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Substation Automation and Smart Grid News
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Event:
2012 Substation Automation and Smart Grid Symposium
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 26-27
Governor Hotel, Portland, OR
This event will feature:
- Technical presentations by experts from utilities, manufacturers, and consultants
- Mini-exposition of automation products
- Hands-on model of an automated substation
- Networking reception, lunches, and breakfasts
- Dinner at the acclaimed Paragon Restaurant in Portland's historic Pearl District
Fee $99, which includes meals and symposium materials (printed and CD). Payment may be made in person, by mailed check, or online with a credit card. Spouses/guest(s) are welcome to join the Tuesday night dinner as our guest(s).
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Contact Us
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Peak Measure
PO Box 970
Ridgefield, WA 98642
Main Office 360-263-0123
John Bruns 360-606-9353 john@peakmeasure.com
Willie Bruns 206-499-2097 willie@peakmeasure.com
Bill Rambo 509-991-3200 rambo@peakmeasure.com
RFQ's to sally@peakmeasure.com
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Multimedia Board Now Available for
NovaTech's OrionLX Substation Automation Platform
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NovaTech has introduced NEW FEATURES and capabilities for the OrionLX Substation Automation Platform, including
Think about it...
... An OrionLX that provides all of the functions of a hardened substation HMI with no PC and no license fees.
... An OrionLX that can exist on three different Ethernet networks; one for SCADA, one for Engineering, and one for substation devices.
... A new OrionLX CPU with two to three times more power than a standard OrionLX.
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 | Keyboard and mouse attached to USB port on OrionLX Multimedia Board
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Orion WEBserver HMI
Orion WEBserver is a web-based SCADA and local HMI solution that uses open-source graphics package Inkscape to build interactive screens accessible from standard web browsers. A browser can connect to an Orion and view data from connected IEDs and RTUs. WEBserver displays can range from a single text-based screen to detailed substation one-line drawings with multiple password protected drill-down screens for viewing IED data or establishing a pass-through connection with the IED. Two preconfigured WEBserver pages for Data Archiving/Sequence of Events Recording and Alarm Annunciation are also available.
Orion Web Demo (Firefox or IE Browser Recommended)
View webpages served from an Orion5r showing three Bitronics 70 Series IEDs and an Orion5r operating in a simulated substation. One-line diagram, bay diagrams, hardware overview, text pages, and alarm/sequence of events pages available to view. Access demo here.
www.novatechweb.com
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GarrettCom Introduces Configurable Industrial Cellular Router
| |  GarrettCom manufactures industrial networking products, including hardened Ethernet, serial, routing, wireless, and cable products, for power utilities. GarrettCom's heavy duty products include managed and unmanaged switches, media converters, fiber links, multi-protocol routers and terminal servers, and cyber security solutions. Magnum DX940 Configurable Industrial Cellular Router 
The versatile Magnum™ DX940 Configurable Industrial Router with Cellular combines WAN access, IP routing, Ethernet switching, Serial-to-IP terminal services and advanced security features in a small-footprint industrial package suitable for small and mid-sized remote sites such as electrical substations, renewable power generation facilities and transportation control pedestals. With 3G wireless capability, as well as configurable port options for 10/100 and 1Gb copper and fiber media, the DX940 secure access even where wireline is too difficult or too expensive to deploy. Features include... Read more GarrettCom Networking in Power Utilities and Substations (overview of solutions for the Power Utilities Industry, with links for more details) GarrettCom Substation Networking Products (one-page, illustrated overview) www.garrettcom.com |
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G&W and Survalent Announce "Ultimate Automation Solution"
with Lazer and SmartVU
|   G&W Electric and Survalent Technology, with locations around the world, have announced a comprehensive automation solution. Lazer® Power System Automation incorporates the Survalent SmartVU (TM) Utility Data Management System with G&W Electric hardware and control solutions to offer users the ability to monitor, evaluate, and reconfigure their system, providing increased reliability, data analysis, reporting, and improved efficiencies.  Lazer® addresses system reconfiguration and can be used for system improvements such as Volt/Var control, power factor control, system event reporting, and command sequencing. The system consists of tools that allow distribution operators to monitor, control, coordinate, automatically restore, and verify results for parts or all of a distribution system in real time.
