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19-Dec-2023 New Honorary Member – Simon Harrison
Simon has been a Member of the PSA since its inception back in 2003. He [...]
23 May 2023 Compliance Manual Rev 2.9
A new revision of the WITS Compliance Manual has been issued - Revision 2.9 It [...]
6-Sept-2021 Next PlugFest October 2021
The next PlugFest will be held on 19th October 2021 at Siemens in Manchester. Invites [...]
20-2-20 Changes to PSA Committee
Overview This document details changes to the WITS PSA Committee as currently detailed in the [...]
3-June-2020 Servelec Technologies has changed its name to Ovarro
Member Servelec Technologies has recently combined with Primayer and changed its joint name to Ovarro. [...]
02-03-2020 Updated WITS Compliance Manual Published
The WITS Compliance Manual is issued as a guide for producing and maintaining WITS Compliant [...]
20-Nov-2019 A Report on the WITS Plugfest of November 2019
Introduction The Plugfests are a great way for vendors to test out their WITS devices’ [...]
03-Jun-2019 A report on the WITS PlugFest of May 2019
Introduction On Tuesday 14th May 2019 at Lingley Mere Business Park near Warrington, WITS held [...]
25-Apr-2019 WITS Forum Replacement
A change to WITS members’ interactions The WITS forum is being retired in favour of [...]
03-Mar-2019 When WITS is not WITS
WITS is not WITS? When the original development of the WITS-DNP3 protocol was underway, some [...]
11-Oct-2018 A report on the WITS Plugfest of October 2018
Introduction On Tuesday 9th October 2018 at the Green Park Conference centre in Reading, WITS [...]
28-Sep-2018 SCADA World Summit: WITS Presented
The 8th SCADA World Summit 2018, London, May 7-10 The SCADA World Summit series of [...]
29-Jun-2018 October Plugfest (“OctoberFest”) Date Announcement
October 2018 Plugfest Date Announcement Following the successful WITS Plugfest in January 2018 (see the article [...]
18-Jun-2018 NIW WITS Telemetry Outstation Rollout
NI Water Telemetry provides monitoring (and in some cases control) of approximately 4,500 clean and [...]
25-Apr-2018 Website updated to assist members
We have made some small adjustments to our website which we thought you should be [...]
06-Feb-2018 WITS Plugfest Report (January 2018)
Introduction After the success of the last WITS-DNP3 protocol plugfest in May 2017, a further [...]
18-Jan-2018 WITS Updates Coverage and Logo
Following increased interest from industries other than UK water in the WITS DNP3 protocol, the [...]
17-Jan-2018 WITS Plugfest Day
WITS Plugfest Day Today WITS-DNP3 Vendors and users from across the UK have come together [...]
15-Jan-2018 WITS Tickets now published in Members Library
A prioritised list of open tickets is now available for inspection by members in the [...]
12-Jan-2018 WITS at the Global Leakage Summit 2018
WITS Member speaking on the use of WITS at the Global Leakage Summit 2018 Graham [...]
04-Dec-2017 WITS Wastewater Loggers at SWW
South West Water has selected battery-powered WITS data loggers from Servelec Technologies for a wastewater [...]
21-Nov-2017 WITS PSA Forums Now LIVE!
The WITS PSA Committee are pleased to announce that the WITS PSA Forums are available [...]
18-Oct-2017 WITS Forums – Service announcement
WITS Forums - Service announcement and migration to new host Following the first user meeting [...]
17-Oct-2017 WITS Plugfest Date Announced
2018 Plugfest Date Announcement Following the last successful WITS Plugfest on May 17th 2017 (see [...]
13-Sep-2017 Making the WITS PSAC More Transparent
Making the workings of the PSAC more transparent In late 2015, the membership of 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
09-Jun-2017 WITS Plugfest Report (May 2017)
Introduction There came a point in the development of the WITS-DNP3 protocol, many years ago, [...]
06-Jun-2017 WITS Membership Fee Changes
Simplified WITS Membership Fee Structure From the inception of the WITS Protocol Standards Association we [...]
17-May-2017 WITS-DNP3 Plugfest – Today
Xylem is kindly hosting the #WITSPlugfest event at their Nottingham, England offices. 26 attending engineers, [...]
