UOC connects to a redundant FTE supervisory network via its uplink Ethernet ports (port #1& 2).

UOC hosts a full featured control firewall allowing it to securely connect directly to level 2, FTEqualified,
third party switches. UOC deployments do not require connectivity to FTE through a
separate firewall.
In the R510 release of Experion, vUOC connects to FTE as a singly attached node. vUOC will
support full redundant connectivity to FTE in a future release.
2.4 Ethernet I/O Connectivity
UOC connects to an I/O and device network via its two downlink Ethernet ports (port #3 & 4).
Multiple application-dependent typologies are supported with two configurable options:
l When only ControlEdge 900 I/O racks are connected a native ring redundancy based on the

High Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) protocol may be used, a star redundancy based
the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) may be used or a non-redundant star may be used.
l When ControlEdge 900 /IO racks are used together with 3rd party EtherNet/IP devices, a ring

redundancy based on Device Level Ring (DLR) may be used or a non-redundant star may be
used. The UOC CPM can connect to DLR ring directly or via 1783 ETAP devices.
2.5 ControlEdge 900
ControlEdge PLC supports various input/output modules. The following IO modules are included:
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UOC supports control through third party I/O and devices connected by the EtherNet/IP protocol
on its Ethernet downlink.
A set of EtherNet/IP devices come preinstalled and ready for instantiation within Experion’s
Control Builder. This includes Rockwell Allen Bradley’s ArmorPoint I/O, ArmorBlock I/O, PowerFlex
Drive and E3 Relay.
Support for other EtherNet/IP I/O and EtherNet/IP device types can be integrated by projects
personnel without dependence on a new Experion release through the use of Experion Control
Builder’s Parameter Definition Editor (PDE).
Also supported are User Defined Type (UDT) blocks which enable UOC to communicate over its
downlink via EtherNet/IP with Rockwell Allen Bradley’s ControlLogix.
2.8 CEE Control Processing
UOC hosts the well-proven Control Execution Engine (CEE) strategy solver used in existing
Experion controllers. CMs (Control Modules) are fully supported for continuous control strategies.
SCMs (Sequential Control Modules), UCMs (Unit Control Modules), RCMs (Recipe Control Modules)
and CBRs (Class Based Recipes) are fully supported for batch control strategies.
2.9 Control Builder Strategy Configuration
Like all CEE controllers, UOC’s control strategies are configured using Experion Control Builder.
Control Builder offers a rich set of tools for the creation of strategies to control continuous, discrete
and batch processes. Strategies may be created as individual instances or as replicable templates.
Bulk creation of UOC control strategies is supported through Experion’s Engineering Data Builder
(EDB) add-on to Control Builder. EDB allows application engineers to create large configurations