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Volume 8 – Mechanical and Electrical Services - Malaysia Geoportal

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Chapter 10 SCADA AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM<br />

10.4.2 Level 2<br />

Level 2 is the communication medium which provides communication platform for Level 1 <strong>and</strong> Level<br />

3. Telecommunication plays an important role in SCADA <strong>and</strong> Telemetry system.<br />

Selection of communication method for particular SCADA system depends on:<br />

• Reliability of selected communication method<br />

• Availability<br />

• Cost<br />

• Future extendable<br />

Basically, communication in SCADA system divided into 2 categories as below:<br />

a) short distance/Local communication which mostly involve with communication<br />

between site instruments like sensors, RTU, web cam <strong>and</strong> so on.<br />

b) Long Distance communication which involve with communication between RTU <strong>and</strong><br />

Master Workstation or Server where the site data is transfer back <strong>and</strong> telecontrol<br />

from workstation <strong>and</strong> SCADA server.<br />

Communication method for short distance/local communication implemented including:<br />

a) Serial Communication<br />

Serial communication like RS232, RS422, RS 485, Modbus <strong>and</strong> profibus are common serial<br />

communication protocol to link with instrument like water level sensor, flowmeter, drive, rain<br />

gauge, water quality sensors, inverter, <strong>and</strong> controller.<br />

b) Voltage/ampere signal cable<br />

Voltage/ampere signal communication method is one of the most conventional<br />

communication method in automation <strong>and</strong> SCADA control system. For implementation in DID<br />

SCADA system, DID only allowed low voltage <strong>and</strong> ampere implemented for this purpose.<br />

(normally VDC 12 <strong>–</strong> VDC 30 for voltage <strong>and</strong> 4mA to 20mA for ampere). This method<br />

especially implemented in actuator control signal <strong>and</strong> pump control signal like start, stop, trip<br />

<strong>and</strong> so on.<br />

c) Coaxial Cable<br />

This communication method is mostly implemented in video signal communication, especially<br />

in CCTV. Anyway, DID nowadays less implements CCTV compare with Web Cam due to<br />

analogue signal from CCTV is hard to be transfered through internet for long distance<br />

monitoring <strong>and</strong> the highest resolution of CCTV can only achieve 800 x 600 pixel although<br />

implementation of CCTV is cheaper than Web Cam.<br />

d) Fiber Optic<br />

Fiber Optic is one of the most advance <strong>and</strong> effective communication method in wire/cable<br />

communication. Anyway, due to it’s cost <strong>and</strong> complicated construction during cable lying,<br />

most of the time it only apply in short distance communication.<br />

10-12 March 2009

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