The Lazer® solution can be applied as a full system control for Conservation Voltage Reduction or on a single feeder as a local control utilizing Fault Detection, Isolation, and Restoration or Voltage Loss Programming. Lazer® provides the ultimate Smart Grid solution for critical load installations. It offers the following additional features and options beyond fault isolation and restoration. - The most user friendly interface in the industry
- An operator training simulator to test system response without affecting the system
- Options for full SCADA, AMI, outage management applications, and more
- Advanced applications such as predictive maintenance, load flow, and short circuit analysis
- Extensive report and data management portfolio including an advanced loss analysis reporting system
G&W's automation solutions are customized to meet or exceed customers' requirements, based on their choice of G&W switchgear combined with innovative controls and communication equipment that is fully system tested prior to shipment. They focus on achieving complete system integration and strive to integrate any manufacturer per customer preference. Some of the major manufacturers of system components include: - Switchgear - G&W Electric, Cooper Power Systems, S&C, ABB, Hubbell
- Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) - SEL, GE, ABB, Siemens
- Communications - MDS, Telemetric, Ruggedcom, Silver Springs, SEL, Reliatronics
- Protocols - DNP, Mirrored Bits, Modbus, IEC 61850, WiMax
- SCADA - Survalent, QEI, Efacec, Cybectec, Telvent, OSI, ABB
Recent examples of G&W power automation solutions include: - Fault Isolation and Restoration
- Open Loop FDIR including reclosers and SEL-651R over radio.
- Open Loop Upgrade including switches, SEL-451s and SEL-751As over fiber optic.
- High Speed Single Phase Tripping Closed Loop including reclosers and SEL-651R over fiber optic cable.
- Master Station Solution
- Multiple protective loop circuits with padmount switches and SEL-relays controlled by a redundant Survalent master station.
- Voltage Loss Reconfiguration
- Distributed automatic transfer including reclosers and SEL-351R controls over fiber optic cable.
- Load Calculating Restoration including switches, SEL-451s and SEL-3351 over fiber optic.
Lazer Automation G&W's Products and Solutions Overview www.gwelec.com Survalent SmartVU Survalent's Solutions Overview www.survalent.com |
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Survalent Commissions New SCADA System for Yet Another Utility
| The most recent news release from Survalent Technology:
Survalent Technology Commissions New SCADA System for Mayfield Electric & Water Systems
May 16, 2012 - Survalent Technology, the most trusted provider of smart grid solutions for the control room, announced that it has commissioned a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at Mayfield Electric & Water Systems (MEWS), a publicly-owned utility and a member of Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA) and Municipal Electric Power Association of Kentucky (MEPAK).
The new system features Survalent's highly available, open-architecture system based on Windows Server. It includes several of Survalent's open system applications, including: WebSurv, SCADA Add-In, Operations and Outages Accounting, Control Panel and Remote Alarm Annunciation.WebSurv, SCADA Add-In, Operations and Outages Accounting, Control Panel and Remote Alarm Annunciation. "This is the first SCADA System for Mayfield Electric & Water Systems. The SCADA System has been timed with a new substation to make the most of data available from smart devices in the substation," states Steve Strauss, Vice President of Sales for the Eastern United States. "Survalent's IED Wizard and Control Panel provide a means to easily program and display IEDs. Mayfield will also benefit from text messaging to cell phones for alarm conditions and the ability to have view-only capability of their screens from the internet." Additional Recent News Releases from Survalent: Survalent Technology Commissions New SCADA System for Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative May 15, 2012 Read this News Release For an impressive list of similar releases, see Survalent's most recent News Releases For over 50 years, Survalent Technology has provided real-time solutions to to increase customer service and reliability and reduce operational costs through automation. Survalent's Smart Solutions enable utilities to easily acquire important data for operations in real-time, visualize the data in relation to their systems and leverage it to empower employees to optimize operations and provide better service to their customers and members. Users like the ease of configuration and straightforward, intuitive interfaces, the ability to start with basic features and add advanced applications as their needs require. Survalent's Solutions Include: www.survalent.com |
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Sensus Presents New Remote Telemetry Module and FCI Receiver
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Sensus has expanded its Distribution Automation solutions to include:
NEW! RTM II Remote Telemetry Module
The 2nd generation Sensus Remote Telemetry Module™ (RTM II) is a cost-effective communication solution for remote monitoring and control of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) that control electric distribution system assets. The RTM II enables remote firmware updates, includes a USB port, and communicates using GSM cellular networks or Sensus FlexNet® private networks. Applications: Reclosers, Capacitor Banks, Voltage Regulators, Line Switches, Distribution Substations and Underground Solutions. RTM II Brochure
NEW! NaviComm Integrated FCI for Overhead Distribution Lines
Sensus has partnered with Power Delivery Products to deliver the NaviComm, an integrated Faulted Circuit Indicator (FCI) receiver that monitors and controls up to 12 Smart Navigator wireless faulted circuit indicators. Get operational and planning information that's hard to come by with our unique load monitoring and reporting capabilities. NaviComm Brochure www.sensus.com/web/usca/products/electric
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Morgan Schaffer Features Calisto 9 Enhanced, Multi-Gas
On-Line Transformer Monitoring System | |
Morgan Schaffer is a leader in DGA on-line monitoring, providing complete analytical solutions with accurate and precise service capabilities.
CALISTO 9 is Morgan Schaffer's top-of-the-line multi-gas on-line monitor. Calisto 9 is loaded with industry-leading features to provide the most complete DGA asset protection. Morgan Schaffer's proprietary gas chromatography system and substation hardened electronics deliver a high-performance on-line DGA solution with the accuracy and reliability Morgan Schaffer is known for.
