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B T E C O R P O R A T I O N

SmartMasterTM Distributed Controller

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Design Goals

• Design Goals:– Adopt more industry standards– Be Smart Grid ready– Enhance scalability– Enhance modularity– Improve user experience– Use latest tools and technologies

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SmartMasterTM Architecture

• Multi-tier architecture• Services: Communications, RemoteStations,

SCADA, LoadManagement, CapacitorControl, MeterReading, SystemUsers …

SB DBDBMS

SMViewer

SMServiceEx Ex Ex Ex

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Better User Experience - III

• For larger, or more demanding systems:– Load balancing– Fail-over redundancy– No down time options

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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