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SCADA MODEL
SYSTEM COMPONENTS

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RTU Remote Terminal Unit

What is a RTU?
Where does it fit in a SCADA System?
RTU components
Basic types of RTU modules

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RTU Components
Power supply
Back-up battery
Radio module
4 15 I/O modules

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RTU Modules
Digital Modules two I/O states
Digital Monitor Module (DMM)
Digital Control Module (DCM)
Pulse Accumulator Module (PAM)

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RTU Modules
Support Modules no I/O functions
Power Supply Module (PSM)
Radio Interface Module (RIM)
Computer Interface Module (CIM)
Bus Extender Module (BIM)

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RTU Modules
Analog Modules numerical control/monitor
Analog Monitor Module (AMM)
Analog Control Module (ACM)

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RTU Modules
Controllers Logical modules perform complete closed
loop, automatic control functions
Pump Control Module (PCM)
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Pump Control Unit (PCU)

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PLC Programmable Logic Controller

What is a PLC?
History of PLCs
Where does it fit in SCADA Systems?
PLC architecture

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PLC Architecture
Data Input
memory devices Process actuators
Control
Program unit Output
Process sensors
memory devices

Programming module or PC

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MTU Master Terminal Unit

What is a MTU?
Where does it fit in a SCADA System?
MTU components

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MTU Components
Operator
Personal Computer
Human Machine Interface (HMI)
Historical Datalogging
Monitoring
Limited Control

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COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS
PSTN Network
Leased Lines
Internet
Wireless
LAN
Global System for Mobiles (GSM)
Radio modems

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COMMUNICATION
COMPONENTS
FieldBus
What is FieldBus?
History of FieldBus
Advantages
Topologies (Bus/Daisy Chain/Tree)
Where does it fit in a SCADA System?

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FIELDBUS
What it is?
It is a BUS.
A wire or set of wires connecting more than
two devices
Replace existing 4-20 mA analogue signal
Serial Bus
Digital communication between devices

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FIELDBUS
History
1940s pressure signals 3-15 psi
1960s the 4-20 mA analogue signals
1970s digital processors for centralized
control.

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FIELDBUS
Advantages
Reduces wiring
Online diagnostics out on individual field
devices
Two-way communication between the field
devices and the controllers
Deterministic no collision and it is scheduled
It is getting widely used in process control

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FIELDBUS
TOPOLOGIES

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FIELDBUS
TOPOLOGIES

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FIELDBUS
TOPOLOGIES

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FIELDBUS
TOPOLOGIES

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COMMUNICATION
COMPONENTS
Ethernet
What is Ethernet?
History of Ethernet
Non-deterministic
Topologies
Where does it fit in a SCADA System?

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ETHERNET
What it is?
Type of network cabling
It is a Local Area Network LAN
It is the Physical and the Data Link Layer

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ETHERNET
History
XEROX in the 1970s
Network cabling and signaling
IEEE 802.3 standard

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ETHERNET
Topology

Thick Ethernet Segment Bus Topology

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ETHERNET
Topology

Thin Ethernet Segment Bus Topology

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ETHERNET
Topology

10Base-T (also Fiber) Star Topology

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COMMUNICATION
PROTOCOLS
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Modicon Bus (MODBUS)
Distributed Network Protocol (DNP 3.0)

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Protocol Defined
A set of conventions governing the treatment and
expecially the formatting of data in an electronic
communication system.

(Merriam Webster 10th Ed.)

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Feature UDP DNP 3.0 MODBUS

OSI Layers 1 3 1
# Users Unlimited 1000s >500
Time Stamped Events NO YES NO
Peer 2 Peer NO YES NO
Unsolicited Slaves Do NO YES NO
Not Need To Be Polled
Secure File Transfer NO YES NO
Broadcast Capability YES YES NO
File Segmentation NO YES NO? (dnp users)

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Performance Characteristics

SPEED UDP
SECURITY DNP 3.0
FLEXIBILITY DNP 3.0

TEACHING CAPACITY?

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