EMS/DMS and third-party applications.
- Event and alarm management: Delivers sequence-of-events reporting with precise time stamping to support analysis, compliance, and faster fault restoration.
- Time synchronization: Integrates with standard time sources to maintain consistent event ordering and accurate system logs.
- Cybersecurity features: Supports role-based access control, user authentication, encrypted communications where applicable, and audit logging to help meet utility security policies.
- High availability: Offers redundant architectures and network failover options to maintain service continuity in critical environments.
- Engineering and maintenance tools: Provides configuration utilities within the PACiS environment for streamlined engineering, testing, and lifecycle management.
- Disturbance data handling: Facilitates retrieval and forwarding of disturbance and waveform files (for example, COMTRADE) to support protection and power quality analysis.
- Scalable deployment: Adapts from single substations to fleet-wide rollouts with standardized templates and repeatable workflows.
Benefits:
- Simplifies integration of diverse IEDs and control systems.
- Enhances grid visibility and control while reducing engineering and maintenance effort.
- Improves reliability and operational responsiveness through redundancy, accurate time stamping, and centralized data management.
- Protects operational assets with built-in security features aligned to utility best practices.
Typical uses include utility transmission and distribution substations, generation facilities, and industrial plants that require dependable, standards-based connectivity between field equipment and supervisory control systems.
PACiS Gateway is developed by AREVA T&D. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 7.0, 8.2, 9.3, 9.6 and 10.3. The names of program executable files are GtwKer.exe, TG_RCC.exe.
You can check On-premises data gateway (personal mode), Voicent Gateway, Gateway Drivers Update Utility and other related programs like Gateway Advanced Setup at the "download" section.
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