Web based system architecture for long pulse remote experimentation

Remote experimentation (RE) methods will be essential in next generation fusion devices. Requirements for long pulse RE will be: on-line data visualization, on-line data acquisition processes monitoring and on-line data acquisition systems interactions (start, stop or set-up modifications). Note that these methods are not oriented to real-time control of fusion plant devices. INDRA Sistemas S.A., CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas) and UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) have designed a specific software architecture for these purposes. The architecture can be supported on the BeansNet platform, whose integration with an application server provides an adequate solution to the requirements. BeansNet is a JINI based framework developed by INDRA, which makes easy the implementation of a remote experimentation model based on a Service Oriented Architecture. The new software architecture has been designed on the basis of the experience acquired in the development of an upgrade of the TJ-II remote experimentation system

REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF A RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEM USING A WEB INTERFACE

ThesisThe assembly system at the Research Group in Evolvable Manufacturing System (RGEMS) is designed to assemble products part by part and also ensuring good quality products. This system uses different kinds of industrial devices that are integrated in a way that the devices are dependent on each other in order to work properly on a production cycle. The disadvantage of systems of this nature is that if one of the devices malfunctions and is not attended to, the production line will get affected, which will cost time and money. In order to ensure that malfunctioning of devices is acknowledged in time, the system devices must be monitored while busy in progress; this is normally done by a system operator who uses a computer and checks if there is any change in system data using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. This is, however, inconvenient in that the system operator can only monitor and control the system when connected to the system’s network. Today we live in a wireless world, where anything can be accessible from anywhere in the world; internet and web technologies made all this possible. It was therefore proposed to design a system that can monitor and control the assembly system from a remote location. This system uses OLE Process Control (OPC) technology and web technology in order to read and write data to the system from the OPC server through the internet. This data is presented on a web user interface where it is viewed as analogue or digital data. The user only needs the internet browser installed to his/her computer or smart phone and also to be authorized by the system administrator in order to be able to monitor and control the system

Assessing and augmenting SCADA cyber security: a survey of techniques

SCADA systems monitor and control critical infrastructures of national importance such as power generation and distribution, water supply, transportation networks, and manufacturing facilities. The pervasiveness, miniaturisations and declining costs of internet connectivity have transformed these systems from strictly isolated to highly interconnected networks. The connectivity provides immense benefits such as reliability, scalability and remote connectivity, but at the same time exposes an otherwise isolated and secure system, to global cyber security threats. This inevitable transformation to highly connected systems thus necessitates effective security safeguards to be in place as any compromise or downtime of SCADA systems can have severe economic, safety and security ramifications. One way to ensure vital asset protection is to adopt a viewpoint similar to an attacker to determine weaknesses and loopholes in defences. Such mind sets help to identify and fix potential breaches before their exploitation. This paper surveys tools and techniques to uncover SCADA system vulnerabilities. A comprehensive review of the selected approaches is provided along with their applicability

Implementation of Fully Automated Electricity for large Building Using SCADA Tool like LabVIEW

This paper deals with the development and implementation of a framework of SCADA using LabVIEW based Data Acquisition and Management. A SCADA system is described in terms of architecture, process interfaces, functionality, and application development facilities. The system is low on system requirements and easy to implement. This paper describes configuration of Remote Terminal Units to access and transmit real time data over the Intranet, logging all the data in a historian for future references at a centralized location, keeping the human operator updated via Human Machine Interface, and providing measures for any emergency and enabling control via SMS giving true remote control capabilities. In addition, the project can automatically run the suitable generator from his reading of the foundation power; in short it’s the best solution of the foundation electricity problem