Powerlink Telemetry Server | Abbey Systems

Key functions

Powerlink is Abbey Systems' Telemetry Server software and is supplied bundled with Aspex into six different packages:

Aspex Full - 100 RTU addresses, 500 programs

Aspex Standard - 100 RTU addresses, 250 programs

Aspex Lite - 25 RTU addresses, 100 programs

Aspex Superlite - 7 RTU addresses, 25 programs

Aspex Local Operator - 1 RTU, trends, programs & reports. No Alarm system.

Powerlink is also available in the following versions:

Powerlink Telemetry Server – with OPC Server interface for customers who want to use Abbey Systems RTU’s with remote configuration, synchronous data transmission or data logging features, but still interface to select, supported OPC clients. Contact us for further information.

Powerlink Local Master – for customers to configure RTU’s using DNP3 slave serial or for using DNP3/TCP protocols to communicate with Brodersen RTU, Site Sentinel IoT RTU loggers or Survalent ADMS & SCADA products.

Programs

Create programs online in realtime
Run programs at the SCADA Master or in the RTU (same language is used in both places)
MPL Programming language uses IF, AND, FOR, DO Boolean statements
Programs are self-documenting
Specific Telemetry Program instructions
Combine Telemetry and Datalogging instructions in programs
4 Pump program suite available
Load Management suite available

Core

I/O Database configuration, tag shorthand and description
Communications Channel configuration
Input conditioning & filtering
Setup for Status, Measurements, Control Outputs, Analog Outputs, Pulse Counts and rates
Store measurements and statuses to Event file & Log file for later reporting

Alarms

Alarm on exceeding a Measurement setpoint or change of Digital Input state at a remote site
80 custom Alarm Actions
Create a custom Alarm hierarchy
Send alarms to pagers, or cellphones with extra SMS software and appropriate modem
Working Hours Alarm Management
Duty Operator change
Email Alarm notification option

Reports

Flexible Report creation by I/O, RTU & Alarm Action over date ranges
Quick Reports for Automated report generation to local or Network printers
Formatted reports
Report output as CSV or SQL format
Report on data collected in response to Polls & RTU Data Log file retrieval

Communications

VHF Radio, UHF Radio, 2w Line, Ethernet, Cellular, Data radio, WiFi radio communications channel setup
Protocol setup Modbus Master & Slave, DNP3 Master & Slave, DNP3/TCP Modbus/TCP, Cooper 2179, Allen Bradley DF-1 Master & Slave
Abbey native protocol: HDLC, Async HDLC & HDLC/IP
Download programs over the communications channel*
Retrieve Time stamped data log measurements and statuses from RTUs over the communications channel*
Concurrent protocols setup via IP, DNP3 slave of poll response & HDLC for remote setup and configuration or programming of RTUs

Optional software modules

OPC Server
SQL /ODBC export
Hot Standby SCADA Backup
CSV import
SMS Execute
Datalogging module
FTP export XML
Soap interface
Load Management System suite
Pump Station system suite
Securelink for Aspex & Powerlink IP access
Capacity increases are available for quantity of; RTU addresses, Programs, Remote Program Groups, Users, Quick Reports, Pager Groups.

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