Solve your SCADA Problems with the Universal SCADA Engine

Applitech has developed the Universal SCADA Engine (USE) based on using industry standard Modbus messaging. The Universal SCADA Engine allows our customers to read and write to 150 Modbus slave devices, each with different Modbus communications parameters.  This finally provides our customers with a no hassle way to get information from and control their existing or new Modbus devices.

• Polls up to 150 Modbus (MB) Slave devices (Read and/or Write)
• Stores up to 5000 16-bit registers for MB slave read and/or to write data
• Communicates with MB slaves via any multi-drop network supporting RS-232 or 485 such as Leased line modems, Dial-up modems, radio, microwave and RS-485 (2 or 4 wire)
• Communicates with SCADA computer or automation system via Ethernet using industry standard Modbus TCP/IP
• Settable Timed cycle polling with operator forced polling of individual addresses
• Unsolicited report by exception supported
• Easy, no hassle, configuration software
• Global setup for all communications parameters common to all MB slave devices
• Individualized setup parameters available for each entry to allow connection to multiple types of MB slave devices such as mix of MB ASCII and RTU protocols, baud rates, etc.

Typical SCADA applications:

• Potable Water distribution systems
• Water/Waste Water pumping stations
• Gas/Oil Line Distribution Systems
• Electrical Utility Substation Applications
• Industrial/Commercial Electrical metering and billing applications
• Remote Customer Inventory Maintenance for supply management

Specifications:

• 5000 registers available for user configurable data storage of read/write data from up to 150 Modbus addresses
• For example the user can configure to poll/read 20 registers from 150 Modbus slave devices plus write 13 registers to each address, or read 100 registers from 50 Modbus addresses

Polling:

• Poll can be set for continuous, or intervals from 1 sec to 18 hours, or scheduled for a specific time
• Can force poll of any address/entry and any time
• Each address/entry can be individually enabled/disabled for polling
• All enabled writes are performed prior to that address read

Modbus Settings:

• Each Modbus setting can be configured for Global use or can be individually set for each address/entry
• Mode: Modbus ASCII (7-bit) or Modbus RTU (8-bit)
• Stop bits : 1
• Baud rate: 50 to 19,200
• Parity: odd, even, none
• Communications Response time out: 0 to 65535 msec
• Communications Start Delay: 0 to 65535 msec
• Communications End Delay: 0 to 65535 msec
• Communications Retry Limit: 0 to 65535 retries
• Read data type: 3x (Modbus code 4) or 4x (Modbus code 3)
• Write data type: 4x (Modbus code 16)
• Status Information:
• Each address/entry has poll status
• Fault codes

Communications Network:

• Modbus port can be configured for RS-232 or RS-485
• The Modbus Polling can be done over hardwire, radio, leased or dial-up phone lines, satellite link, etc.
• Communications with SCADA software is Modbus ethernet TCP/IP
  

Dialup Modbus Polling:

• Each address/entry can accept a phone number for dialup polling
• Successive addresses/entries having the same phone number will automatically complete polling and not hangup until an address/entry with a new phone number is to be polled