Complete DGA - Moisture
Utilities can avoid what could become a costly transformer failure by choosing Morgan Schaffer's new generation of multi-gas on-line monitors. The Calisto 9 is a powerful tool for transformer condition assessment. This generation of Calistos uses gas chromatography with proven reliable results. This is a physical method of separation in which the components to be separated are distributed between two phases, one of which is stationary (stationary phase) while the other moves in a definite direction (mobile phase).
Calisto, Calisto 2, Calisto 5, and Calisto 9 Brochure
www.morganschaffer.com
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Dynamic Ratings Provides Custom Transformer Monitoring Solutions
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Engineered Solutions: DR-E Series
The E Series is a custom engineered product providing a maximum level of flexibility. Each system is custom designed based on the individual application. The product features can include those listed in the C Series (below), plus those features listed in the DTM products (below). The product pricing includes the application engineering, product configuration and detailed application specific support.
DR-E Series Brochure
Configurable Solutions: DR-C Series The C Series is a configurable product that provides cooling control and can be expanded to provide voltage control, LTC/OLTC monitoring and annunciation functions. More advanced options include serial links to external devices for integration of the on-line DGA data, bushing data and fiber optic data. Standardized wiring diagrams and a user configurable system design provide a cost effective solution for most basic transformer applications. DR-C Series Brochure Diagnostic Transformer Monitor: DTM Series The DTM Series is a diagnostic transformer monitoring system providing monitoring for the bushings and/or partial discharge (PD). The most common product configurations are:
- Bushing Health Monitor
- Bushing Health Monitor with Electrical PD
- Bushing Health Monitor with Electrical and Acoustic PD
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New Arbiter Network Clock "Becoming the Heartbeat of the SmartGrid" (TM)
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The brand new clock from Arbiter Systems®, Inc. This clock defines a new generation of advanced timing devices, becoming "the Heartbeat of the Smart Grid" (TM).
 Features include a modern user interface, network capabilities and an all new modular design allowing the user to customize the configuration to meet all of their grid timing needs.
Key Features:
- Web interface.
- Modular design.
- Redundant timing sources.
- Designed with security in mind, suitable encryption, authentication, validation and password access restrictions help you to meet NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards.
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Iniven Introduces the Fidra One-of-a-Kind Fiber Optic Switch
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Multifunction relay-to-relay
fiber optic control and monitoring
 Iniven, a division of Conolog Corporation, recently announced the launch of Fidra, a fiber optic switch designed to monitor, reroute, repeat, boost and disable up to three fiber optic communication pairs.
An industry first in fiber optic communication and protective relaying, Fidra enables active control of fiber optic communication, so you can easily manage any type of fiber optics signaling for operations and testing.
- Physical Layer Router and Repeater
- Eliminates Handling of Fibers
- Monitor, Alarm, and Cut Optic Signals
- Convert Fiber Types and Frequencies
- Multiple Preprogramed Modes
- Designed for use with Protective Relaying
Utilizing industry standard SFP modules allows Fidra to support various optical communications including single/multimode, LED/Laser as well as multiple wavelengths.
Common applications for Fidra include:
- Communications disable
- Fiber optic path routing
- Wavelength and fiber type conversion
- Level monitoring
- Local and remote loopback testing
The Fidra was designed for applications such as protective relaying and other environments where substation hardened equipment is required. It resides in line with equipment utilizing fiber optic communications. It allows for testing and maintenance without the need to remove and reroute fiber cables, eliminating costly fiber damage and ruining components caused by improper handling.
The Fidra is programmable to route any receive signal to any of the three transmitters. All routing is performed... Read more
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NovaTech's New Bitronics M653 Multifunction Meters Offer Three Displays
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Bitronics has been providing excellence in digital metering for local indication and SCADA communications for over 15 years. The Bitronics 50 Series of SCADA meters continues this tradition of excellence,providing single function and multifunction solutionsfor 3-phase metering. 
NovaTech's Bitronics M653 is a family of multifunction, three-display meters with a range of measurement capabilities. The M653 meters have three incomparable displays, are simple to set up and use, and offer superior communications flexibility. Each M653 three-display-at-once meter is mounted in a 19", 3U high panel. This gives users who want to display three values at once (such as 3-phase volts, 3-phase amps and total Watt/VAR) a simple way to hook up one meter and have the three-screen display they want without having to install and wire up three separate meters. The M653 is a great value compared with the cost of separate SCADA meters. Setup of the left and right screens is very simple from either the webpage or directly from the front display. The left and right arrow keys are used to "capture" the screen from the center screen and move it to either of the outer screens. The M653 joins the previously announced M650 SCADA Meter and M651 SCADA Transducer along with the M350 Family of 3-phase Ammeters and Voltmeters.
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From John Bruns, Willie Bruns, Bill Rambo, and the rest of the team at Peak Measure
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