Solutions for Power Industry

Summary

Business Value

Wonderware Finland solutions for alarm management in power industry extend the Wonderware Alarm System with new functions, features and capabilities. Improved handling of alarms and events greatly increases the performance, capabilities and reliability of data processing in power and energy applications.

The ready set of products enables faster, more reliable and better performance alarm/event processing for power industry applications running in Wonderware System Platform environment. There are software tools offered for:

• Alarm/event configuration,filteringand archiving

• Avoiding alarm loss in time critical applications

• Secure remote transfer of alarm/event data

• Integration with external alarm systems

Wonderware Finland solutions for alarm management in power industryNeW SoluTIoNS exTeNd WoNderWAre AlArm SySTem WITh more FuNcTIoNAlITy Wonderware Finland solutions for alarm management in power industry are built to extend the today existing Wonderware standard alarm functionality with new features, still using thestandardWonderwareAlarmSystem.Newfeaturesincludeadvancedalarmfiltering,accuratealarmtimestampsfromfielddevices(PLCs),nolossofshorttimeandfluctuatingalarms,supportformimicalarms,possibilitiestouseandmodifytheuserdefinedfieldsandeventpriorityfields,loggingandarchivingalarms/eventstodifferentdatabases,reductionofalarms,integrationwithotheralarmenginesoftware(UReason),andmanyother.

The Wonderware modules for Power Industry supplied by Wonderware Finland, are developed together with the leading global power/energy companies to meet the functional requirements in power industry. The Wonderware modules for Power Industry complete Wonderware standard software to make it more optimal for power/energy applications.

AlArm GATeWAyTarget of the product: extend the Wonderware standard alarm functionality with new features, still using the standardWonderwareAlarmSystem,byprovidingthehighlyflexibleconfigurablealarm/eventgatewaysolutionforWonderware System Plaform environment.

Main benefits reached with the product: Avoids alarm loss and duplicated alarms in high loaded systems, enablesthefilteringofalarms/events,suportsthealarm/eventcustomattributesandcustomizedeventpriorities,supports mimic alarm windows and connection to ureason Alarm management system.

Typical applications: Largepowergenerationandothersystemswherecustomizedprocessingofalarms/eventsisrequired.

The Alarm Gateway Object(AlarmGateway)isabasiccomponentofWonderwareFinlandAlarm Extension Pack Standard EditionandprovidesfunctionalitytocreateseparateconfigurableAlarmProviderforalarmscomingfromWonderware Application Server and/or other Alarm Providers compatible with Wonderware Alarm System. In case included in Wonderware Finland Alarm Extension Pack UReason Edition, the Alarm Gateway object provides also the functionality to send/receive alarms to/from Wonderware alarming system from/to UReason Alarm Management system. The Alarm Gateway object is developed by using Wonderware distributed Alarm Toolkit.

The general schema of Alarm Gateway is following:

Alarm Gateway

Alarm Providers:•Application

Server•InTouch•other

AlarmConsumers(AlarmClient

control, InTouchAlarmViewerctrl,

other)

Alarmconsumer

AlarmProvider

Alarm Gateway application examplesUsing Alarm Gateway to avoid alarm loss in high loaded systems Wonderware Application Server historical alarms and events are stored in a circular buffer, where the oldest entries are discarded to make the space for new ones, so in case there are generated a lot of events then important alarms can be lost. By using the Alarm Gateway, it is possible to store all important alarms in separate. Alarm Gateway buffer - that can be done by querying alarms/events only with priorities e.g. from 1 to 998. Alarm Gateway avoids alarm lossinhighloadedsystems,byusingownalarmbufferandfilteringEventPriorities:AlarmGatewayalarmbuffercancontainabout6000-7000alarms.Thetotalnumberofstoredalarmsdependsonsizeofalarms:

Functions for filtering, custom properties,mimic alarms, etc.

