In the end of 2003, a process control system for monitoring a near-furnace slag granulation plant was commissioned on the Severyanka (OJSC Severstal) blast furnace No. 5, the Europe biggest blast furnace, which performs monitoring of the granulation process for a blast furnace product. The control system has been developed on the basis of TRACE MODE SCADA/HMI and ADAM 5000Е controllers (Advantech).

The Severstal process control system consists of two workstations for granulation operators under control of TRACE MODE SCADA/HMI, a workstation for a granulation foreman, network equipment, including a fibre-optic communication line, transceivers, a switch, an RS 485 field industrial network, two cabinets with ADAM 5000Е controllers, peripheral equipment. Besides monitoring the granulation process, the system transmits production process data to a blast-furnace plant MS SQL server and, using an ОРС-exchange, receives data from other SCADA-systems of the blast furnace No. 5 process control system, which were not accessible earlier. Now, being on any granulation plant, a process engineer has the whole volume of production process information about the operation of all units.

With implementing of the new process control system based on TRACE MODE SCADA, it has become possible to refuse instrumentation and control disk recording devices and an opportunity has appeared to monitor the operation of both granulation plants from any operator's control desk as well as from a granulation foreman's office.

The control system has allowed to detect bottlenecks in the operation of the Severstal equipment, reduce the equipment operation in idle conditions to a minimum.

TOP NEWS

The New TRACE MODE SCADA/HMI Release 6.10.2 Available For Download

AdAstra Research Group, Ltd (Moscow, Russia) has announced a new release of integrated SCADA- and SOFTLOGIC- system TRACE MODE 6.10.2.

The release is now available for all registered users of TRACE MODE 6 SCADA/HMI for free (it is free for download from the User's Personal Account).

In accordance to increased security requirements of unauthorized access and user authentification in the process control software, new means of user rights management have been introduced. In the 6.10.2 some new features added, bugs detected fixed.

The new release 6.10.2 offers new software products and some improved features ......

SCADA For GSM/GPRS-based Remote Control Now Released

Doc GSM RTM+ TRACE MODE

AdAstrA Research Group (Moscow, Russia) has launched a new SCADA/HMI class software product - TRACE MODE GSM RTM+ for GSM/GPRS-based remote control and alarming.

Utility, transportation, hi-tech house, water, gaz, fire-safety and agriculture remote control – the all-new SCADA/HMI software is designed for a range of applications that seek to receive real-time process data and communicate them to the mobile teams in a fast and reliable way.

TRACE MODE GSM RTM+ is easily programmed on IEC 6-1131/3 visual languages in SCADA/HMI TRACE MODE 6 integrated development environment.

TRACE MODE Data Center Provides Remote Web Based And Mobile Access to Control Systems

AdAstrA Research Group has released a new SCADA TRACE MODE runtime module, TRACE MODE Data Center, providing remote access to real-time control system information using web-browser via Internet/Intranet or wireless networks (GSM, GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth).

The all-new product from AdAstra is tailored to meet the needs of the corporate users of TRACE MODE looking to consolidate information from the various control systems across the plant, and provide access to this information for mobile employees, such as engineers, chief engineers, and plant management.

New free of charge drivers for TOSHIBA TOSVERT Added in TRACE MODE SCADA/HMI

New free of charge drivers for TOSHIBA TOSVERT series frequency converters are added to the TRACE MODE SCADA/HMI software and published at the AdAstra Web site for download:

TOSVERT.VF-nC1
TOSVERT.VF-S9
TOSVERT.VF-P7

SCADA TRACE MODE 6.05 Now Avaiable

On January 30, 2007, a new release of the integrated SCADA-system TRACE MODE 6.05 has been made available, both in Professional and Standard editions.

The 6.05 release includes new features and patches for the development system and runtime modules. The new SCADA TRACE MODE and MES-EAM-HRM software from the T-FACTORY system is available for free download from the support section.

Micro TRACE MODE 6 Software for I-7188 Controller Programming Now Released

AdAstra has finished the development of Micro TRACE MODE 6 runtime software for popular I-7188 controllers (ICP DAS, Taiwan).

Now easy programming on 5 IEC 6-1131/3 languages in the TRACE MODE 6 development system is available for the I-7188 controllers too.

The new software provides cost-effective solution, while delivering efficiency for small-sized distributed control systems.

LAST NEWS

Adastra Releases TRACE MODE 6 RTM for Linux

AdAstra Company (Russia) announced the release of real-time monitor (LinRTM) for the operating system Linux.

TRACE MODE RTM is the main runtime module of the integrated TRACE MODE 6 SCADA/HMI software, designed to operate on operator workstations.

The new LinRTM provides ...

TRACE MODE SCADA Employed in Automated Control System for 2nd Power Unit at Krasnodar Heat and Power Plant

The Krasnodar heat and power plant launched an automated control system for the 2nd power unit that was developed using SCADA TRACE MODE system and the RK-131/300M controllers.

Within the shortest time-frame, a team of four engineers from Yuzhniy Engineering Power Center, YugOGRES, successfully deployed the control system during overhaul at the 2nd power unit.

AdAstrA Reseases a New Milestone Release, SCADA TRACE MODE 6.06!

AdAstrA launched a new release of the integrated SOFTLOGIC-SCADA-MES-EAM-HRM system, TRACE MODE 6.06, available both in Professional and Base editions. The exciting new 6.06 release provides a host of new features and technologies to dramatically increase SCADA TRACE MODE performance and functionality.

New SCADA TRACE MODE updates are available free of charge at the Support section.

HART Driver for Micro TRACE MODE 6 to Connect HART Devices and WinCon 8000

AdAstrA Research Group, Ltd made available an external driver for Micro TRACE MODE 6 industrial controller programming system. This driver is designed to connect WinCon 8000 controller to sensors and flowmeters using a popular HART protocol.

The Kristall distillery in Moscow was one of the first factories to deploy the HART driver for WinCon 8000. Previously, Micro TRACE MODE 6 for WinCon 8000 was shipped only with the integrated drivers for Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, DCS, etc.

New Circutor CVM Driver for SCADA HMI TRACE MODE 6

Circutor CVM-NRG96 in SCADA/HMI TRACE MODE

AdAstrA has completed development of the new SCADA HMI TRACE MODE driver for CVM series Circutor power analyzers.

The driver supports specific Modbus protocol features for CVM series devices. The driver deployment provides easier control system development and uses approximately twice as less I/O points in the project.

The new driver is available for free download from the support section.

New TRACE MODE 6 SCADA Clients with Group Licensing

AdAstrA has issued a new TRACE MODE SCADA runtime module - NetLink Light with group licensing. Belonging to to the family of the NetLink Light client HMI modules, the new software requires no dongle on every PC.