Application Note unidata AN - ind - remote process control meas modbus TCP apr 13 Page 1 www.unidata.com.au Remote Process Control Measurement / Modbus TCP Application Background Oil companies, mining companies, public water, electrical and gas utilities have automated industrial measurement and process control applications to provide better management of automated processes. central system or control room where staff can view the readings and make decisions as to the operation of and perhaps the shutdown of functions at a remote site. These processes usually need to be monitored remotely, hence there is a requirement to have sensor and process data read electronically on site and then transferred to a
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Remote Process Control Measurement / Modbus TCP
Application Background
Oil companies, mining companies, public water, electrical and gas utilities have automated industrial measurement and process control applications to provide better management of automated processes.
central system or control room where staff can view the readings and make decisions as to the operation of and perhaps the shutdown of functions at a remote site.
These processes usually need to be monitored remotely, hence there is a requirement to have sensor and process data read electronically on site and then transferred to a
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Application DetailA typical remote site may have industrial pressure / temperature sensors monitoring key points in a remote pumping station / oil well / gas pipeline. In a remote pumping station, it is likely that a local industrial Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) would be providing local control to several processes, and providing the capability to connect via Modbus to a central Supervision Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
Most RTUs have the industry standard Modbus interface, and this can present as a Modbus master interface or a Modbus slave interface. Unidata Neon Remote Terminals and Modules can connect to the Modbus interface of most RTU equipment and can extract status and readings
This application example (above) shows a typical (for example Emerson ROC) RTU being used by the Neon Remote Terminal, then being passed to the Neon Server and then being presented out of the Neon Server as a Modbus TCP interface. For this application, it would be being fed via Modbus TCP to a typical central SCADA system (for example Emerson Delta V)
information on a routine basis, say every 5, 10 or 30 minute basis and transmit that data across a cell phone and / or a satellite link and display those status points and readings on the standard Neon Server from anywhere on the Internet using a standard web browser. The Neon Server also has the ability to present the Modbus information on a Modbus TCP direct interface, as though that interface was the actual RTU Modbus interface in the remote location.
Subject to Health, Safety and Security Regulation requirements, limited control functions can be initiated across the link, for example remote shutdown.
There are some typical application scenarios detailed below.
The data is available for reporting out by ftp, web services and a specific SQL database view.
The application example (below) shows a typical (Emerson ROC) RTU being used by the Neon Remote Terminal, then being passed to the Neon Server and then being presented on the Neon Server Web. The data is available for reporting out by ftp, web services and a specific SQL database view.
This application example (above) shows specific pressure and temperature sensors being read via standard industrial 4-20mA analog inputs. The data is available for reporting out by ftp, web services and a specific SQL database view.
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