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Reduce Cost Through Integrated SCADA Substation Monitoring and Control; Available Anywhere on The Village Enterprise Network Arcade, New York Upgrades Ilex® System to TDMS-Plus Itanium Platform With ePAQ-9420 Substation Gateways Summary Arcade Municipal Electric Department had a C3-Ilex® master station and Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for monitoring and controlling their distribution substations and for demand load management. They found that the system could not be Arcade, NY is a Member of upgraded to take advantage the New York Municipal of the latest industry tools, so Power Agency and the they looked for another Utilities Association of SCADA and distribution New York automation vehicle. After a careful analysis by their staff and their engineering consultant ,they decided they needed an upgrade of the complete system in order to take advantage of their continuing SCADA investment. After a thorough definition of their requirements, development of a detailed specification and a competitive bidding process and evaluation, a decision was made to partner with QEI located in Springfield, Upgrade Objectives The original system from C3-Ilex consisted of a single OS/2 server with traditional hardwired remote terminal units. OS/2 was a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then Ilex RTUs were Replaced with the ePAQ-9420 Substation Gateway. later developed by IBM exclusively. It was introduced as part of the IBM line of personal computers as a successor to PC DOS. Unfortunately OS/2 was no longer supported by IBM, and IBM development of OS/2 was discontinued on December 31st, 2006. It was supported by Ilex for a period, but it became clear that it did not have the commercial success needed to make it a viable long-term SCADA platform. In order to avoid the previous problem with the OS/2 operating system, a well-established and continuing server operating system was required and this was addressed through QEI’s use of OpenVMS from Hewlett Packard. The system’s man-machine interface would take advantage of standard Windows® PCs already present on the city’s enterprise network. It was felt that the high reliability of the HP Itanium servers proposed would eliminate the need for redundant servers and this would be an additional cost saving. Reduce Cost Through Integrated SCADA In addition to the hardwired status, analog and control points supported by the existing Ilex RTUs, the new substation Gateway would have to have complete data concentration and management capabilities for the existing substation IEDs (primarily Schweitzer® relays) Project Implementation The hardware platform for the central SCADA server was the Hewlett-Packard Itanium® RX-2800 Server with the OpenVMS Operating System & NAS Network Services. This operating system is used worldwide in power, finance, medical, military and other high availability applications. There has never been a successful worm or virus attack on any OpenVMS based system. ePAQ-9420 Substation Gateway Integrated the Existing Hardwired Status, Analog and Control Points The system has come online and is currently in operation All editors were supplied by the vendor which will allow expansion or modification of the SCADA system without reliance on vendor personnel. All hardware and software were supported by a warranty covering update, replacement and essentially unlimited dial-in assistance. These warranties are extensible on a year to-year basis. Configuration of the new master station point database for the substation IEDs was accomplished using the TDMS-Plus editor. This point editor allows for creation and editing of individual IED and hardwired points as well as bulk editing of points through the ability to export the system database to an Excel® Spreadsheet and do editing through standard search and replace functions. When the database elements have been changed in the spreadsheet, it is re-imported into the TDMS Master station database itself. QEI 60 Fadem Road Springfield, NJ 07081 USA T: +973-379-7400 F: +973-379-2138 E: [email protected] W: www.qeiinc.com While all editors and training were provided to village personnel for IED integration and display development, the system database and all initial displays were generated by the QEI database generation group in Springfield New Jersey. Database management tools (also provided to the village as part of the QEI standard offering) allowed easy integration of the Ilex database into the new master station and gateways. As open protocols were provided, (DNP3.0 and MODBUS) the integration of any additional IEDs is quickly accomplished by the user with the tools provided. Additional protocols (such as IEC-61850) can be easily incorporated into this system when the need arises. ePAQ-9420 Gateway and I/O Modules Were Integrated Into the Existing Control House Switchgear This literature is for illustration purposes only, and is not part of any contract. As we have a policy of continuous product improvement, any features may be modified without notice. All trademarks and names mentioned in this document remain the exclusive property of their holder. V1.2 10/15