Software suite housing client, server, and database applications on standalone HMI hardware
Tied directly to an RTU processor or multifunction gateway
All applications are Windows based
Provides an easy to use local GUI
Device-level to station-level visualization
Touchscreen displays allows user to visualize substation data, note alarms and events, and check status points
Access Worldview and Plus Editors directly from a touchscreen HMI
Realtime alarm processing and historical data collection displays
Supports DNP and Modbus protocols
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What is QVision?
• Software suite housing client, server, and database applications on standalone
HMI hardware
• Tied directly to an RTU processor or multifunction gateway
• All applications are Windows based
• Provides an easy to use local GUI
• Device-level to station-level visualization
• Touchscreen displays allows user to visualize substation data, note alarms and
events, and check status points
• Access Worldview and Plus Editors directly from a touchscreen HMI
• Realtime alarm processing and historical data collection displays
• Supports DNP and Modbus protocols
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QVision Additional Benefits
• Points created and stored locally
• Increased knowledge of system events and outages
• Functionality to fit simpler customer requirements
• Consistency of substation software
• Editing and interaction of data points locally at substation
• Space savings
• Same support and professional services as provided with other software
platforms
• Consistent security features as provided on other software platforms
• Decrease customer outage time
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Worldview User Interface
• View local substation
single-line diagrams
directly from HMI
• Interact directly with
breakers and switches
without needing to be
at the master station
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Alarm Processing
• Use alarm view screen
to view historical and
real-time alarms
• Acknowledge, block,
and unblock alarms
directly from HMI
screen
• Create audible alarms
that can interact with
buzzers and other
devices
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Historical Data
Collection and
Display
• Publish real time or
historical data directly to
database
• Create pop-up windows to
view data graphically
directly on HMI
• Graphed data can be
dynamically updated or
assigned a fixed start time
and duration
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Plus Editors
• Edit database directly
from HMI
• View points lists and
station trees to better
sort database
• Ability to download
and work offline, make
changes, and reupload
• Import and export
database points into
MS-Excel spreadsheets
for easier editing and
copying
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Open Data
Access
• Publish real-time SCADA
data into a relational data
base either on the SCADA
network or remotely
• Data used to drive PC
based applications- web
displays, email notifications
• Interface is self-
maintaining
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Event Data Recording
• All status changes, analog
changes, and operator
control actions can be
recorded to an online
circular disk file
• Request Event Data Views
directly to HMI through
Worldview
• Status Bar located at
bottom of every
Worldview window
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Optional Modules- Command Sequencing
• Define and execute programs that use
database points as variables
• Calculations, open-loop control
sequences, closed-loop control
• Programs can be triggered off a status
change or through PMacros in
WorldView
• Templates allows users to develop
complex custom calculations that can
be used as subroutines in the
command sequence
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Optional Modules- eAlarms
• Get email notifications sent to
specified recipients in response to
alarms generated on QVision server
• Emails contain date, time when alarm
was generated, and 70 character
alarm message text
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Optional Modules- Web Reports
• Allows for transfer of SCADA data published into an SQL Server or Oracle
database to be transferred to a web report displayed in a remote web browser
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