AlarmGateway

StandardAlarmClient

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Area

Object

Platform 1AlmBuf

AlmBuf

AlarmBuffer

AlarmBuffer

Using Alarm Gateway to change the event priorityWonderwareApplicationServeralarmingsystemdoesnotprovidethepossibilitytoconfigureeventpriority-allevents have built-in priority 999. By using the Alarm Gateway, it is possible to change the event priority by using the setPriority custom attribute.

AlArm dB loGGerTarget of the product:Enablethestoringofalarms/eventscomingfromWonderwareAlarmProviders(ApplicationServer,InTouch)toseparateSQLdatabase.

Main benefits reached with the product: Several Alarm dB logger objects can run on same computer, so needed functionality is provided for applications where it is necessary to distribute alarms/events to several databases on same computer - as standard Wonderware AlarmdBlogger does not support such possibility.

Typical applications:Largepowergenerationandothersystemswherecustomizedprocessingofalarms/eventsisrequired.

The Alarm DB Logger Object(AlarmDBLogger)isacomponentofWonderwareFinlandAlarm Extension Pack andprovidesfunctionalitytostorealarms/eventsintoSQLdatabaseforalarms/eventscomingfromWonderwareApplication Server and/or other Alarm Providers compatible with Wonderware Alarm System. The Alarm dB logger object is developed by using Wonderware distributed Alarm Toolkit.

The general schema of Alarm dB logger is following:

Alarm DB Logger

Alarm Providers:•Application

Server•InTouch•other

SQL Server•Wonderware

alarm/event database

•custom database

Alarmconsumer

SQLclient

AlArm dB coNVerTerTarget of the product: ProvidethefunctionalityofcustomizableconvertingofWonderwareorcustomalarm/eventdatabasestounlimitedsizeexternallifetimestoragedatabases.Main benefits reached with the product: The limited storage alarm/event data can be archived to external archivingstations,bybypassingfirewallsandsatisfyingexternallifetimedatastoragerequirements.Typical applications: Largepowergenerationandothersystemswherecustomizedprocessingofalarms/eventsisrequired.The Alarm DB Converter Object(AlarmDBConverter)isacomponentofWonderwareFinlandAlarm Extension Pack and can be used for archiving alarms and events to external archiving stations. The source and destination databases canbeWonderwarestandardalarm/eventdatabasesorcustomSQLdatabasesusedforalarm/eventstorage.The general schema of Alarm dB converter is following:

Example of using Alarm DB Converter in large power generation application Thetargetistoenablelong-termlifetimestorage(forseveralyears)ofalarms/eventsgeneratedbypowergeneration equipment.The power generation equipment is divided in several groups and all generated alarms/events are received in Wonderware InTouch applications, acting as Alarm Providers of initial alarm/event data for the rest of system. Alarms/eventsatfirstarefilteredandthentemporarilystoredincustomalarmdatabasebyAlarm DB Converter before being pushed by specially developed Alarm ArchiverObjectthroughafirewalltothefinaldestinationinthearchivingstation,wherealarm/eventdataarestoredforlifetime.Thedatainthefinalstoragearesplitintoseveraldatabasestoincreasetheperformanceandkeeptheoptimalsizeofdatabases.AswellspecialAlarm Client .NeT application is developed for accessing the external archiving station databases.Such approach allows to solve possible Wonderware Alarm System capacity problems and store very hugevolumes of alarm/event information:

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Alarm dBconverter 2

Alarm Achiver 2

Alarm client

Alarm dBconverter 3

Alarm Achiver 3

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dB32014

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Alarm DB Converter

SQL Server•Wonderware

alarm/event database

•custom database

SQL Server•Wonderware

alarm/event database

•custom database

SQLclient

SQLclient

PC

SuiteLink/DDE Client (InTouch)

“CL Server/Client“ application

Wonderware’s own made DAServer(s) or Klinkmann’s Omron Ethernet Direct DAServer

Suitelink/dde interface

Suitelink/dde Server & oPc client

oPc interface

Ethernet

omron cS1

rockwell logix

Siemens Simatic

cl SerVerTarget of the product: Getting the alarm/event time stamping data from Plcs, to avoid possible loss of short time andfluctuatingalarms.

