SAGE RTU

A variety of SAGE RTU models allow you to choose the right solution for your application.  You can deploy the hardware that meets the requirements of each installation. Important distinctions such as physical size, physical I/O quantities, and communications port medium allow you to choose the RTU meeting each application’s requirements — no more and no less.​

Key Benefits

Time Saving
​Easy Upgrade
Scalable I/O
Excellent Support
Made in America
Cyber-Secure
Intuitive Configuration
All Protocols & Apps Included 
Extensive Protocol Suite
Math and Logic Apps
Alarming & Annunciation
SEL Relay Integration
Grid Automation Apps

Time is Your Most Valuable Resource

What Apple has done for the smartphone, SAGE has done for RTU's. 
  • ​Our config@WEB interface simplifies Substation Automation configuration to save you time and headaches.
  • ​Our intuitive user interface turns large projects into quick tasks by eliminating unnecessary complexity while maintaining flexibility. 
  • The link between hardware and configuration has never been more clear.
Schneider Electric's SAGE line provides the best RTU on the market which is intuitive, scalable, and flexible enough to meet the needs of any application. 
  • The SAGE RTU family has a complementary range of I/O cards meeting any need. 
  • Our experienced team can design and build custom retrofit solutions for your legacy RTU and I/O replacement needs. 
  • ​Our goal is to simplify your new and upgrade projects, day to day operations, and troubleshooting to provide the most value and the least total cost of ownership.

Industry's Easiest Upgrade Path

  • Every SAGE RTU includes the ability to be upgraded by simply replacing the PC/104 based CPU Card. 
  • ​The baseboard and field terminations remain untouched while the CPU is replaced.  
  • With the upgraded CPU, you can take advantage of software enhancements, security updates, and increased performance with little risk to operations.

Scalable I/O Expansion

  • The SAGE RTU has a wide selection of I/O cards available enabling a huge variety of terminal interfaces and input voltages. 
  • SAGE I/O is easy to expand by adding the new cards to the daisy chain. 
  • Modular expansion enables your RTU to meet the needs of your application, today and in the future. 
  • Check out our full catalog of I/O Expansion capabilities here.

Excellent Support and Services

Our Engineering and Services Team offers support services to either complement your in house RTU support group or support your RTUs on a turnkey basis.  Click here for more details.
  • Complete RTU Support
    • Free Phone and Email Support
  • System Consulting
  • Project Management
  • Design and Installation
  • NERC/CIP Security Support for Critical Infrastructure
  • RIG for ISO​

Made in the USA

SAGE is 100% made in the USA.  The SAGE product line is designed, engineered and built in Houston, Texas USA. Our factory is an ISO-9001 certified facility and our exceptional customer service, ability to provide unique customized solutions, attention to detail, and rigorous quality control standards ensure that our customers consistently receive the highest level of quality. This has led to successful, longstanding relationships with our clients.
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​Behind every SAGE RTU is the work of dedicated American workers. Every SAGE is designed, engineered and hand-assembled with passion and care by employees in Houston, Texas. When you choose SAGE, you’re not only getting an innovative RTU, you’re investing in the livelihood of someone just like you, their families and their local economy.

NERC CIP Security

Cybersecurity is at the forefront of our development process. 
  • SAGE enables an end to end Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting process. 
  • This alerts operators about potential threats to your assets and take action. 
  • All interfaces and functions of the RTU are password protected and restricted to users with permission to access those resources. 
  • A RADIUS Client enables centralized authentication to facilitate user management at an enterprise level instead of a device level.
  • Our Syslog Client and mapable internal status indications allow utilities to monitor access, device health, control status, and much more, in real time from any protocol. 
Additionally, our non-Windows based real time operating system provides a headache free life-cycle. 
  • No weekly security patches. 
  • No anti-virus software to update.
  • Just reliable performance without the extra complications of iPC systems.
This means less time on paperwork and more time doing important projects.

Web Browser Based Config & Diagnostics

  • The powerful built-in config@WEB tool enables configuration directly on the RTU through your web browser.
  • The SAGE Offline Config Tool utilizes the same intuitive config@WEB user interface that is on the RTU without needing an RTU to make configuration changes. 
  • All SAGE RTU's have the user experience, which minimizes the learning curve for your engineers and technicians.

All Protocols & Applications Included

  • Every SAGE RTU comes with all communications protocols and applications included, free of charge. 
  • No need to worry about software licensing per device. 
  • All configurations are interchangeable between SAGE RTU models.

