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SAM: Substation Alarm Manager
Annunciation and Data Viewer

Substation Annunciator
   

Overview

Applied Systems Engineering, Inc.'s Substation Alarm Manager (SAM) was developed in order to provide Power Utilities with a simple way to show the current status and data within a substation. SAM Substation Annunciator utilizes our extensive protocol library and allows for a wide variety of substation equipment to be monitored. Data can be acquired either by eavesdropping on an active circuit or directly polling an RTU/IED. Collection data is transmitted to SAM through the OPC protocol. This allows SAM to perform its alarm monitoring function either locally at the substation or at a remote site.

The complete SAM package consists of a substation hardened PC (no moving parts), a touch-screen 19” rack-mount monitor, and the Annunciation and Data Viewer software. SAM is also offered in scaled down versions.

The software supports  configuration of multiple annunciation pages containing either digital, analog, or pulse values. The software supports configuration of alarm conditions, color, font size, and layout on the annunciation page.

SAM has optional Control capabilities which may allow for the user to  activate controls locally or remotely via the SAM software.

 

Gathering the Data: Multiple Options

The SAM software integrates seamlessly with ASE’s SCADA Protocol Translation (SPT) software. The SPT can gather data from downstream devices (RTUs/ IEDs) using any of the 40 protocols currently available. The SPT integration allows for SAM system to also act as a protocol Gateway, data concentrator, or protocol translator, if optional upstream protocols are included. Please see the options below:


The SAM software also can be run remotely over a network, or can be integrated on a 3rd party substation processor.

The SAM base system includes a license for up to 4 communication channels and 1 Network port with up to 6 network connections. Optional serial I/O hardware is available to communicate with legacy bit oriented protocols. SAM is fully expandable to include more serial or network ports as required.

SAM Model Information

Model

Description

SAM-900

Integrated package including Touch-screen monitor, hardened PC, SAM software for annunciation and data acquisition.

SAM-500

Includes Touch-screen monitor and SAM software for annunciation and data acquisition ( no hardened PC).

SAM-100

SAM software for annunciation and data acquisition only.

SAM Specifications



Software

Configuration

Windows based configuration systems allows for Alarm specification, analog limits, scaling and point descriptions.

Protocol

Configurable per Channel

Poll / Eavesdrop

Configurable per channel

Point Counts

Maximum 30,000 points

Alarm Displays

Configurable size and color options



Hardened PC

Processor

300MHz AMD Geode GX1 CPU with CS5530A companion chip.Upto 512MB ram capability

Serial Ports

2 serial Ports 16C550 compatible, RS-232/422/485 selectable, ESD protected

USB Ports

Six USB ports; four USB 2.0; two 1.1 compliant

Network Port

10/100 Base-T, IEEE 802.3 Standard

Touch Screen

Size

19”  Rack-mount – 17” Display panel , 3” deep

Features

Touch screen with USB inputs from PC

Optional

PC-104

Two Channel multi-function I/O boards supporting bit and byte, asynchronous and synchronous, serial (RS232 and RS485) communications

DC to AC inverter

Coverts 48VDc to 120 AC to power all SAM components (10W)

Protocol Addition

Add Additional protocols to your SAM system to add Data Concentrator, Protocol Conversion, or Gateway capabilities
 

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