04-May-2017 Cyber Security Briefing on 18th May
Cyber Security Meeting for OT/IoT: UK and US Experiences, May 18th 2017 As members of [...]
27-Apr-2017 Forthcoming Plugfest
27-Apr-2017 The WITS Plugfest is approaching The WITS PSA will be hosting the first WITS [...]
27-Apr-2017 WITS Master Station Licencing
Click on the link: An overview of WITS-DNP3 Master Station Licensing for End Users and [...]
25-Apr-2017 WITS-IOT progress
A technical group nominated by the WITS PSA has made great progress on the design [...]
18-Jan-2017 Anglian Water now LIVE with WITS
Anglian Water are pleased to announce that the first Anglian Water WITS outstation (Servelec S2000 [...]
26-Nov-2016 WITS in WIPAC Monthly
WIPAC (Water Industry Process Automation and Control) is a cross-industry group whose aim is to [...]
25-Nov-2016 Renew your WITS-PSA Subscription Online!
WITS-PSA members can now easily renew their subscription online The WITS-PSA has partnered with PayPal [...]
21-Nov-2016 Application for Verification and Self-Certification
Earlier this year the Committee announced that testing has to be done using the WITS [...]
17-Nov-2016 WITS-IOT Presented at the WWEM 2016 / IWA Event
The WITS-PSA presented our WITS-IOT project at the IWA event held as part of the [...]
14-Nov-2016 WITS Cited in an ISA Article About DNP3 in Water Applications
WITS has been cited in an article in the ISA Water/Wastewater Industry Division Spring/Summer 2016 [...]
11-Nov-2016 Helping Users Overcome Issues in Using Field Devices
Helping Users Overcome Issues in Using Field Devices As a WITS user, there are a [...]
10-Nov-2016 WITS-IOT Blog
WITS-IOT is a complimentary protocol being developed by the WITS PSA to sit alongside WITS-DNP3, [...]
4-Nov-2016 WITS Expo 2016 – What Happened?
WITS Expo 2016 The WITS Expo is over and it was a great success. We [...]
3-Nov-2016 Tips for Reading a Device Profile
Tips for Reading a Device Profile Mark Davison from Terzo Digital has written an interesting [...]
2-Nov-2016 Master Station and WITS Versions
Master Station and WITS Versions Mark Davison from Terzo Digital has written a great article [...]
2-Sep-2016 WITS Expo 2016
-> Expo Teaser Video WITS History WITS was formed in 2003 with the aim of [...]
02-Sep-2016 Anglian Water Services Awards WITS-DNP3 Outstation Frameworks
Anglian Water Services has awarded five year frameworks for the supply of WITS-DNP3 outstations to [...]
02-Sept-2016 Revised version of PSA Constitution published
Version 1.7 of the PSA Constitution has been published. Section 4.5 "Actions in the event [...]
24-July-2016 Anglian Water seminar October 2016
We have received news of an event being run in collaboration with the Water Industry [...]
30-June-2016 WITS Chairman’s update
Click on the link to read a message from the Chairman of WITS Simon Harrison: [...]
19-May-2016 New article on Encryption and the WITS-DNP3 protocol
There is an new article on the website: “Encryption and the WITS-DNP3 protocol – a [...]
18-May-2016 Schneider Electric release ClearSCADA 2015R2, with WITS V1.3 option
This new version of the established telemetry and remote SCADA software offers extreme performance and [...]
21-Apr-2016 Clarification of WITS terms
Background It has come to the notice of the Committee that the term WITS is [...]
21-Apr-2016 Notes on SWAN conference March 2016
On Tuesday April 4th 2016 Simon Harrison the WITS Chairman presented on behalf of WITS [...]
23-Jan-2016 WWRF – Getting involved in the specification of 5G
The following letter was received from Dr Nigel Jefferies, Chairman of the Wireless World Research [...]
21-Jan-2016 Guidelines for Product Related Website Articles
This note provides guidelines for the content of product related articles to be published on [...]
21-Jan-2016 Using SAv2 with the Triangle MicroWorks SCL
There has been recent discussion over the continued use of DNP3 Secure Authentication Version 2 [...]
