SCADA Database

e-terracontrol | Module 3

GRID
Topics

Data model
Equipment groups
Communications
Relates EMS SCADA database

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Review of configuration and user interface

Student Workstation Remote Workstation

e-terrabrowser
SCADA client

SCADA Webfg_config.xml
Database

Alarms
e-terrabrowser
client Trending
Webfg_config.xml

Kirkland Simulator

Process Starter
CFE Reader *(italics) other things to
do in the Guided Tour
Measurement History
Virtual Charts

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e-terracontrol SCADA Server

The SCADA Server:

Central application of e-terracontrol.
Passive and always online when the application is
running.
Even online when making database changes.
Starts appropriate timers and initiates calculation routines.
Replicates data and saves alarm logs and historical data
to disk.
Waits for client connections (via OCX or OLE controls) and
acts on client data requests.

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e-terracontrol SCADA Server Database

Object-oriented
Single database contains all data:
Persistent analog, status, accumulator measurements with
data quality
Alarm and event processing parameters.
Multiple data sources with line switching and
configurable priorities.
Historical information for trending.

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The EPRI CIM-Based Station Hierarchy
(Legacy Measurement Model)
STATION

EQUIPMENT Breaker, Switch, Transformer, etc.

Analog, Status,
MEASUREMENT
Accumulators

LIMIT

CONTROL
Default names used by clients to reference database values for displays and
data transfers.
<Station ID>.<EquipmentType ID>.<Equipment ID>.<Measurement ID>
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New Measurement Model

EQUIPMENT GROUP(S) Station, Voltage Level, Bay, etc.

EQUIPMENT Breaker, Switch, Transformer, etc.

Analog, Status,
MEASUREMENT
Accumulators

LIMIT

CONTROL
Equipment Groups are more generic forms of stations.
Displays currently still rely on the old Station-based model.
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Substation (Stations) Data Model

Compatibility with legacy measurement model.

Displays currently still rely on the old Station-based model.
Substation objects will only appear if their corresponding
equipment group type is defined to be exposed as a Station.

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Equipment Groups Data Model

Equipment group(s): station, voltage level, bay, etc.

Equipment: breaker, switch, transformer, feeder, etc.
Measurement: analog, status, accumulators
Limit
Control
EG is a more generic class of SUBSTN
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Equipment Groups Data Model

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Communications Data Model

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Equipment Groups

SCADEK
SUBSTN
DEVTYP
DEVICE
POINT
CTRL
*SCADAMOM ANALOG
database on SETPNT
EMS
COUNT

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Communications

*Generalized representation
of Dataset hierarchy

A datasource is any source of measurement data

A dataset object represents any physical object in the
communication path (comm line, RTU, scan address, etc.)
Dataitems are the physical connections (I/O) in the device

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Dataset example: CFEreaders heirarchy
SCADEK
TFE
CHANEL
PCLCHN
PATH
PCLPTH
RTUC
RTU
ADRS
CARD
CONECT
RELAY
XDUCER
ANOUT
PULSE

Dataset tree represents the origins or ways data is retrieved

Structure depends on device application (e.g. CFEreader)

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How does it relate to the EMS SCADA model?

SCADEK
SUBSTN RTU
DEVTYP ADRS
DEVICE CARD
POINT CONECT
CTRL RELAY
ANALOG XDUCER
SETPNT ANOUT

TFE COUNT PULSE

CHANEL
PCLCHN
PATH
PCLPTH
*Data flow
RTUC

e-terracontrols object data model is directly related

to SCADATOP, RTUTOP, and COMTOP from the
EMS
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 End of module 3
Next module :
EMSP009_04_D_eterracontrol_scada_ui_Alstom_2011.03.07_.pptx

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