Formal techniques improve connectivity in supervisory systems

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · IEEE Computer Applications and Power; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/67.273785· OSTI ID:7169284

Luque, J; Perez, F; Mejias, M ^[1]; Gonzalo, F ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Seville (Spain)
2. Compaia Sevillana de Electricidad, Madrid (Spain)

The need to provide communication among the various computers that make up supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems is encountered more and more frequently. This equipment is usually from various generations, technologies, and manufacturers. Much effort has been made to define a set of standard protocols for both center-remote communications and to center-to-center links of similar or different levels. Nevertheless, the future role of these standards is not clear, and the problem still remains of how to ensure communication among the systems working presently. As described in this article, Sevillana de Electricidad (the electric utility company covering southern Spain), the University of Seville, and local vendors of control systems have jointly developed a project to solve this problem in a more general manner, through the development of an automatic conversion tool, called CUP. These letters denote the Spanish equivalent of universal protocol conversion (converter). This project has been sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, through the National Electrical Research Plan.

• OSTI ID: 7169284
• Journal Information: IEEE Computer Applications and Power; (United States), Vol. 7:2; ISSN 0895-0156
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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