The WITS-PSA presented our WITS-IOT project at the IWA event held as part of the WWEM (Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring) 2016 exhibition and conference. WWEM 2016 was held at the International Centre in Telford, England on 2nd and 3rd November.

Our presentation went down well with the attendees and speakers alike. Very encouraging feedback. We really enjoyed the show this year and look forward to presenting again and seeing WITS-IOT devices on the […]

WITS has been cited in an article in the ISA Water/Wastewater Industry Division Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter

Philip Aubin (a WITS member for Schneider Electric) has had an article published in ISA Water / Wastewater Industry Division Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter entitled “DNP3 Communications for Water and Wastewater Applications” which may be of interest to other WITS members.

The article is primarily about the use of DNP3 in water and wastewater applications. The content of the piece is applicable […]

Helping Users Overcome Issues in Using Field Devices

As a WITS user, there are a number of things to think about before trying to use a Field Device against your Master Station. These things can include:

– Making sure the Field Device has the correct capabilities by reading the device profile.
– Ensuring the Field Device is interoperable with your master station; maybe the versions are not compatible (for example a Field Device only supporting WITS 1.3 cannot […]

WITS-IOT is a complimentary protocol being developed by the WITS PSA to sit alongside WITS-DNP3, extending the reach of Telemetry systems down to smaller low-cost devices.

The basic concept is explained in this brief video:
WITS-IOT video

To go along with this development, we are keeping a blog up to date with current events during the development of the protocol:
WITS-IOT Blog

We are going to be reaching out to the wider WITS community soon along with potential […]

-> Expo Teaser Video

WITS History

WITS was formed in 2003 with the aim of developing a single telemetry protocol allowing any Field Device to connect to any Master System. Seven years later WITS-DNP3 protocol development was completed and to date some 8,400 outstations have gone into service across five UK water companies.

Management of the new protocol was handed over to the WITS Protocol Standards Association (PSA) in 2010 and an elected group of volunteer users […]

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.