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The forces driving energy market liberalization and privatization are changing the world of energy supply. Consequently, the business focus of the energy supply has shifted from supply reliability and cost minimization to competitiveness and optimization of earnings, which have become today's dominant factors and will remain so well in the future.
Today, energy supply companies are facing major challenges including competition, customer retention and satisfaction, and shareholder value. They must react quickly and flexibly to new requirements and changing market conditions. But they can only meet these challenges by reengineering and optimizing their existing business processes.
Siemens is the leading supplier for energy management and automation solutions in regulated and deregulated markets for:
- Single energy suppliers
- Multiple energy suppliers
- Municipalities
- Generation companies, transmission providers, system operators, and distribution providers in deregulated energy markets
- New participants in the business such as energy traders, balance managers, risk assessors and energy suppliers
- Operators of traction power systems for railways
- Industrial power consumers
Our understanding of your business processes - based on the experience gained from an installed base of more than 1800 control systems - enables us to ensure and consolidate your success. Meeting your needs is our business; we offer a comprehensive range of innovative, integrated and modular solutions, advanced technology, fast delivery and open systems. Our spectrum of solutions encompasses a wide spectrum of needs.
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Standalone Sinaut ICCPNT
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Value Proposition
The need for better customer service and the optimization of power systems requires efficient data exchange between control centers, power pools, regional SCADA systems and power plants. This data must accurately reflect time-critical power systems information to support economical control and management decisions.
In today’s competitive environment, effective power systems management requires a wide range of data communication features not normally found in regional or proprietary communication systems.
The Solution – SINAUT ICCPNT Communication Product
The SINAUT ICCPNT Communication Product from Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. provides a clear competitive advantage by giving you an open system environment. This is a cost-effective solution to make the current EMS system ICCP compatible.
The SINAUT ICCPNT product runs on the Windows 2000 PC platform.
ICCP Conformance Block 1
Block 1 is used to exchange real time power system data between ICCPNT and one or more remote peers.
ICCP Conformance Block 2
Functions for Conformance Block 2 are the same as those for Conformance Block 1 except the condition monitoring is used to trigger a transfer report whenever an object within the data set changes.
ICCP Conformance Block 4
Conformance Block 4 can be used for transfer of a variety of “information messages”. Contents of such messages can range from operator messages to file transfers.
ICCP Conformance Block 5
Conformance Block 5 deals with device control.
ICCP Conformance Block 8
Block 8 data supports types that allow the exchange of scheduling and accounting information. Two TASE.2 objects are supported, Device Outage and Transfer Account.
Flat File Gateway For ICCP Conformance Blocks 1 And 2 Data Exchange (FFGW)
Flat File Gateway (FFGW) is a very simple mechanism for ICCP conformance blocks 1 and 2 data exchange.
This is useful for those who may want to avoid direct programming in the ICCPNT environment.
FFGW relies on “flat” ASCII files for bi-directional exchange of data.
The Flat File Gateway For Block 1 And 2 Data (FFGW) supports the periodic creation of a flat file that holds the most recent values of data objects that have changed since the creation of the previous file.
The output file consists of specially formatted records, each of which contains data about one data object.
The FFGW application also periodically looks for incoming data consisting of new data in an identically formatted file or files.
Configuration facilities are provided that allow definition of the data objects that are to be written to the output file as well as those objects that are to be accepted from the input file.
The availability of this flat file gateway makes it possible to manipulate files in an existing environment that you already understand. The files can be read from or placed onto the ICCPNT system using standard facilities, such as FTP.
RDBMS gateway to exchange data with other Oracle based systems (DBGW – Data Base Gateway)
Data Base Gateway (DBGW) is an RDBMS mechanism for ICCP conformance blocks 1 and 2 data exchange.
This is useful for those who have experience with the database environment.
The Data Base Gateway supports bi-directional data exchange.
Configuration facilities are provided that allow definition of the data objects that are to be written to the database as well as those objects that are to be read from the database.
SCADA/EMS systems that use standard RDBMS tools (e.g., SQL*Net) may develop a gateway into the ICCPNT data distribution system via an RDBMS and DBGW will provide the exchange of the data.
The speed of data exchange by Data Base Gateway is limited by the performance of the RDBMS.
Flat File Gateway For ICCP Conformance Block 8 Data Exchange (FFBlock8)
Flat File Gateway for block 8 (FFBlock8) is a very simple mechanism for ICCP conformance block 8 data exchange.
This is useful for those who may want to avoid direct programming in the ICCPNT environment.
FFBlock8 relies on “flat” ASCII files for bi-directional exchange of data.
The Flat File Gateway For Block 8 data (FFBlock8) supports the periodic creation of a flat file that holds the most recent values of block 8 data objects that have been received since the creation of the previous file
FFBlock8 supports the same ICCP conformance block 8 data objects as the base ICCPNT software. This includes using standard device outage objects, standard transfer account objects with matrix data (without segment data), and standard transfer account objects with profile data (without segment data).
The output file consists of specially formatted records, each of which contains data about one data object.
The FFBlock8 application also periodically looks for incoming data consisting of new data in an identically formatted file or files.
Configuration facilities are provided that allow definition of the frequency of output file creation.
The availability of this flat file gateway makes it possible to manipulate files in an existing environment that you already understand. The files can be read from or placed onto the ICCPNT system using standard facilities, such as FTP.
Implementation of OPC Gateway (Option)
The OPC Gateway option provides OPC Data Access Client (DA) functionality within the Siemens ICCPNT product
SINAUT ICCPNT Product Suite
The SINAUT ICCPNT product suite contains the SINAUT ICCPNT Base Product as well as the Siemens implementation of Block 8, an OPC Gateway and an EMS Link Gateway.