28-Dec-2015 Article in the Water & Sewerage Journal 2015
In December 2015 the Water & Sewerage Journal published an article about WITS. This time [...]
17-Nov-2015 Steps to consider in implementing a WITS Field Device
So you are considering implementing a WITS Field device? This article provides an insight into [...]
21-Oct-2015 Xylem and the solution to PDaS using WITS
Water companies around the country have a major task ahead in order to be compliant [...]
21-Oct-2015 WITS-DNP3 Protocol – A further update on its development and adoption
About the author Charles Williams – Strategic Business Director, Grontmij MIET CEng BSc Electrical and [...]
15-Oct-2015 Secure Authentication and WITS-DNP3 – Synopsis
Security recommendation There have been a number of comments appearing in the "press" recently about [...]
11-Aug-2015 Presentations from the IET Water Event in May 2015
Some of our members gave presentations at the IET Water Event last May. Please click [...]
30-Jul-2015 Adoption of WITS by Northern Ireland Water
At Northern Ireland Water, Telemetry provides monitoring (and in some cases control) of approximately 4,500 [...]
8-Jul-2015 New Member – Cuculus GmbH
We welcome new member Cuculus GmbH of Ilmenau, Germany. Cuculus operate in the fields of [...]
25-Apr-2015 Process and Asset Condition Intelligence is Key to System Optimisation
The reliable provision of water and sewerage services requires water companies to think and plan [...]
4-Nov-2014 Test Master Station Software Now Available
A breakthrough in developing WITS certified Field Devices The Committee recognises that, to date, developing [...]
September 2014 – ABB AquaMaster 3 Achieves Verified Status
ABB’s AquaMaster 3 Flow Meter was already WITS Self Certified since June this year. Now [...]
Metasphere launches WITS DNP3 RTU
Metasphere have released the WITS DNP3 MM-IM, an approved self-certified mains powered RTU. Featuring an [...]
ClearSCADA supports WITS 1.3
Schneider Electric Telemetry & Remote SCADA Solutions (TRSS) is pleased to announce that SCADA Expert [...]
Member profile – Kepware
Company Overview Kepware Technologies is a private software development company headquartered in Portland, Maine. Kepware [...]
Member profile – Triangle MicroWorks
Triangle MicroWorks provides Software Libraries and PC-based tools to support implementation, test, and maintenance of systems using DNP3. DNP3 Source Code [...]
How Thames Water has adopted the WITS Protocol
WITS Protocol Standardisation - Talking The Same Language by Guy Fitzpatrick, Xylem Ltd [...]
WITS article in the Water and Sewerage Journal
Last year we were asked to submit an article about WITS for inclusion in the [...]
Report of PSA activities 2013
BIENNIAL GENERAL MEETING 31/10/2013 Report of the work of the Association over the past 2 [...]
Aug 2013 – South West Water specifies WITS
South West Water SWW have included the requirement for the WITS interface to be delivered [...]
Brodersen Press release May 2013
[wpdm_file id=1] Press Release: Brodersen wins double framework agreement with Thames Water Reading, 17 May [...]
The IET Water Event May 2013
The IET Water Event will be held on the 21st and 22nd of May in [...]
Recent new members
We are pleased to welcome Mitsubishi and the Environment Agency as new Members. The EA [...]
WITS Release News
17-Sep-2023 New WITS-DNP3 Protocol ver 3.1 issued
The new version 3.1 of the WITS-DNP3 protocol has been published. All the Protocol documentation [...]
9-Feb-2022 TB63 Calculated Points issued
Technical Bulletin TB63 has now been issued. It can be found in the Members library [...]
16-Oct-2018 WITS-IoT Protocol published at version 1.0
Executive Summary WITS-IoT is a new protocol from the WITS PSA (Protocol Standards Association). WITS-IoT [...]
14-Jun-2018 WITS-DNP3 V3.0 Master Station Timescales
Version 3.0 of WITS-DNP3 was released sometime ago. However, up till this point, neither Master [...]
10-Apr-2018 New WITS Technical Bulletin TB#62: Clarifications and Corrections
Today, the WITS-PSA has published the results of our work to clarify some points within [...]
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 [...]
03-May-2017 DNP3 TB2016-005 information for WITS members
The publication The DNP User Group published the following news on December 28th 2016: The [...]
