Servelec Systems S2000nano Device Profile
WITS Version 1.1 – Self certified on 7th August 2017
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Note that this Device Profile shows the device’s functionality at the time it was listed as a self certified device. The […]
29-Aug-2017 NI Water: WITS and The Telemetry Outstation Project
Northern Ireland Water
Telemetry Outstation Project
NI Water Telemetry provides monitoring (and in some cases control) of approximately 4,500 clean and wastewater assets. Telemetry not only provides alarm annunciation, local monitoring and control but also provides regulatory and operational data. There is a reliance on accurate and timely data being provided for business, operational purposes and for the security of customer water and wastewater facilities.
At each asset, signals are marshalled into a local […]
21-Aug-2017 DNP User Group Issues DNP3 Security Notice
The DNP User Group have issued a security notice (SN2017-001)
The WITS-PSAC would like to draw members attention to a security notice that has been issued by the DNP User Group.
Last year there was a cyber-attack against the Ukraine Power Grid using malware named as CrashOverride (also named as Industroyer). The attackers spent some time analysing the structure of the Ukrainian SCADA system and then inserted the malware which took over, amongst other items, the protocol […]
21-Jul-2017 Grundfos CIU 531 Has Achieved WITS Self-Certified Status
We are pleased to announce that the Grundfos CIU 531 has achieved Self-Certified WITS DNP3 status.
The device has been tested by Grundfos to the WITS Test specification up to WITS Version 1.1.
The CIU 531 is a basic WITS-DNP3 supported IO device. It supports 3 Analog Input, 1 Analog Output, 4 Binary Input, 1 Binary Output and 1 Binary Counter.
For more details, please see the WITS Device Catalogue.
21-Jun-2017 WITS-IoT Presented at SCADA Australia 2017
SCADA Australia 2017 Conference Report
Jim Baker, the SCADA Acquisitions Manager for Water Corporation in Western Australia and a member of the WITS-PSA committee, was invited to give a presentation at the SCADA Australia 2017 conference in Melbourne (30th-31st May). He sent us this report:
“The SCADA Australia conference is held every year and is attended by many Australian vendors and utility representatives. What was interesting is that the vast majority of the attendees were from the […]
18-Jun-2017 New WITS Technical Bulletin TB#61: Clarification on Extended Data Points
Today, the WITS-PSA has published the results of our work to clarify some points within WITS-DNP3. The updated Technical Bulletin is as follows:
TB #61 – Clarifications on the use of Extended Data Points when there are no valid values of the source point.
In addition, the Technical Bulletin index has been updated to include this enhancement.
To download the updated documentation, log-in to the website to access the Members section. Then from the “Members” menu, click on […]
09-Jun-2017 WITS Plugfest Report (May 2017)
Introduction
There came a point in the development of the WITS-DNP3 protocol, many years ago, when we had to migrate from writing documents about the protocol and thinking about how it would work, to building and testing real devices. To do this we used plugfests. For WITS and many other organisations, a plugfest is a chance to bring various bits of equipment together and test that the interfaces between them all work as expected. In […]
12-Jun-2017 Grundfos CIU 531 Field Device Profile
WITS Version 1.1 – Self certified on 12th June 2017
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Note that this Device Profile shows the device’s functionality at the time it was listed as a self certified device. The vendor may have changed the device’s functionality since that time and they may have later versions of the Device Profile.
The device was tested to Test Specification version 3 Note that […]
06-Jun-2017 WITS Membership Fee Changes
Simplified WITS Membership Fee Structure
From the inception of the WITS Protocol Standards Association we have recognised the massive contributions made by our Founder Members, and have reflected that in our scale of membership fees. However the Committee has decided that we need to rationalise the fees in order to simplify our accounts and in addition attract new members to the PSA by removing the registration fee for new members.
Therefore from 6th June 2017 the membership […]
17-May-2017 WITS-DNP3 Plugfest – Today
Xylem is kindly hosting the #WITSPlugfest event at their Nottingham, England offices.
26 attending engineers, 9 Field Device manufacturers and 2 Master-Station developers.
Lots of very detailed discussions, scanning logs, sharing of information and ideas but most importantly: Testing! By the end of the day we will have improved the quality and reliability of the WITS-DNP3 protocol and learned a great deal about each other’s systems and products.
Plug-Fests are a great way to bring everyone together to […]