GE Intelligent Platforms has announced the availability of a new upgrade feature for its PACSystems controller platform. The new modules feature DNP 3.0 unsolicited reporting to address speed and efficiency in SCADA applications that employ numerous remote terminal units (RTUs).
“When a SCADA system is required to poll every RTU it can take a long time which results in lagging data for the updates,” says Bill Black, controllers product manager for GE Intelligent Platforms. “With Unsolicited Reporting, slave devices can send updates automatically as the values change without having to wait for a poll from the SCADA.”
As applications become larger, they require more distributed I/O and more information flowing through them. Obtaining insight through information means that they need the most up to date information possible, and unsolicited reporting will allow them to get that information immediately, as opposed to waiting for the request for information from the SCADA system.
