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RsS Scada/HMI Solutions

Introduction

Key Components

Design Specification

Functional Specifications

Architecture Details

Key Applications

RsS SCADA Systems (RsS)

provides a robust supervisory monitoring and control platform that allows you to build a solution to meet current and future Supervisory Control & Monitoring needs. RsS provides real-time functionality for local or remote supervision, including events and alarms handling, reporting, trending as well as parameter setting.Features include:

  • Reliable data acquisition and supervisory control
  • Compliance with Industry Standard/Proprietary Protocols and simultaneous multiprotocol support.
  • Full graphics user interface support for all SCADA functions.
  • Highly Flexible and performing system capable of handling thousands of alarms and SCADA information per second.
  • Integrated multidimensional tagging capability
  • History Logging with any MS SQL Server or ODBC Compliant Database
  • State-of-the-art reporting capabilities with reports can be exported into MS Excel for better viewing and analysis
  • RsS with more than 15 installations over last 2 years has proven to be reliable, stable and cost –effective solution

Key Components

RsS Server (RS)

  • Its main function is to handle all the Acquisition & Control and manage Database Management System.
  • For control sequence, the RS manages the correct ex ecution of control sequence together with the PLC/RTU.
  • RS manages the supervision between all the devices and information is logged in Database System used by HMIs to animate t he system supervision, indicating the place where (and when) a failure occurs.

Human-Machine Interface (HMI)

  • RsS HMI is an innovative set of applications that displays the acquired data to operators as useful information. Operators can monitor, analyse and control using HMI.
  • All controls are initiated using more familiar interfaces that allows making more informed decisions. All graphics are high-resolution. The pictures are configured for each process to help the operator with a clear indication, in format, color, and video attributes. Online help functions are included.

Database

  • RsS has inbuilt DB Manager that stores the system i nformation in any ODBC Compliant Database.
  • Also RsS has powerful Hist orian application used for real-time and history information.

Engineering Works Station (EWS)

  • Data Configurator provides with the set of tools that allows to design and maintenance of the Plant Database. It consists of 4 types of information: o Plant Information: Holds all Substation Tags Information. o RTU/PLC Information: Hold information of associated RTUs / PLCs and IEDs o System Devices: Holds information for remote device s like remote SCADAs and Servers / HMIs o Communication Information: Holds the communication information between Plant and RTUs/PLCs/IEDs/ Remote Substations

Design Specification

Operating System

32 Bit / 64 Bits

Server Layer

Interfacing with Field Devices/ HMI/ Database Server
Logging Data in DB Server
Manage Redundancy

Server – HMI Layer Interfacing

Proprietary Protocol: RSP
OPC Interface can also be provided

Bit Encryption

All data exchange for Server – HMI Layer over the network is using a proprietary protocol
All data exchange with the Database layer is using OLEDB. Data is not encrypted, standard OLEDB connection is used

Processor

Single Processor
Multithreaded Application
Multiprocessor Supported (symmetric multiprocessor design not implemented)

HMI Layer

Interface with Server Layer and Database Layer
HMI Layer includes HMI application, TRENDS application
Data is displayed from the Database layer
Control data is directly exchanged with Server Layer

Database HMI Layer

10ms Database synchronization by HMI for Status and Analog values Server – DB Layer Interfacing
Database updated in Real-time, without any delays

Architecture: 3 Tiers

Server Layer
HMI Layer
Database Layer
Each Layer can be installed at one PC and can be distributed over the network over different machines

Server – Field Device Interfacing

Industry Standard Protocols

Security

All password saved on Hard disk are with RSA Encryption
All authentication messages over the network are encrypted with RSA 128

Functional Specifications

RsS Server

  • Maximum 2 Servers in redundant configuration DB Server
  • Maximum 2 Servers in redundant configuration

HMI

  • 16 HMIs per system
  • Password stored locally in encrypted format. Authentication messages are encrypted before transmitting on network (RSA 128 Bit

Engineering Limitations

  • Virtually Unlimited Tags: Presently 128000 Tags
  •  Supports: 1 Station, 256 Voltage Levels (Partitions), 256 Bays per Partition
  • 65000 interlocks
  • 65000 Control Popup
  • 1024 Arithmetic and Logic Functions
  • Printer: 1 Log Printer, Report Printing, Screen Printing
  •  Trends: 20 trends per screen
  • Single Acquisition Protocol (Multi-protocol support is an Add-on Features)

Architecture Details

Key Applications

Alarms

Alarm subsystem notifies operators to problems on SCADA System, with the capability of processing all events and alarms in real-time with millisecond time stamping. Alarms can be defined as Events and Logs, in Group associated with levels, printable state and Annunciation states, etc. User-defined associated logs for History or Event information.

User Access

User Access Rights are managed by Login Password and allow control up to individual device level.
Communication with Field Devices RTU / PLC and RsS Gateway.
The Telecontrol Module (TM) is a heart of the system, allowing the Operator to remote control the Devices. It handles the Telecontrol protocol and supplied device data
according to the configuration. The system is delivered basically with one Main and one Alternate communication channel, single/multiple ports, and can be extended. This is achieved through a database defined by configuration, from the site data and the other site requirements supplied by the Utility.

This module provides support for a wide array of PLC / RTU / IEDs Platforms like Advantech, Schneider, SEL, Allen-Bradley, GE, Siemens, ALSTOM, ABB, Mitsubishi, etc. over following Supported Protocols:

  •  DNP 3
  • IEC 61850
  • IEC60870-5-101 / 104 / 103
  • MODBUS
  • OPC DA / A&E
  • Ethernet I/P
  •  Profibus
  •  ICCP

Logging and Data Export

RsS dynamically store information in any ODBC compliant databases. Also data from HMIs can be directly exported to MS Excel allowing better viewing and presentation for System Data.

Trend / Reports

Provides real time & historical graphical Trends / Reports for the defined Analog and Digital Information.

  • For Real time trending Trend Application acquires data every 800ms (to give resolution of 1s)
  • Historical Trends can be drawn for Values between two defined time periods.
  • Trend data is available for viewing at as Graph as well as Tabular form
  • Graphs can be saved in Bitmap form and Tabular data can be exported to Excel sheet Ref Num.: RsS/RBH/DS/TC-04 Page 9/10 Redundancy
  • RsS Server: Two RsS Servers (RS) can be configured in hot-standby mode.
  •  Operator Work Station (HMI):RSS can support multiple HMIs for device level redundancy
  • Database Redundancy: Two DB Servers can be installed and mananed by RsS in redundant configuration.