ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System’s (EDCS) ease of use sets a benchmark thanks to its integrated and plug-and-play architecture. It requires neither engineering nor special support for commissioning, so users can forget about the cost and time-consuming setup of an energy monitoring and management system involving many components.
Depending on the customer needs and the application involved, the user can choose between two ways of connecting the system to ABB Ability EDCS: embedded or external. For the embedded method, a cartridge-type module - the innovative Ekip Com Hub - just has to be added to the Emax 2 circuit breaker, Ekip UP or TruONETM. The external method simply involves mounting an Ekip E-Hub module on a DIN rail.
Then, Ekip Connect commissioning software will set up the system and enable ABB Ability EDCS with a few steps.
Once the connection is set up, it is possible with a few clicks to extend access to the platform to further users such as partners and staff. Each of them can be entrusted with tasks and authorizations according to their appointed role in the specific plant.
ABB Ability EDCS features an intuitive and compelling graphic interface that guides the user through their job, presenting all the relevant information they seek, derived from thousands of parameters collected from the field. All the operations run on the platform are simple, expediting the task of delivering the maximum result.