10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved1 B T E C O R P O R A T I O N SmartMaster TM Distributed Controller

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved2 Design Goals Design Goals: –Adopt more industry standards –Be Smart Grid ready –Enhance scalability –Enhance modularity –Improve user experience –Use latest tools and technologies

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved3 SmartMaster TM Architecture Multi-tier architecture Services: Communications, RemoteStations, SCADA, LoadManagement, CapacitorControl, MeterReading, SystemUsers … SBDB DBMS SMViewer SMService Ex

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved4 More Industry Standards Database Engine –Microsoft SQL 2012 Server DBMS Communications Protocols –DNP 3.0, Modbus (all flavors), MultiSpeak Security –Use of industry standard encryption methods using asymmetric keys and digital certificates to encrypt stored data and communications

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved5 Smart Grid Ready Make sure to support protocols in the Smart Grid specification Implement system architecture better capable to exist in the Smart Grid environment –Easily selectable data binding interface –System is a collection of loosely-bound, independent services talking to each other asynchronously via the Service Broker.

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved6 Enhance Scalability 10 or 10,000 or 10,000,000 accounts More efficient data processing Multi-channel, asynchronous data scanning Multi-channel, asynchronous control code dispatching 500 PB (500,000 TB) database capacity

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved7 Enhance Modularity Multi-tier design Components can be on same machine, or different machines Components can be stand-alone, with no UI, remotely administered Business logic implemented as Windows services – no UI required to run the services Can run as a data concentrator

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved8 Better User Experience - I User logs on to Windows, starts SMViewer SMViewer & DBMS & Windows - Security integrated User credentials determined from Windows account Automated software updates Better backup, archiving and user notification services via DBMS.

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved9 Better User Experience - II SMViewer is an agnostic user interface: –No business logic in Viewer –Standard table views –Users can create custom views of existing tables –Users can create custom data tables –Built in report server and report builder –Multi-media capabilities –Resizable screens – vector graphics

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved10 Better User Experience - III For larger, or more demanding systems: –Load balancing –Fail-over redundancy –No down time options

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved11 Use Latest Tools & Technologies Platforms –SQL Server 2012, Report Server 2012,Windows 7 or 8.1, CLR,.Net 4.5 Tools –VS 2013, SSMS 2012, Report Builder Languages –C#, XML, XAML, SQL, T-SQL Technologies –ADO.NET, Silverlight, WPF, Service Broker

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved12 Configuration Examples - I Small SCADA system with Load Management, remote access –Windows 8.1 workstation running SQL Server, SMServices, SMViewer, and a VPN –Service Executives: Communications, Remote Stations, SCADA, Load Management –Other SMViewer machines access the system via LAN & Internet

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved13 Configuration Examples - II A simple data concentrator –Windows 7 workstation running SQL Server, SMServices –Service Executives: Communications, Remote Stations –Note: no SMViewer needed (remotely administered and treated as a DNP capable IED)

10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved14 Configuration Examples - III A larger SCADA system (large database, lots of users) with remote access and web access –Windows 2012 Server running SQL 2012 Server, SMServices –Service Executives: Communications, Remote Stations, SCADA, SystemUsers –Windows 8.1 workstations running SMViewer

Analog Input Monitoring Screen 10/7/2015Copyright © 1998 – 2014 BTE Corporation, All Rights Reserved15