ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: Manx Electricity Authority

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Customer Success Story: Manx Electricity Authority

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Technology Category	Automation & Control - Distributed Control Systems Automation & Control - Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Automation & Control - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Facility Management Maintenance
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control Remote Asset Management Remote Control
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	The Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) in the United Kingdom was facing a challenge with the proliferation of different SCADA systems. Each system operated uniquely, making it time-consuming and costly to train operators and keep them updated on system changes. The MEA was responsible for the generation of electricity across the Isle of Man and ensuring the full commercial potential of the UK-IOM subsea power cable. The MEA decided to look for an integrated enterprise-level SCADA solution to streamline their efforts. They wanted a solution that could integrate their entire key infrastructure across multiple sites, allow easy expansion for future capacity, and provide a seamless switchover with parallel running capability of the old SCADA applications as a backup. Read More
About Customer	The Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) is a utility company based in the United Kingdom. They are responsible for the generation of electricity across the Isle of Man. The MEA operates from multi-plant facilities and is also responsible for ensuring the full commercial potential of the UK-IOM (Isle of Man) subsea power cable. The MEA had multiple SCADA systems in place, each operating uniquely, which made it challenging and costly to train operators and keep them updated on system changes. The MEA was looking for a solution that could integrate their entire key infrastructure across multiple sites, allow easy expansion for future capacity, and provide a seamless switchover with parallel running capability of the old SCADA applications as a backup. Read More
Solution	The MEA decided to implement ICONICS software to solve their challenge. They used GENESIS32™, GenBroker™, DataWorX™32, GraphWorX™32, and MobileHMI™ to work towards a solution. The implementation began by using ICONICS GENESIS32 software to host a pair of redundant servers at each of the key sites. ICONICS software provided a consistent and uniform interface that could be spread across three monitors allowing a single operator, in one control workstation, to manage and control the entire island’s generating capacity. ICONICS GenBroker-technology allowed the MEA to set up a remote connection to the Isle of Man from ICONICS’ offices in Dudley to test the installation, ensuring zero lag time in program commencement. ICONICS DataWorX was used as an intermediate layer for the SCADA and provided the translation logic between the various underlying control systems and visualization. In addition, the implementation of ICONICS MobileHMI drastically enhanced their plant manageability. MobileHMI is a Windows Phone application that pairs with ICONICS GraphWorX32 to monitor plant outputs and alarms. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Automation & Control - Distributed Control Systems

Automation & Control - Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Automation & Control - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Maintenance

Use Cases

Building Automation & Control

Remote Asset Management

Remote Control

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

The Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) in the United Kingdom was facing a challenge with the proliferation of different SCADA systems. Each system operated uniquely, making it time-consuming and costly to train operators and keep them updated on system changes. The MEA was responsible for the generation of electricity across the Isle of Man and ensuring the full commercial potential of the UK-IOM subsea power cable. The MEA decided to look for an integrated enterprise-level SCADA solution to streamline their efforts. They wanted a solution that could integrate their entire key infrastructure across multiple sites, allow easy expansion for future capacity, and provide a seamless switchover with parallel running capability of the old SCADA applications as a backup.

About Customer

The Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) is a utility company based in the United Kingdom. They are responsible for the generation of electricity across the Isle of Man. The MEA operates from multi-plant facilities and is also responsible for ensuring the full commercial potential of the UK-IOM (Isle of Man) subsea power cable. The MEA had multiple SCADA systems in place, each operating uniquely, which made it challenging and costly to train operators and keep them updated on system changes. The MEA was looking for a solution that could integrate their entire key infrastructure across multiple sites, allow easy expansion for future capacity, and provide a seamless switchover with parallel running capability of the old SCADA applications as a backup.

Solution

The MEA decided to implement ICONICS software to solve their challenge. They used GENESIS32™, GenBroker™, DataWorX™32, GraphWorX™32, and MobileHMI™ to work towards a solution. The implementation began by using ICONICS GENESIS32 software to host a pair of redundant servers at each of the key sites. ICONICS software provided a consistent and uniform interface that could be spread across three monitors allowing a single operator, in one control workstation, to manage and control the entire island’s generating capacity. ICONICS GenBroker-technology allowed the MEA to set up a remote connection to the Isle of Man from ICONICS’ offices in Dudley to test the installation, ensuring zero lag time in program commencement. ICONICS DataWorX was used as an intermediate layer for the SCADA and provided the translation logic between the various underlying control systems and visualization. In addition, the implementation of ICONICS MobileHMI drastically enhanced their plant manageability. MobileHMI is a Windows Phone application that pairs with ICONICS GraphWorX32 to monitor plant outputs and alarms.

Impact #1	The MEA was able to sync their SCADA applications in such a way that they were able to function under one system.
Impact #2	Operators were able to remotely monitor facilities while still being in touch with real-time data and alarms.
Impact #3	The implementation of ICONICS MobileHMI drastically enhanced their plant manageability.

Impact #1

The MEA was able to sync their SCADA applications in such a way that they were able to function under one system.

Impact #2

Operators were able to remotely monitor facilities while still being in touch with real-time data and alarms.

Impact #3

The implementation of ICONICS MobileHMI drastically enhanced their plant manageability.

Benefit #1	The solution currently contains 75,000 data points across the island and is capable of scaling way beyond this in the future.

Benefit #1

The solution currently contains 75,000 data points across the island and is capable of scaling way beyond this in the future.

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Customer Success Story: Manx Electricity Authority

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