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SCADA - Products & Services Invensys Releases Industrial Cloud Historian for Big Data Invensys has released a cloud-hosted Wonderware Historian online edition that will enable customers to safely share more plant data with their workers while lowering their IT burden. Building on a base of more than 70,000 Wonderware Historian licenses, the company's Historian online edition offering can help reduce implementation time, provides universal access and delivers alternative pricing models for expanded industry use. This Software as a Service offering uses a multi-tier Historian database architecture, storing data from one or more local plant-level Wonderware Historians onto a cloud-hosted, enterprise-wide instance. Data flows only one way, from the local historians to the online historian, and it is protected from cyber intrusion so it can safely be made available to more workers for better troubleshooting, reporting and analytics. The solution leverages Windows Azure cloud services from Microsoft Corp., so there is no software to install or set up, saving on valuable IT resources and reducing capital requirements. This service will be offered as a yearly subscription, based on the number of users accessing the data. Reporting and analytics are delivered to the historian online edition through standard tools, including Invensys' desktop reporting and analysis client, Wonderware Historian Client, along with its Wonderware SmartGlance mobile reporting solution. System users can view the data via multiple devices, including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets and smart phones. Bullhorn RM4150 Cellular RMU Provides AC and DC Measurements with 1 Percent of Reading Accuracy American Innovations has released the Bullhorn RM4150 for accurate remote monitoring of cathodic protection (CP) assets. By collecting and communicating rectifier measurements using GSM networks, operators can meet 49 CFR 192/195 regulations and protect their pipelines. The RM4150 RMU was created to monitor rectifiers used in cathodic protection systems. It has five analog channels and two digital channels to monitor rectifiers on pipelines, well casings, tanks and other assets. The unit measures AC and DC volts and amps, pipe-to-soil potential, shunts, instant off, line and power presence, all with 1 percent of reading accuracy. This allows high resolution changes to be observed and monitored, and allows the measurement of very low mV readings to accommodate current shunt measurements. The digital channels provide an accumulator for metering applications and, with an optional accessory, intrusion detection. It includes GPS-synchronized interruption for close interval, depolarization and DCVG surveys. The RM4150 installs quickly and is easy to set-up. It is small enough to fit inside most rectifiers or mounts externally using an optional NEMA 4X enclosure. It features over-the-air configuration and firmware upgrades via the Bullhorn Asset Tracker (BAT) website. The RM4150 also communicates measurement readings to AI's Pipeline Compliance System (PCS) via BAT to give operators the ability to further manage, analyze and report on data collected in the field. ABB Multivariable Transmitters Enhance Flow and Level Measurements ABB's Measurement Products' has released the multivariable transmitters in the 266 series. With high precision, these transmitters directly calculate the mass flow or standard volume flow for gases, vapors and liquids 22 www.RemoteMagazine.com with dynamic flow compensation from three process variables: differential pressure, absolute pressure and temperature. The transmitters enhance differential pressure flow measurements of DP primary elements such as Orifice Plates, Pitot Tubes, Venturis and Wedge Meters. Apart from pressure dependent and/or temperature dependent changes to the density of the fluid, the transmitters also correct for such parameters as the discharge coefficient, thermal expansion of pipelines and primary device, along with the Reynolds number. The 266 Multivariable also offers the advantage that a single device replaces a standard DP transmitter, gauge transmitter, RTD, associated wiring and flow calculator. When used as the topworks in the ABB Compact DP Flow product family, significant savings in terms of leak path reduction and higher reliability are available. In addition, these instruments can measure the level of liquid-filled tanks and boiler drum level with temperature and/or pressure dependent density changes of the process medium. With the inclusion of a tank shape specification, they can also measure liquid volume. The 266 Multivariable offers the ABB exclusive TTG (Through the Glass) technology. This technology allows configuration of the instrument through the glass of the housing cover via four buttons on the display of the transmitter. The transmitters contain a standard HART diagnostic called PILD (Plugged Impulse Line Diagnostics) detection. PILD monitors the impulse lines for clogging, identifying a possible fault before the measuring point fails, and signals this fault in a status message both locally and via HART. RTU from CSE-Semaphore is Now Class I, Division 2 Approved CSE-Semaphore has announced that the TBox LT2 RTU has passed all third-party testing criteria for operation in Class I, division 2 hazardous areas. TBox LT2 is an all-in-one SCADA system featuring integral web server, 3G wireless communications and a complete cyber security application suite, all integrated with programmable automation, alarm notification, data logging and Ethernet communications in a single module. Class I, division 2 approval allows TBox LT2 to operate in hazardous atmospheres such as those in natural gas installations. TBox LT2 is the latest addition to the line of RTUs built on CSE-Semaphore's decentralized TBox architecture. The architecture enables the complete integration of programmable automation, alarm management, data logging and IP telemetry. The platform leverages web technologies and push messaging via e-mail, SMS text and FTP. TBox systems are easy to configure and offer reduced costs versus traditional PLC and SCADA architectures. GE Delivers Connected World Architecture to Rural Wastewater Utilities GE Intelligent Platforms has released its latest offering, Pump Station Appliance, a purpose-built solution that provides connected control and monitoring for rural wastewater facilities. This pre-engineered, pre-programmed solution can be purchased online and comes fully-assembled for easy installation, eliminating the need for complex design and engineering. "Upgrading to a sophisticated automated control system seems impossible when you have limited staff, funds and IT support," said Alan Hinchman, global market director Water Industry, GE Intelligent Platforms. "The Pump Station Appliance is the first PLC-based solution you can buy online. No IT resources are required." By answering a few questions online regarding the physical layout of the http://www.RemoteMagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Remote - Winter 2013

Editor’s Choice
Message Oriented Middleware - The Future of SCADA
Enhanced SCADA Access and Big Data Lead to New Analytics & Optimization Capabilities
Approaches to Powering Telecom Sites
Satellite Communications for Water Metering and Other Water Applications
Remote Magazine Launches Internet of Things North America
Geospatially Integrated Surveillance Systems
Tier 1 Operator Case Study: Intelligent Site Management
SCADA - The Brain of the Smart Grid
SCADA
Networking
Security
Onsite Power
Industry News

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