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2021: Integration of Simatic WinCC Open Architecture with Vega Absolute LoRaWAN devices

On November 24, 2021, the company Siemens announced that it had completed testing integration LoRaWAN productions of the company's devices with Vega Absolute the Simatic WinCC Open Architecture (WinCC OA) platform. The obtained test results open up wide prospects for the creation of collection systems and, data managements for the construction of infrastructures measurement and for the implementation of a single environment information using LoRaWAN devices and the WinCC OA platform.

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During the tests, it was confirmed that it was possible to use the full range of functions of LoRaWAN devices as part of systems based on WinCC OA - both in terms of data transmission and in terms of control commands. At the same time, all the technical characteristics of the data exchange specified by the manufacturer were observed. The test bench configuration included BS-1.2 base station, TD-11 temperature sensor, SI-12 discrete signal module, as well as IoT gateway IOT2050, server and WinCC OA client applications version 3.18.

"The infrastructure of the industrial Internet of things is one of the key components of digital production. The possibility of sharing the products and technologies of Siemens and Vega-Absolut to create such an infrastructure and implement complex digital solutions allows Russian customers to increase the efficiency of managing production and infrastructure facilities, as well as provide a high level of flexibility and scalability of the implemented digital solutions for subsequent growth and development in accordance with market needs, " noted the director of the Digital Production department of Siemens in Russia, Zhanna Shalygina.

"Telemetry systems for automation of technological processes are widely used. The integration of the products of Siemens and Vega-Absolut provides additional opportunities for the implementation of projects to create the infrastructure of the industrial Internet of Things or its modernization. Such solutions allow companies to minimize manual labor, reduce production losses and costs, and, as a result, increase efficiency. This gives the business a chance to make a high profit and become more competitive, " commented by Valery Krasnikov, CEO of Vega-Absolut.

Vega-Absolut produces ready-made solutions based on LoRaWAN technology for the Internet of Things, which include endpoints, base stations, server and client software for the telemetry market, the Internet of Things (IoT), elements of the Smart House and Smart City systems. The terminal equipment, base stations and Vega-Absolut software are implemented in accordance with the LoRa Alliance specification, making them compatible with all LoRaWAN networks and equipment of other manufacturers. With the assignment of the status of TORP (Russian-made telecommunications equipment) to Vega-Absolut base stations in 2021, the company's partners received the right to freely organize and use LoRaWAN networks throughout Russia.

Simatic WinCC Open Architecture is a flexible and adaptive platform for solving applications for data collection, processing and visualization, designed for complex projects that have specific requirements for the functionality and architecture of the system. WinCC OA allows you to process large amounts of data in configurations with significant limitations on hardware resources. Thanks to the flexible construction concept, WinCC OA is used in almost all industries and in various infrastructure facilities, including water and gas supply networks, energy, transport, oil and gas pipelines, building automation systems and scientific research automation systems.

2011: SIMATIC Description WinCC

According to information for January 2011 SCADA (Supervision Control and Data Acquisition), the SIMATIC WinCC system (Windows Control Center) computer is a human-machine interface system that operates under control/and operating systems Windows 2000XP provides extensive functionality for building control systems for various purposes:

• Easily build client-server configurations.
• Support for redundant automation structures.
• Unlimited expansion of functionality due to the use of ActiveX elements.
• Open OPC interface (OLE for Process Control) for implementing data exchange functions.
• Simple and fast system configuration in conjunction with STEP 7.

The basic configuration of the system includes a set of functions that allow you to perform event-controlled signaling, archive measurement results, record technological data and configuration settings, control and visualization functions.

A number of functions can be implemented using the built-in ANSI-C compiler and VisualBasic-script: from the simplest operations to full access to the SIMATIC WinCC system functions. In addition, the base system can be supplemented with optional WinCC and WinCC add-ons.

Based on WinCC, both the simplest human-machine interface systems with one operator station can be created, as well as powerful multi-user systems, which include dozens of stations. Support of standard OLE, ODBC, OLE and SQL interfaces provides versatility and openness of WinCC, allows it to be used in combination with any other software.

WinCC easily integrates into the company's internal information network. This not only reduces the cost of implementing it, but also increases the flexibility of the information system.

Application Areas

SIMATIC WinCC is designed for visualization and operational management in various industrial areas. The system is equipped with a powerful interface for communication with the process, suitable for working with the entire range of SIMATIC products, provides password access to process control, and has high performance. The basic configuration of the system has high versatility and can be used to build control systems of a wide variety of purposes.