Software Applications

The Types of Applications

• The applications contained in the firmware
fall into one of the following three
categories:
– DCA or Data Collection Application
– DTA or Data Translation Application
– DPA or Data Processing Application
 The Types of Applications - con’t
The DCA….
• The DCA is responsible for collecting data from an
external source, (peripheral modules or attached IED), and
mapping it to the System Point Database for storage.

The DTA….
• The DTA can copy existing data from the System Point
Database, process it, and output new system points into
the database. The data points created by DTA’s are
called Pseudo points, as they are not “physical” data
points.
 The Types of Applications - con’t

The DPA….

• The DPA takes copies of any available

data in the System Point Database, and
processes it into format compatible with a
Master Station protocol.
 The System Point Database
The WESDAC Interface Node: "WIN”
performs the control and management of the database

 Like a librarian, WIN takes care

of all of the data brought into, or
sent out of the Device
The System Point Database - con’t
 DPA will get data from WIN's
System Point Database,
process it, and give it to a Master Host

WIN

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 The SCS Communication Process

Master/Host

RTU
Requests
Response
from
Master
Report Data Events
Data to WIN
Events
DPA WIN DCA
Requests Receive DCA
Requests
Poll, Output Data
Requests Response

Devices
 The Communication Process - Expanded
COMM.
WATCHDOG
Master/Host A026

DTA
RTU
Requests
Response
from
Master
Report Data Events
Data Events to WIN

DPA WIN Receive DCA DCA

Requests Requests

Data
Poll, Output Response
Requests

DTA
Devices
ANALOG
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A035
 The Communication Process - Expanded
Conitel Harris

Controls
Status
Analogs

C ounters
Communication
D.20 DCA
Setpoints Watchdog
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 Application Processes
FAILOVER COMM.
DTA WATCHDOG
Master/Host A118 A026-1

DTA DTA
Requests
RTU
from
Response
Master
Report Data Events
Data to WIN
Events
DPA WIN DCA
Request Receive DCA
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Data
Poll, Output Response
Requests

DTA DTA
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Devices
REFERENCE MONITOR
A035 B034
 Redundant Inter - CCU Communication

REDUNDANT REDUNDANT
MONITOR PING PING MONITOR
B034 B034

System
System Point
WIN
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Database WIN Point

Database

CCU A CCU B
 Application Indexing

• The sequence of the data points in the System Point Database is

determined by two things.
– The index of the applications is the order that the DCA and DTA
applications are placed in the software system of the SCS.
– The order that the data is in as it arrives from the device or application
that created it.
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ConfigPro 4 has a feature not

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available in previous versions

of ConfigPro:
- a user can now change the
ANALOGS
Index of the DCA’s and DTA’s
in the system, this allows much
control over the sequence of
data in the System Point Database.