Introduction to VTScada

Designed for the water / wastewater industry, VTScada HMI software is all-in-one SCADA central for telemetry applications of any size. VTScada communicates with most PLCs and RTUs and replaces master PLC devices with a built-in polling driver. With a single installation, VTScada also replaces third-party addons with integrated features like security, reporting, historian, alarm management, dialer and Internet clients. In seconds, configure any number of synced redundant servers with hot backup. For 25 years, Trihedral has built their business by providing superior technical support to their customers. Integrated features

I/O drivers (RTUs, PLCs, Dataloggers) Polling management Runtime user interface Online application development Tag database User display menus Security Alarms and events Report generation (on-demand and scheduled) Historian Trend viewer Operator notes Calculation/expression builder Object-oriented scripting language Server redundancy (requires two licenses)

Optional features Application version control Alarm dialer with WAP Internet / thin client VTScada as OPC server ODBC driver for historian Web services

Applications Water treatment Wastewater treatment Water distribution Wastewater collection Hydrologic data collection

Has been used to replace Fix32, iFix, Wonderware InTouch, DataFlow Systems, Dexter Fortson Associates, Allen Bradley RSView, and National Instruments Lookout.
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What Makes VTScada Different?

We created VTScada to function differently from other HMI products. After 25 years of proven installations around the world, we believe that our approach is fundamentally better for monitoring and controlling mission critical systems. To see more ways that VTScada stands out in its field, visit our website. www.trihedral.com/whyvtscada

Advanced Configuration Management Version 10 includes a suite of new features designed to increase uptime and reduce development time.

Shared Polling Infrastructure Why use a different communication link for each kind of PLC or RTU in your SCADA system? VTScada device drivers and polling management allow you to transmit multiple protocols over a single communications link (e.g. shared base station radio & frequency). Real-time Online Configuration Without interrupting the monitoring & control process, you can

Reduce integration time by cloning existing applications Create applications and update existing ones online and off Distribute or update applications to multiple computers with one file Easily backup and restore configuration information Return to any previously known good version of the application See audit log of all configuration changes for every computer in the system since installation

More Integrated Features = Less Configuration Time Many HMI products require extensive setup to integrate the following:

SCADA tools layer Graphics library Report generator Real-time/historical data logging & trending Security Alarms manager Optional Alarm Dialer (with WAP), Internet Server, OPC Server and ODBC Server, application version control

Modify applications remotely Configure tags from Internet clients Make simultaneous changes from multiple workstations Debug communications & application script code Tune polling cycles Automatically push changes out to local and remote computers

Only VTScada allows this level of online configuration. Library of Standard & Proprietary Device Drivers Other HMI products require OPC and DDE drivers from 3rd party suppliers. In addition to OPC & DDE, VTScada includes direct drivers for over 100 industry standard and proprietary devices. Direct drivers = less problems = lower integration costs See more drivers on the next page. Support for Multiple Operating Systems

VTS integrates them all for you to minimize your time investment. Fast Integrated Historian VTScadas incredibly fast historian was designed specifically for large distributed HMI systems.

A single 70 MB file can install VTScada on these operating systems:

Integrated Historian capable of logging up to 160,000 tags/second Optionally log to databases such as MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle Distribute multiple historians across multiple servers Synchronize historians across a WAN at up to 4000 values/second Reliably synchronize different database types

Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 and 2008 Server

Supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions on Windows 7 or Vista. Retentive Totalizer & Counter Tags These tags provide important information for performing preventative maintenance, creating operating & usage reports or recognizing patterns and anomalies in your system.

True Server Redundancy & Automatic-failover Only VTScada offers true server redundancy.

Seamless failover of servers, Internet clients and I/O network links Unlimited backup servers supported for most services Redundant servers can be located hundreds of miles apart Client workstations can function as backup servers Automatically synchronization of historical and alarm data between primary and backup servers

The counter tag allows you to count process events The totalizer tag records the sum of a process variables value

Values are retentive and remain in memory when the HMI is restarted. They can also be regularly logged to the historical database. Networked Electronic Operators Logbook VTScada provides an encrypted, networked logbook for users to create time-stamped entries and print summaries as necessary. The entire log is saved to an encrypted file that cannot be edited. Notes are networked and can be viewed by users with appropriate security privileges. Best-in-Class Customer Service A team of over 30 developers, programmers and engineers in 3 countries provides our customers with the most accessible, reliable and comprehensive technical support in the industry.

