BGI ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA

ALARM MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM WITH SOFREL S
510 OPERATION
MANUAL
INTRODUTION
This documentation describe about how to use, operate and managing alarm management system
using soft tool software with SOFREL S510 remote terminal unit(RTU) ,mainly the alarm management
system used for notify users by sending message for those are technician, operator and technique
managers related to existing alarm on different section.
Device specification
SOFREL S510 is simplified version RTU with the following features

 Four Number of board slots

 RS 232 terminal port
 GSM/GPRS modem
 8 DI (8 Digital Inputs)
 4 DO+WDG (4 Digital Outputs + Watchdog) within two slots

Software specification
The SOFTOOLS software package can be used to configure and operate all SOFREL remote terminal
unit.

 Configuration of the different types of remote terminal unit.

 Local and remote viewing (PSTN/GSM/LAN) for remote terminal unit operation (data
viewing,
Set point and operating parameter modification, facility diagnostics, etc.).

 Configuration Import and Export (for backup, use with another SOFTOOL application,
processing By a SCADA central station, or printing)
 SOFTOOLS directory backup and restore.
Overall process
The alarm management system RTU take each general alarm signal from different Area as digital
input, here we only restrict to eight unit because of the device can only have eight digital input.

Based on each alarm name which are the area of alarm occurred send message to correspond
Technician, operator and technique managers, anyone who receive alarm message can send
acknowledgment message to RTU alternatively can be acknowledged from RTU terminal port.

Fig
1:

General overview of the system

Contact person and alarm area table

 Technician Operator Technique manager
NUMBER ALARM AREA

Name Phone Name Phone Name Phone

number number number
1 Water treatment

2 Steam production
3 Utility
4 Waste water treatment
5 Filtration
6 Brew house
7 Fermentation
8 Malt

Table1: contact person and Alarm area

Working procedure
 Step 1 First we connect RS232 to USB cable from computer to RTU port, then open Sofrel Softlools
software from desktop icons, if the password was not changed put “ADMINI”in the password field
press Validate button.

Notice

Don’t forget the caps lock when entering the password

If it not working contact the responsible person.

Step 2 From main windows RTUs page click on “BGI ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABEBA S510”

Fig 2.main windows of RTU

So there is three characteristic of different operation button appear in the right panel properties,
connect and configure.
Properties
Step1.In the right panel click on properties

Properties

Step2.click on general properties TAB to change

1. Site name

2. Picture of RTU

Site name

To change site name of

RTU
Step 3: click on connection properties TAB

1. Local

Selecting COM port to communicate RTU with computer, ports must be said
“Sofrel Direct connexion” RTU Image
2. Remote Connection To change RTU image
 Phone number to enter phone number which is inserted in
to inside of GSM

Board of RTUs.

 Remote terminal unit modem to select modem type either PSTN or GSM modem,
select GSM modem

3. Ethernet/GPRS connection

To communicate with our RTU through internet

Local

Selecting COM port

Remote terminal
Phone numberunit
modem
RTUs phone number
Select either PSTN or GSM
modem. We have GSM
ETHERNET /GPRS
connection

Connect
Step 1.in the main windows of RTU right panel click on connection
  used to communicate RTUs with computer terminal port

Connect

Step 2. It will open password windows

1. Password

 There is five hierarchical access levels to terminal ports

 1. Password “ADMINI”

Can access all function available read and

write.

2. Password “EXPLOI”

Can only read and Acknowledged alarm

Types of connection

Terminal port

**Operation **

To perform connection

Read configuration (RTU to PC)

Download an S500 configuration to
SOFTOOLS
Write configuration (PC to RTU)
Upload the SOFTOOLS configuration to the
remote terminal unit.
Software update
Import options, update the Remote
Terminal Unit’s software version and
Modules
Online process control adjustment
(debugger)
Used for ST process control

Step 3.For Technician, operator and technique managers used “EXPLOI” PASSWORD, then select
operation

 It will appear terminal port it contains Browse, Operation and Diagnostics

1. Browse
Information

All input /output terminal either digital or analog displayed here with their alarm status

Alarms

It display by their time priorities of alarm exists

Communication

This communication event log shows what is going on with GSM module with contact
phone.
 Browse >information

Input output with their alarm status

Browse>Alarms

Shows all existing alarm based on time, there

is two ways of alarm acknowledgment

1. SMS acknowledgment

Reply message by sending ‘password#AC’

2. Clicking on alarm buttons in terminal port

Browse>communications

All logs of GSM module with contacts

2. Operation
Time setting

Set RTUs time used for sorting communication log and periodic settings

Call addresses GSM/LAN/PSTN

Set phone number, LAN address and PSTN setting.

