25-Apr-2017 WITS-IOT progress
A technical group nominated by the WITS PSA has made great progress on the design of WITS-IOT. At the WITS Expo last year we explained the need for WITS-IOT and how we were building it on top of established IOT technologies such as MQTT. We also demonstrated a prototype built with Raspberry Pi and Node-Red.
Now more work has been done on the protocol design, adding more of the functionality built […]
25-Apr-2017 Pulsar Ultimate Controller Device Profile
WITS Version 1.1 – Self certified on 13th April 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 […]
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 of death or resignation of a Committee member” has been revised.
See website page “The PSA” to download the revised Constitution.
24-July-2016 Anglian Water seminar October 2016
We have received news of an event being run in collaboration with the Water Industry Forum to help Small to Medium Enterprises identify potential funding opportunities to develop innovative solutions and their businesses, and then meet the experts from Anglian Water during the 1-2-1 networking opportunity in the afternoon.
ANGLIAN WATER HELPING SMES: BRING IDEAS TO MARKET
11 Oct 2016 │ 10am – 4pm │Future Business Centre, Peterborough
Delivered in partnership between the Water Industry Forum and the […]
30-June-2016 WITS Chairman’s update
Click on the link to read a message from the Chairman of WITS Simon Harrison:
12-Dec-2019 Device manufacturers name strings
The WITS-DNP3 Application Notes state:
The WITS group will define the device manufacturer names that are used by each vendor. This is to ensure that compliant Master Stations can easily determine the Field Device type in cases where different manufacturers have chosen similar product names for their hardware. Vendors wishing to be WITS compliant will need to apply to the WITS group for their unique vendor name string with a maximum of 8 characters.
The rules for […]
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 identified deficiencies and vulnerabilities in DNP3 Secure Authentication version 5 (DNP3-SAv5) that must be corrected.
Some of the issues can be addressed by making changes to the behavior of DNP3-SAv5 devices without changing the structure of the messages exchanged. These changes are described in the Technical Bulletin. A device that implements these […]
23-May-2016 OLDI WITS-Gateway Device Profile
WITS Version 1.1 – Self certified on 23rd May 2016
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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 […]
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 review of current security provisions in the Protocol”.
It discusses how to keep data secure on a WITS-DNP3 enabled network, with a review of current security provisions within the protocol plus additional security measures which can be used.
Read it here at https://www.witsprotocol.org/what-is-wits