03-May-2017 DNP3 TB2016-004 information for WITS members
The publication The DNP User Group published the following news on December 2nd 2016: The [...]
04-Jan-2017 New WITS Technical Bulletins Published (TBs 56-60)
Today, the WITS-PSA has published the final results of many months of work, standardising some important [...]
01-Sep-2016 DNP3 Technical Bulletin TB2016-003 – Information for WITS members
The publication The DNP User Group published the following news on June 7th 2016: The [...]
01-Sep-2016 DNP3 Technical Bulletin TB2016-002 – Information for WITS members
The publication The DNP User Group published the following news on May 27th 2016: The [...]
01-Sep-2016 DNP3 Technical Bulletin TB2016-001 – Information for WITS members
The publication The DNP User Group published the following news on March 2nd 2016: As [...]
27-May-2016 – Release of DNP TB2016-002
The DNP Technical Committee has released Technical Bulletin TB2016-002 Addressing Deficiencies in DNP3-SAv5. This document details [...]
21-Apr-2016 Use of alternative test specifications
It has been decided by the WITS Committee that we can no longer accept applications [...]
21-Apr-2016 Updated WITS Release Log published
The Release log has been updated to reflect the new WITS Version 3.0 See the [...]
21-Apr-2016 Updated WITS Road Map published
A new Road Map for the Protocol has been issued to reflect the issue of [...]
21-Apr-2016 WITS-DNP3 Protocol Version 3.0 released
Version 3.0 of the Protocol has now been released, merging all previous versions into a [...]
19-Jan-2016 WITS-DNP3 Protocol Version 3.0
Version 3.0 of the protocol is due to be released at the end of March [...]
25-Apr-2015 Technical Documentation Pack Release 6 Published
A new version of the Technical Documentation Pack - Release 6 - is now available. [...]
25-Apr-2015 Application Note AN2005-002 Version 1.6 Published
AN2005-002 version 1.6 has been published. It can be viewed in the Library section of [...]
25-Mar-2015 Certification Process Updated
Now that two of our Master Station suppliers are now offering Test Master Station Licences [...]
25-Mar-2015 New Technical Bulletins 47, 52 , 54 + New Index + Road Map Published
The WITS technical sub-group have agreed to: Publish TB#47, describing binary inputs states, values and [...]
25-Mar-2015 Updated WITS Compliance Manual Published
The WITS Compliance Manual is issued as a guide for producing and maintaining WITS Compliant [...]
27-Oct-2014 Revised Device Profiles On The Website
Vendors may wish to make amendments/enhancements to their WITS certified products post certification. It is [...]
27-Oct-2014 Updated WITS Roadmap And Technical Bulletin Index Published
The WITS Roadmap which records all the versions of the Protocol and Technical Bulletins has [...]
27-Oct-2014 TB51 Published
It has been observed that several Field Device vendors have misinterpreted the Application Notes regarding [...]
22-Oct-2014 TB49 published re corrections to the Test Specification
Errors in the PSA Test Specification have been identified in 3 specific tests. TB49 which [...]
22-Oct-2014 WITS Road Map updated
The WITS Road Map which records all the versions of the Protocol and Technical Bulletins [...]
22-Oct-2014 TB50 published re Tests for devices supporting multiple versions of the Protocol
TB50 which covers Tests for devices supporting multiple versions of the Protocol has just been [...]
5-Feb-2014 New Technical Documentation Packs issued
A new set of Technical Documentation packs has been issued. These are: TDP3c for users [...]
29-Aug-2013 Updates to Roadmap, WITS Versions and Application Notes
The website has been updated with an amended Roadmap, WITS Status and the 2 Application [...]
13-June-2013 New functionality added to the WITS-DNP3 protocol
A Field Device that is periodically logging a counter value is required to reset the [...]
13-June-2013 2 WITS streams created
In order to accommodate new and legacy versions of DNP3 Secure Authentication, the Committee has [...]
17-Oct-2012 Updated Roadmap & WITS Release Records
The WITS Roadmap and the WITS Release Records documents have been updated - refer to [...]
27-Sept-2012 Technical Bulletin 43 released
WITS Technical Bulletin TB43 has been released and is available to members in the Members library. [...]