Main benefits reached with the product: exact till milliseconds Plc alarm time stamps are delivered to WonderwareSuiteLink/DDEClients(e.g.InTouch),nolossofshorttimealarms.

Typical applications: Time critical systems where very large amount of alarms are generated in short time intervals.

TheCLServer/Clientapplication(CLServer,CompositeLayerServer/Client)isusedforgettingalarm/eventtimestampingdatafromPLCs,disablingpossiblelossofshorttimeandfluctuatingalarmsandbufferingthealarm/eventdata.ThefollowingPlcsaresupported:SiemensS7,Allen-BradleyControlLogix,ModiconQuantumandOmronCS1.TheCLServercorrespondinglyusesWonderwareSIDirectDAServer(DASSIDIRECT),WonderwareABCIPDAServer(DASABCIP),WonderwareMBTCPDAServer(DASMBTCP)orKlinkmannAutomationOmronEthernetDirectDAServer(DASOmronEth)forcommunicationwiththesePLCs:

TousetheCLServer/Client,theappropriateadditions/modificationsmustbedoneincontrollerprogramfromwhere the alarm/event time stamping data is coming. The cl Server/client delivery package includes the program examples for Siemens S7-300, Allen-Bradley logix5555 and omron cS1 Plcs.

The cl Server/client application consists of two main parts:

oPc client part, for connection to appropriate dAServer via oPc interface; Suitelink/dde Server part, providing data for Suitelink/dde clients, e.g. Wonderware InTouch.

FromSuiteLink/DDEClient(e.g.InTouch)pointofview,theaccessingtoCLServer/Clientiscompletelysameas accessing to corresponding dAServer, i.e. same topic names and I/o point naming syntax is used, the only difference is the Server application name is “clServer”.

For cl Server/client Suitelink/dde Server part, the alarm bit I/o item names have the exactly same syntax as corresponding dAServer bit item names. For example, when accessing the S7-300 Plc via clServer and DASSIDIRECT,thealarmbititemDB123X4.5specifiesthebit5inbytewithaddress4inDB123.

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Ordering information

description order NumberAlarm Gateway PR 185 10Alarm DB Logger PR 186 10Alarm DB Converter PR 187 10CL Server/Client application DR 520 10SDTCP Server and SDOPC Server DR 530 10

InTouchtagname database

Configurationfiles

3rd Party oPcclient1

3rd Party oPcclientN

3rd Party oPcclient2

Firewall

PtAcc accessmodule

TcPServer

oPcServerfor 3rd Party oPc clients

TcP clientSdTcP Server

SdoPc Server

SdoPc Server 2SdoPc Server N

SdTcP SerVer ANd SdoPc SerVerTarget of the product:Providethemanageable,configurableandsecurealarm/eventdatatransferbetweenWonderware InTouch and 3rd party remote oPc clients.

Main benefits reached with the product: SecureandconfigurableremotedatatransferbetweenWonderwareInTouch and oPc clients.

Typical applications:PowergenerationandothersystemswheresecureandcustomizedcommunicationbetweenWonderware InTouch and oPc clients is required.

TheSDTCPServer(SecureDataTCPServer)andSDOPCServer(SecureDataOPCServer)aresoftwareproductsforprovidingmanageable,configurableandsecurealarm/eventdatatransferbetweenWonderwareInTouchand3rd party remote oPc clients over the internet or intranet via TcP/IP connection. Any single TcP port can be used forcommunication,soallowingfreelyconfigurableaccessthroughfirewalls.The3rdpartyOPCClientcanaccessonly to limited part of InTouch tagname database, these accessible InTouch tags and their access rights are configuredforeachremoteclientatInTouchside: