Published on 05/29/2017 | Technology
The power of the Internet of Things (IoT) is enabled by the implementation of intelligent electronic devices and sensors on communication networks with real-time data exchange and control functionality between the field and a control center. It allows utilities to have better visibility into the system conditions anywhere and at any time utilizing advanced automated applications that improve system reliability, efficiency, and customer service.
Intelligent electronic devices include - inter alia - all kinds of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), which are generally defined as a microprocessor-controlled electronic devices that interface objects in the physical world to a distributed control or SCADA system by transmitting telemetry data. Many manufactures of automation instrumentation including Advantech offers RTUs of different size and capabilities to fit into any custom applications. The processing power of RTU devises ranges from small 8 bit processors with minimal memory to larger sophisticated RTUs capable of managing hundreds of I/O points.
RTU aspects and technical details in the era of IoT are discussed in the following. This includes positioning of RTUs in the manifold “landscape” of automation equipment as well as Advantech ́s respective hard- and software offerings.
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