Real-time Monitoring of System Architecture Unplanned downtime is unacceptable. VTScada includes tools to monitor the network and computer infrastructure warning of impending problems and triggering alarms when unexpected events occur. VTScada monitors I/O device links, computer memory, available drive space, CPU usage and network links between client and server workstations.

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New features in VTScada 10

Version 10 includes a new look, a powerful new historian and a smarter approach to configuration management. See the Full List www.trihedral.com/features

Fast Distributed Historian

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Integrated historian now logs up to 160,000 values/second. Distribute multiple historians across multiple servers. Optionally log to databases like MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle. Synchronize historians across a WAN at up to 4000 values/second.

Bold new interface design. New photo-realistic graphics.

Performance & Ease-of-use Features Operators can leave highly visible and editable sticky notes on pages. Displays now update up to 7 times faster. Create mouse-over tool tips. Quickly access operator notes by day using calendar selection tool. Click on trend graphs to see values at specific points in time. Supports triggered and scheduled writes to multiple outputs. (e.g. recipe) Add statistical calculations to pages. (e.g. Last weeks average flow rate.) Balance Internet Client load across servers. Faster startup and lower memory requirements for large applications.

Configuration Management Reduce integration time by cloning existing applications. Create applications and update existing ones online and offline. Distribute new or updated applications to all computers with one file. Easily backup and restore configuration history. Return to any previously known good version of the application. Reload tags and many off-line script changes without application restart. See audit log of all config changes for all computers since installation.

Security & Reliability Military-grade tamper-proofing protects all configuration files. Prevent unauthorized IP addresses from connecting. Perform orderly shutdown when Universal Power Supply (UPS) runs low. Supports SMTP servers with Transport Layer Security (e.g. Googles Gmail) for alarm notifications.

Connectivity VTScada now has its own IANA registered TCP/IP port. Faster networking speed, especially on slow network links. Integrated HTTP server displays HTML files (e.g. Google map pages). Alternate between redundant I/O com links to confirm availability. Support for DataRadio ViPR and Phantom radios diagnostics. Supports trigger-based polling of I/O devices. SNMP compatible device support over UDP. Store last written values: Rewrite manually or on com restoration. Run multiple concurrent ODBC queries to different databases.

Alarm Management and Alarm Dialer Configure alarms to rearm after they have been acknowledged. Records all alarm dialer roster activations as alarm history events. Alarm dialer now includes alarm summary.

Standard and Proprietary Device Drivers

A library of drivers allows VTScada to communicate with over a hundred brands of commonly used monitoring and control devices. Contact us if you dont see the driver you need. We frequently add new ones and can create a driver to suit virtually any need. Foxboro Allen-Bradley General Electric Aquatrol Granville Phillips Bailey Hewlett-Packard Campbell Scientific IDEC Control Microsystems IEC DAQ Koyo Data Flow Systems Landis & Gyr Digital Control Company (DCC) Lantronix Federal Pioneer Mitsubishi
Supported Manufacturers OPC Support

Modicon Moore Motorola Multitrode OSI Soft Omron Opto 22 Power Measurement Ltd Powers Process Controllers Quindar

Schlumberger Siemens Sierra Misco Square D Stevens Water Surfline Texas Instruments Toshiba Zetron (zetron.com)

Other Supported Devices OPC compliant devices Modbus compliant devices DDE compliant devices DF1 compliant devices DNP compliant devices See the Full List www.trihedral.com/drivers

VTScada supports hundreds of OPC servers provided by 3rd-party manufacturers such as Matrikon (www.matrikon.com), Kepware (www.kepware.com) and Top Server (www.toolboxopc.com). Drivers not included above may be available from one of these providers.

Request a Free Trial of VTScada

www.trihedral.com - (800) 463-2783 (toll-free in North America)
Trihedral Engineering Limited - Bedford, Canada Trihedral, Inc. - Orlando, Florida Trihedral UK Limited - Aberdeen, Scotland 1.902.835.1575 1.407.888.8203 +44 (0) 1224 258910 info@trihedral.com 1.800.463.2783 (North America) 1.902.835.1575 (Outside North America) Trihedral Engineering Limited 2011

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