Extensive Protocol Suite

Every SAGE RTU includes, free of charge, our huge library of communications protocols.  
Slave​ / Server
  • DNP 3.0 (R)
  • DNP 3.0 (R) over IP
  • Modbus (R)
  • Modbus (R) over IP  
  • L&N C300 (R)   
  • L&N C2020 (R)
  • L&N C2100H (R)
  • L&N C3000 (R)  
  • C2100H (R)  
  • CDC Type 1 (R) 
  • CDC Type 2 (R) 
  • L&G 8979 (R)    
  • Harris 5000 (R)   
  • Harris 5500 (R)       
  • Harris 6000 (R)   
  • VanComm (R)  
  • SES 92 (R)      
  • PMS 80 (R)  
  • Series 5 (R) 
  • Series III (R)  
  • Series 5 NCEMC (R)    
  • Series 5 Ga. Pwr (R)
  • M9000 (R)           
  • Redac 80 (R)
  • PG&E (R)             
  • IDLC (R)            
  • CDT (R)
  • FMS/FMS over IP 
  • FTP Server
  • Telnet / SSH Server
Master / Client
  • DNP 3.0 (M)
  • DNP 3.0 (M) over IP   
  • SEL Fast Meter (M) 
  • SEL Terminal tunnel 
  • Modbus (M) 
  • Modbus (M) over IP
  • L&N C2100H (M)  
  • C2100H (M)    
  • Harris 5000 (M)      
  • Harris 5500 (M) 
  • Cooper 2179 (M) 
  • Harris 6000 (M)  
  • Series 5 (M) 
  • Quantum Meter (M) 
  • Transdata Meter (M)
  • Incom (M)         
  • Electran (M)         
  • JEM2 ASCII (M)
  • Symax (M)          
  • Tunnel (M)
  • ETI (M)    
  • Tickle (M)      
  • Arbiter Clock (M)  
  • FTP Client

​Configurable Grid Automation Apps

  • Capacitor Bank Controller - Utilizes data for available capacitor banks and uses volts, var and current to automate operation of station caps to maintain unity Power Factor.
  • Automatic Sectionalizer - Application monitors the number of fault events within a specified time frame and if exceeded operates a control point. Used to facilitate sectionalizing operations.
  • Timing – Application allows for easy configuration of a timer that measures the time between to indications and generates alarms. Used to facilitate breaker maintenance scheduling. Breaker open and breaker open achieved contacts from a relay can be mapped to start and stop timer. If a user configured timer value is exceeded, breaker “slow” operation is alarmed.
  • Alarm Monitor - This application can operate DO points based on a point's current state or alarm status (In Alarm / Acknowledge).  
  • Energy Calculation - The Energy (NRG) Calc application allows the RTU to calculate power based on analog inputs for volts, amps, and power factor.  The resulting power calculations are then represented as accumulators points, which may then be mapped to a master station.
  • Load Calculation - The application begins counting pulses from a digital input point for each line which represents a  configurable number of kilowatt-hours.  The application projects the rate of input to a one-hour basis and computes an estimated instantaneous megawatt input rate.  
  • Virtual IED's (Primary / Secondary) - Allows two data sources to be mapped to a pseudo point such that if the primary loses communications, the secondary source is automatically substituted.
  • Relay Lockout - Monitors the number of status changes over a specified time period and if exceeded locks out the control for a time. Useful for keeping Cap Banks from performing excessive operations.
  • RTU Battery Test - Periodically test the health of the RTU backup battery and alarm the user when the battery needs maintenance or will fail.
  • Command Inhibit - Application allows the user to essentially create an individual Local/Remote function on a per relay or point basis.
  • Accumulator Rate Task - Monitors accumulator points and converts the rate of change accumulator counts into analogs.  If the rate of change of the accumulator is constant, for instance, the analog value will be some fixed number.
  • ACI / Feeder Management - This application allows the user to store and remotely retrieve (serially or ethernet) Event, Periodic, and Fast Survey records from the ACI subsystem in SAGE RTU's.  

Math and Logic Applications

Every SAGE RTU includes our powerful Math and Logic Applications. 
  • Calculations Processor allows for easy processing without the being overly complex. 
  • Boolean Status allows users to combine status points in logical AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR, etc, to aggregate alarms back to SCADA. 
  • Data Transfer lets you transform data types from one to another, allowing information to be available wherever you need it. 
If you need more complex Automation, our optional ISaGRAF based IEC 61131 interface allows users to be fully in control of their Automation Schemes.  Innovation is at your fingertips using any combination of Function Block Diagrams, Ladder Diagrams, to Structured Text to create applications that meet your needs. 

Alarming and Annunciation

Our Annunciator Panel and Alarming package is included, free of charge, in all of our RTU's.  This information can be viewed at any time, without logging into the RTU, from our config@WEB interface.  This makes the job of Substation Technicians  much easier when arriving on site to diagnose any problems.  

SEL Relay Integration

  • The SAGE RTU can automatically interrogate SEL Relays to bring in the full points list. 
  • With a few clicks, you can choose which points to Add to the Database and pass along to your SCADA Master.  
  • The SAGE RTU can also gather History, Sequence of Events, and full Event captures from all connected SEL Relays. 
  • You can push those events along to a central repository or manually download those files at your convenience.
  • The SAGE can also perform Configuration Management to ensure the Relay configuration running is the approved configuration.  If a change is detected, an alarm is raised to the SCADA Master. 
  • SAGE allows users to tunnel directly into their relays through the RTU with an interface much like the SEL 2032.