Remote Site Monitoring

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• Remote Site Monitoring

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Easy to Use Distributed I/O
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A Straightforward Architecture
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Monitor Critical Functions

• Refrigerators, Freezers Cold Rooms
• Stability Chambers Incubators
• Live Animal Compounds
• Equipment (telcom switches, servers, etc.)
• Emergency Generators UPS Systems
• HVAC Systems, Lighting
• Utilities (Power, Water, Steam, Gas, Oil)
• Security

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Measure...

• Temperature Humidity
• Voltage, Current, Power
• Pressure, Torque, Strain, Load, Weight
• Flow Rates, Totals
• Level, Height, Displacement, Position
• Speed, Frequency
• Pulse Widths, Cycle Times and Counts
• pH, Opacity, BOD, Particle Counts

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And Calculate the Rest

• Real-time calculations using VBA scripts.
• Each script runs independently.
• Scripts can be triggered by any event.
• Calculate
• volumes, totals, differentials
• oil, gas, steam flow
• moving averages, integrals, dynamic limits
• control (SPC, PID, etc.)

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Keep Operators Informed

• Real-Time Charts
• Trend Charts, Bar Charts, Pie, Scatter
• Control Charts, Pareto Charts with SPC Package
• HMI Graphics
• Built on standard graphics files
• Buttons, gauges, switches, meters, indicators,
  charts
• Spreadsheets
• Updated in real-time
• Variety of formats

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Check for Alarm Conditions

• Whenever a value is stored in the database, it is
  checked against the alarm limits
• Five (5) limit values (warning, alarm, rate of
  change)
• Each database point has its own limits.

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Alert Supervisors

• Text to Speech - output to PA systems
• E-Mail - send messages via standard LAN-based
  systems (MAPI, Microsoft Mail, VIM)
• Telephone - automatically call one or more
  recipients and annunciate the problem with
  current information
• Pager - alpha/numeric and numeric pagers
  supported
• Internet Mail - automatically send messages via
  the Internet (SMPT)

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Record the Data

• On event or periodically
• To an unlimited number of logs (i.e., one log per
  machine, lift station, wellhead, pumping station)
• All entries time stamped (log name typically
  contains the date)
• Log to ASCII or binary files
• Log to ODBC databases (Oracle, Access, etc.)
• Logging can be controlled based on condition

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for Later Recall Analysis

• Quickly find and recall historical data using
  CIMRecall
• Interactively select data by date and time
• Search data sets for specific conditions
• Calculate statistics (average, mean, standard
  deviation, max, min, etc.)
• Display print charts
• Copy selected data to Excel (plus Word, SAS,
  MiniTab, Statgraphics, SPSS, etc.)

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and Report Generation

• Use CIMPrint for quick, easy to set up reports.
• Import data to Excel for more sophisticated
  reports.
• Use commercially available Report Generators.

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• Details

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Setup as simple as 1-2-3

• Install the Required I/O Hardware.
• Create a Real-Time Database
• Configure the Services
• Build Charts, Spreadsheets, HMI Graphics
• Create Alarm Strategies, Set Limits
• Make Messages
• Create Actions

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Build the Real-Time Database
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Link the I/O to the Database
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Create the Interface to the User
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Setup the Alarm Processing
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Done!

• Typically, a simple application takes a few hours
  to configure. Involved HMI graphics may take a
  bit longer.
• CIMScans database editing tools make creating a
  very complex application easy.
• Background graphics can be simply created with a
  digital camera or a standard bitmap graphics file
  (BMP, WMF, GIF, JPG)

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Integrate with Existing Systems

• Standards-Based system makes it possible
• Windows 2000/XP
• TCP/IP
• Ethernet
• ODBC
• OPC

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Monitor any Process

• I/O Pods provide the lowest cost, easiest to
  implement solution.
• Custom drivers are easy to create for an eLink
• Communicate over RS-232/485 or GPIB to
  instruments
• Use OPC to interface to many PLCs and
  specialized controllers plus Fieldbus, DeviceNet,
  ProfiBus, etc. devices are supported using OPC
  servers

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Bulletproof Security

• All system accesses under password control
• Data available only on need to know basis
• Secure LAN interaction (encrypted messaging)
• All system changes optionally logged to audit
  trail.

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Real-World Experience

• NASA Monitoring the assembly building for the
  international space station at Cape Kennedy.
• Duratek Monitoring nuclear waste processing at
  five nuclear power plants.
• Square-D Data acquisition system in high energy
  test lab for switch gear product testing.
• Siemens Twelve real-time monitoring systems used
  in gas turbine generating stations.
• Cardinal Health Clean room monitoring at 3
  pharmaceutical packaging sites (validated
  systems).
• DuPont Monitoring entire lab facility doing Ag
  research.

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and more

• PRC Unattended monitoring of the environment and
  equipment in three US Government towers in the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• Babcock Wilcox Monitoring a nuclear
  decontamination barge located in Russia.
• Covance Distributed monitoring system in a
  pharmaceutical manufacturing operation in the UK.
  
• Villanova University Steam plant, Rare books
  room, Bioscience facility.
• Space Systems / Loral Monitoring and test system
  for satellites (2 systems).
• Northrop-Grumman Production monitoring system
  for micro-electronics used in weapons systems.

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Why CIMScan?

• State-of-the-Art, Event-Driven System
• Understandable Architecture
• Scalable
• Standards-Based
• Supports Distributed I/O and Remote Access
• Incredibly Easy to Set up and Use
• Very Cost-Effective Hardware Software
• Can be Easily Maintained by Average People

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Thank You
KP CIMTechniques, Inc. 1215 Prince
Street Beaufort, SC 29902 [phone] (843)
521-9897 [phone] FAX k.p_at_cimtechniques.com