Bgan For Scada Solution - Wideye Sabre Ranger User Manual

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BGAN for SCADA Solution

Addvalue has an intelligent and programmable "Machine to Machine" (M2M) application enabler device called the
IOTA™.
The IOTA™ together with the SABRE™ Ranger terminal forms a unique equipment suite suitable for SCADA
applications. This suite combination supports unmanned SCADA applications in remote, hard-to-access or hazardous
locations. The IOTA™ is specially designed to control both the SABRE™ Ranger and to interface with various types
of SCADA equipment.
Addvalue's Wideye™ IOTA™ supports WinCE programming. Clients can development their software applications on
this platform. These applications can be tailored for command and control of their particular SCADA equipment
and the SABRE™ Ranger. The entire equipment suite – SABRE™ Ranger, IOTA™ and the SCADA equipment - can then
be remotely accessed from the user's headquarter via the Inmarsat BGAN network.
In the setup depicted below, the SABRE™ Ranger is used as a BGAN communication terminal for transmitting SCADA
data to the Monitoring and Control Centre (MCC) that typically is located far away from the remote SCADA location.
In this application, the IOTA™ is acting as a controller to manage between the SCADA equipment and the SABRE™
Ranger. It controls the SCADA equipment for data collection and at the same time manages the transmission,
whether periodically or continuously, over BGAN via the SABRE™ Ranger terminal. The IOTA™ can host applications
to run regular diagnostic tests on the SCADA equipment where necessary or act as a gateway for remote access to
perform diagnostic checks.
In a typical SCADA application scenario, the IOTA™ will collect and compress data from the SCADA sensors and send
them to the MCC. Likewise, the MCC can draw data from the remote SCADA site when necessary. In instances where
the MCC needs to perform diagnostic checks on the SCADA sensors, it can do so via the IOTA™.
The IOTA™ also functions as a health-screener on the SABRE™ Ranger terminal. It will periodically poll the health
of the SABRE™ Ranger terminal and perform necessary self recovery routine if required. In severe situations where
the self recovery routine fails, the IOTA™ can power cycle the SABRE™ Ranger terminal via its internal power relay
circuit.
For more information about the IOTA™, please refer to our website www.wideye.com.sg.
GPS Satellite
Inmarsat I-4
Satellite
TM
SABRE Ranger
BGAN
Earth
RAN/CN
Station
Internet
Backbone
SCADA Sensors
& Equipment
TM
IOTA
[M2M Application Enabler]
SP Gateway
Remote SCADA Location
Monitoring and
Addvalue's BGAN for SCADA Solution
Control Centre
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