The SINAUT ICCPNT Base Product is for customers who need to exchange SCADA data (ICCP conformance blocks 1, 2, 4, and 5).
The Siemens implementation of ICCP conformance block 8 is for customers who need to exchange schedule data. Block 8 in ICCPNT allows the additional data exchange using standard device outage objects, standard transfer account objects with matrix data (without segment data), and standard transfer account objects with profile data (without segment data).
The OPC Gateway option provides OPC Data Access Client (DA) functionality within the Siemens ICCPNT product.
Siemens offers an EMS Link option to interface to the Siemens ARTECS II EMS systems.
- Supports ICCP conformance block 1 and 2 data
- Supports ICCP conformance block 4 data
- Supports ICCP conformance block 5 data
- Flat File Gateway for blocks 1 and 2 data exchange (FFGW)
- RDBMS gateway to exchange data with other Oracle based systems (DBGW - Data Base Gateway)
Implementation of Block (Option)
- Supports ICCP conformance block 8 data
- Flat File Gateway for Block 8 data exchange (FFBlock8)
Implementation of OPC Gateway (Option)
- The OPC Gateway option provides OPC Data Access Client (DA) functionality within the Siemens ICCPNT product
SINAUT ICCPNT is shipped with complete documentation, including release notes, functional specification, installation, configuration, operation and programming manuals.
ICCPNT Base Product Features
- Windows 2000 platform
- Standard PC hardware computer
- Distributed systems architecture
- Uses standard database (Oracle 8)
- Easy to familiar Windows-like user interface for configuration and maintenance
- Easy to familiar Windows-like user interface for operation
- Batch import for high volume data configuration
ICCPNT Base Product Features
- Windows 2000 platform
- Standard PC hardware computer
- Distributed system archtecture
- Uses standard database (Oracle 8)
- Easy to familiar Windows-like user interface for configuration and maintenance
- Easy to familiar Windows-like user interface for operator
- Batch import for high volume data configuration
- High performance API's
- Supports standalone and redundant configurations
- Uses the standard MMS protocol
- Uses a standard Windows-like installation
- Supports Open System Interconnection (OSI) and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
- Support of ICCP conformance blocks 1, 2, 4 and 5
- Contains fully defined APIs with programming examples for the supported ICCP conformance blocks.
- RDBMS gateway to exchange data with other Oracle based systems (DBGW)
- ICCP conformance block 1 and 2 (SCADA data) gateway (FFGW)
Block 8 Implementation Features
- Support of ICCP conformance block 8 using standard device outage objects, standard transfer account objects with matrix data (without segment data), and standard transfer account objects with profile data (without segment data).
- Contains fully defined APIs with programming examples for ICCP conformance block 8.
- ICCP conformance block 8 gateway (schedule data).
ICCP/NT saves you money because you get ICCP functionality without replacing the existing system or doing costly system upgrades. And because SINAUT ICCP/NT is a standalone add on, it is easy to upgrade only the ICCP/NT product to get new features as ICCP evolves.
Easily installed and maintained by the customer. The majority of customers perform the installation and configuration of ICCPNT themselves. Complete installation and configuration documentation is provided.
Siemens offers a wide variety of ICCP services, depending upon customer requirements. These include developing custom applications to meet customer needs.
Why choose SINAUT ICCPNT?
ICCP Experience
- Siemens championed the design of ICCP standard.
- Siemens is a member of the IEC TC57 Working Group 7 which controls the ICCP standard.
- Siemens has customers worldwide using SINAUT ICCPNT.
Siemens recommends the following PC hardware configuration:
- PC with a single 650 or 750 MHz Pentium II processor or better
- 512 MB of memory
- 9GB SCSI disk drive
- CD and diskette drives
- One Ethernet interface card
- Windows 2000
Configuration Options
The product is configured and priced according to the following:
1. Type of ICCPNT license
- Primary Product License
- Redundant license of ICCPNT with automatic failover enabled
- Block 8 Option
- Cold Backup license of ICCPNT without failover
- Development Copy license OPC Client Option
- EMS Link to ICCPNT Protocol option
2. Number of links to be activated
- 1 to 3 Links and less than 30,000 combined points
- 4 to 10 Links and less than 30,000 combined points
- 11 to 25 Links and less than 30,000 combined points
Meeting Utilities' Critical Communication Needs
Deregulation is forcing reorganization of utilities around the world. Where utilities in the past use their own internal communications protocols to communicate between power plants, separate control centers and with intelligent substations, now utilities are separating into different corporate entities. As these corporate entities merge and change, converting multiple proprietary communication protocols become increasingly difficult and expensive. Utilities need a standard protocol that they can use across a Local or Wide Area Network to communicate critical realtime data. This protocol needs to work across different companies and communicate with different vendors’ systems. Inter Control Center Protocol (ICCP) meets these needs.
ICCP was developed over eight years and became an IEC (IEC 870-6 TASE.2) international standard in 1997. ICCP is meeting a global need with implementations in North and South America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Standalone ICCP
Most SCADA vendors have ICCP embedded in their new systems. However, many utility companies have existing systems without an ICCP interface. These existing systems are well-tuned and meeting the customer requirements, only lacking the ICCP communication interface. SINAUT ICCP/NT is designed as an easy add-on to these existing systems.
Xcel Energy cost justified the purchase of the product with an estimation that it will save them 50% of the labor effort associated with building displays (or one-line schematics) for a new EMS in Denver. To veiw more information about this case study go to the Download section.
Dairyland Power Cooperative is using this tool to establish a new applications infrastructure, there by prolonging their investment in their legacy system and creating an open migration path. To veiw more information about this case study go to the Download section.
PowerCC Information Model Manager Case Studies
- Xcel Energy Initiates Common Platform Infrastructure
- Dairyland Modernizes its EMS
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