© 2014 Tait Limited 1 © 2014 Tait Limited www.taitradio.com Utility Business Challenges • • • • • • 2 Minimize outage durations Power quality / stability Regulation / fines Proactive vs Reactive response Social demands and expectations Operational efficiency © 2014 Tait Limited Utility Initiatives Better Grid Visibility • deploying and monitoring more assets Improve Grid Stability • Improve monitoring & control reliability Speed Response to outages • 3 Problem isolation and fast, reliable response © 2014 Tait Limited Case Study EA Networks www.taitradio.com 4 © 2014 Tait Limited SOLUTION OVERVIEW EA Networks, Ashburton, New Zealand Tait Solution • Network migration from conventional analogue • 5-site TaitNet DMR Tier 3 trunked network and DMR Tier 3 terminals • Clevest location services • Five year maintenance contract • Tait Enable Network Management system “We need to ensure we are using the latest technology and best practices to deliver the best outcomes for our customers.” • TaitWatch Managed Service • Tait GridLink SCADA Solution Brendon Quinn Network Manager, EA Networks Why Tait ? 1. Optimise investment - Integrated voice and data from one vendor, one system - Design, Deploy, Manage, Maintain one system 2. Leverage wide area coverage for remote devices - VHF DMR has 75km coverage radius (LOS) 3. Private ownership - guarantees reliability & control - Engineer network availability to specific needs - Ensure delivered QoS, under BAU & extreme events 4. Standards based network 6 © 2014 Tait Limited Tait GridLink www.taitradio.com 7 © 2014 Tait Limited What is TD9300 ? Tait 9 © 2014 Tait Limited Vision DMR expands DA reach to outlying areas Future need: Wide area PMR voice coverage Wide area SCADA coverage Rural Sub-urban Dense urban / sub-urban SCADA Fibre, Mesh, short range RF, 2G/3G, LTE Urban 10 © 2014 Tait Limited Distributed Generation Curtailment? 11 © 2014 Tait Limited Digital Trunking Intelligence DMR trunking standard designed for Voice & Data: • Voice & Data efficiently coexist • Enables dedicated SCADA channels DMR Trunking features: • Automated call management and prioritization of voice, or data • Capacity reserved for prioritised QoS • Centralized network configuration • Extensive status & capacity reporting • Fall-back modes 12 © 2014 Tait Limited Trunking Control Voice or Data Dedicated SCADA Messaging Channel SCADA poll/ response message Trunking Control SCADA Polling Voice and data/services Voice or Data 13 © 2014 Tait Limited Features • • • • • VHF and UHF 10.8 - 30 volt DC input Digital in/out: 2 in + 2 out SNMP + MIB reporting Extensive performance reporting • RTU re-configuration† † Dependent on RTU file sizes 14 © 2014 Tait Limited • Serial and Ethernet interfaces at remote terminal and server • Standards based SCADA protocols: • IEC 60870-5-101 • IEC 60870-5-104 • DNP3 • RTU management console control with virtual serial port Data Transfer and Capacity • GridLink Data Terminals per network > 50,000 • Messages transferred, executed and acknowledged < 1.5 seconds • Radio channel capacity dependent on: - Frequency of status checks - Size of message payload • SCADA messaging and performance should be assessed on a network by network, site by site basis 15 © 2014 Tait Limited Connecting your people and your grid to a more productive future 16 © 2014 Tait Limited www.taitradio.com 17 © 2014 Tait Limited
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