Operations>Time setting

Set time settings

Operations>call addresses

Set phone number,L AN and PSTN address

3. Diagnostics
Product

Display device and software information.

Diagnostic event log

Shows detail report of device events.

Board Diagnostic

Test and see their status value of input/output board, power supply, and TCP/IP and GSM.

Modules.

F.ups

Terminal for ST process language and AT GSM commands.

Simulation

Simulate input terminals, communication and periodic events.

Reset

Reset all diagnostic data.

Diagnostic>product

Display device and software information

 Diagnostics>Diagnostic event log

Shows detail report of device

Diagnostics>Board diagnostics

See status of input/output, power supply,

TCP/IP and GSM module

Diagnostics>F.ups

Display AT command and ST process

language
Diagnostics > Simulation

Simulate input terminal,

communication and periodic event.

Diagnostics>Reset

Reset all diagnostics data

Configuration
Commissioning the device implemented in this window can be in offline mode without RTU.

Step 1.In the right panel of main windows click on configuration

Configuration

Configuration windows have a lot of setting and based on device type there is some difference on it,
so the major setting for commissioning SOFREL S510 stated below.

Password

See and change passwords for Administrator, configurator, contract operator and viewer.

State identification

When there is alarm message this is the first word send to users then followed by input alarm
and date the alarm occurs.

Regional parameter

Set date separator, format and electrical power supply frequency.

Alarm inhibition

To inhibit existing any input alarm and process.

 DI

Configure digital input based on device

DO
spec.
Configure digital output based on
device spec.

Phone setting

Enter pin code, label and APN

type.

Phone numbers

Add recipient phone number

Sequence

Create alarm sequence and add

recipient.

Step 2. Adding phone number

1. In the configuration window first click on phone image Overview>phone image

 2. Then on the existing windows tab click on SMS/GSM recipients and Drag to phone list
SMS/GSM recipients

Click and drag to phone list

3. In the filed appear fill recipient name and phone number

Contact name

Eg.ABEBE KEBEDE

Phone number

E.g. 0913000101

4. Click on and save button, then it must be say “valid configuration” otherwise check the
configuration again.
Step 3 check message center and sending characters length

1. in the configuration window first click on phone image

Overview>phone image

2. Click on SMS messaging system

SMS messaging system

2. Fill out message server number, length of site name, data name and data status suffix

SMS server number

+251911299708
Step 4 add sequences to attach alarm with contacts

1. In left configuration window click on “AUTOMATIC PSTN/GSM

Site name length
DATA/LAN/GPRS CALLS” then sequences
2. It will open windows contains sequences Data name length
3. Press right click in sequence window then new
Data status suffix length

4. In Automatic call
sequences add alarm information with
their attached contact

Label

Alarm fault name

Add

Recipients which connected to

the alarm

Automatic call sequence element

1. Automatic call recipient select contacts to

attach with alarm.

2. Number of calls select how many times

recipient gets SMS for specific alarm.

3. Time between calls set time for the gap

between recipient sending messages
 5. Click on and save button, then it must be say “valid configuration” otherwise check the
configuration again.

Step 5 Add Digital input

1. in configuration window click on DI button

DI button

2. Double Click on any free digital input terminal normal open symbol it’s the same for editing DI.

Free digital input showed in red rectangle

with “???”Symbol.
3. Within popup windows there is three properties

1. Description

2. Processing

3. Voice message

Description Description>Label

Input alarm name

Description>status

Identifier for digital one or zero

Terminal strip>setting logic

Choose logic type normally open or close

Processing
Processing>timeouts

Set time for appearance and disappearance

alarm

Automatic calls

On appearance assign alarm sequence when

alarm appear
 4. Click on and save button, then it must be say “valid configuration” otherwise check the
configuration again.

5. After finished all setting close configuration window

6. Go to main window then click on connect

 To write all configuration to RTUs set the password “ADMINI” in connection

7. Select in Write configuration (PC to RTUs)

Operation>Write configuration (PC to

remote terminal unit)

Write configuration to RTUs