Together with our UK partner Smart Actuation Limited, 3S antriebe GmbH are happy to announce that have we have registered our 3S IoT actuator as a self-certified WITS DNP3 device with the the WITS Protocol Standards Association.
The 3S IoT actuators are designed especially for remote applications. They are typically battery powered and connect to SCADA vie the 4G LTE network as shown in the high level image below.
On Tuesday 14th May 2019 at Lingley Mere Business Park near Warrington, WITS held another WITS Protocol plugfest. The event was kindly hosted by Jim Blower of United Utilities. This plugfest followed the October 2018 plugfest which was hosted by Russ Wheedon of Thames Water; you can read more on that plugfest here. In a similar fashion to the October meeting, a WITS User Meeting was planned for Wednesday 15th May, the […]
WITS-IoT is a new protocol from the WITS PSA (Protocol Standards Association). WITS-IoT is aimed at lower power, less expensive devices and provides an application layer veneer on standard IoT technology. Although the application level functions provided by the protocol stem from its inception in the UK Water industry, it is broadly applicable to general telemetry within the entire Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). So, for example, the protocol functions include reading values, […]
On Tuesday 9th October 2018 at the Green Park Conference centre in Reading, WITS held another WITS-DNP3 Protocol plugfest. The event was kindly hosted by Russ Wheadon of Thames Water. This plugfest built on the success of the January 2018 plugfest which was hosted by Jerry Trowbridge of Northumbrian Water; you can read more on that plugfest here. In a similar way to the January meeting, a WITS User Meeting was planned […]
Version 3.0 of WITS-DNP3 was released sometime ago. However, up till this point, neither Master Station supported that later version. At the last WITS Strategy Meeting in May 2018 at NIW in Belfast, both Master Station manufacturers were asked to come prepared to discuss their rollout plans and when WITS-DNP3 version 3.0 may feature in those plans.
We are pleased to announce that both Master Station manufacturers have WITS 3.0 on their development horizons. At the […]
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After the success of the last WITS-DNP3 protocol plugfest in May 2017, a further plugfest was arranged for Wednesday January 17th 2018. Jerry Trowbridge of Northumbrian Water kindly booked the excellent Sjovoll Centre in Pity Me, close to Durham and the Northumbrian Water offices for both the plugfest and user meeting (which was held the day after). On the day, two large meeting rooms were joined together to provide a huge space in […]
The WITS PSA maintains a ticketing system in which all issues raised against the WITS PSA are recorded. These issues can be, for example, issues related to the WITS-DNP3 protocol implementation, issues related to user configuration of their systems, issues of documentation or suggestions for improvement The system acts as a central repository, ensuring that no issues are lost. […]
