Using the SCADA Summary
The SCADA Summary provides the current values and qualities of all mapped SCADA measurements in Oracle Utilities Network Management System. Each row of this summary represents one measurement. There may be multiple unique measurements on one SCADA asset. SCADA information includes digital and analog measurements, along with the quality codes and any user comments for each measurement. You can use the summary to view measurement information, manually replace current SCADA values, and inhibit updates.
This section includes the following topics:
Understanding the SCADA Summary Window
The SCADA Summary may be opened to view all SCADA measurements or for measurements related to an asset or pressure zone selected in the Viewer. The SCADA Summary displays the following fields and buttons:
• The Pressure Zone column contains the name of the pressure zone reporting the SCADA measurements.
• The Lift Station column contains the lift station name.
• The Asset column contains the name of the asset reporting the SCADA measurements.
• The Value column contains the last reported measurement value. The value can be status, digital, or analog. For status measurements, the values are displayed as a test pair, such as open/close, on/off, and so on. Analog and digital values are shown as floating point and integer values.
• The Quality column contains the Quality codes for the measurement that indicates the quality of the SCADA measurement (for example, out of scan, inhibited, manual override). Several quality codes can be listed.
• The Point Name column displays the name of the SCADA measurement, as used in the SCADA system.
• The Attribute column contains a description of the measurement type, as configured in the ATTRIBUTES.description column in the Oracle Utilities Network Management System database for the matching attribute.
• Depending on your system's configuration, you may have the ability to enter comments when manually changing SCADA status (for example, Inhibitor Manual Override). See “Adding and Modifying Comments for SCADA Status Changes” for more information.
If this feature is configured, you will see the following columns:
• The Comments column contains the text of a comment entered when changing asset status.
• The User column displays the name of the user who entered/modified comments when changing the asset status.
• The Date column displays the date and time when the comment was entered or modified.
Toolbar and Menu Options
File Menu
Menu Option | Description | Toolbar Icon |
|---|---|---|
Print... | Displays the Print Preview window, from which you can view and print the summary. | |
Toggle Dockable Window | Changes a standalone window to a pane that may be moved or docked in another window or frame. See “Understanding Docked Panes and Standalone Window Tools” for more information on dockable and standalone windows. | |
Exit | Closes the SCADA Summary window. | -- |
Actions Menu
Menu Option | Description | Toolbar Icon |
|---|---|---|
Inhibit | Inhibit sets the inhibit quality code for the selected SCADA measurement. This suppresses any new updates from SCADA. | |
Cancel Inhibit | Cancel Inhibit removes the inhibit quality code from the selected SCADA measurement. This allows any new updates from SCADA to be displayed. | |
Manual Entry... | Manual Entry allows you to enter a new value for the selected SCADA measurement. When a changed SCADA value is received by the system, it replaces the manually entered value. | |
Manual Override... | Manual Override allows you to enter a new value for the selected SCADA measurement. When a new SCADA value is received by the system, the measurement is blocked and the manually entered value remains. | |
Cancel Override | Cancel Override cancels the manual override for the selected measurement and reverts the selected measurement to the last received value from the SCADA system. | |
Control Tool | Brings up the control tool for the selected measurement's asset. | |
View... | View focuses the Viewer on the asset. | |
Load Pressure Zone | Loads additional data for all SCADA measurements on a pressure zone when the SCADA Summary is displaying asset data. Note: This option is only available when the SCADA Summary is launched from the Control Tool. | |
Load Lift Station | Loads additional data for all lift station measurements when the SCADA Summary is displaying asset or pressure zone data. Note: This option is only available when the SCADA Summary is launched from the Control Tool. | |
Load Adjacent Lift | Loads additional data for adjacent lift stations. Note: This option is only available when the SCADA Summary is launched from the Control Tool. | |
Load All | Repopulates the SCADA Summary with all measurements. This clears any asset, pressure zone, or lift station filters; see “Viewing SCADA Data for a Selected Asset”. |
Help Menu
Menu Option | Description | Toolbar Icon |
|---|---|---|
SCADA Summary Help | Opens the online help system to the SCADA Summary help content. | -- |
Understanding the SCADA Summary Filter Pane
The SCADA Summary provides the following standard Global filters:
Filter Name | Description |
|---|---|
All Measurements | Displays all rows in the SCADA Summary table. All is the default view. |
AMI Bellwether | Displays bellwether AMI rows. |
Analogs | Displays rows with analog values. |
Digitals | Displays rows with digital values. |
Equipment | Displays rows with equipment values. |
Statuses | Displays rows with status value. |
Viewing Data in the SCADA Summary
Viewing All SCADA Data
To open the SCADA Summary for all measurements, select SCADA Summary... from the Web Workspace Tools menu.
Viewing SCADA Data for a Selected Asset
To open the SCADA Summary for a specific asset, select the asset or pressure zone in the Viewer and launch the Control Tool. Click SCADA Summary... and select one of the options:
• Asset...: loads the SCADA Summary with the SCADA measurement data for the selected asset.
• Pressure Zone...: loads the SCADA Summary with SCADA measurement data for the selected asset's pressure zone.
• Lift Station...: loads the SCADA Summary with SCADA measurement data for the selected asset's lift station.
When the SCADA Summary is launched from the Control Tool, the data source is shown in a bar above the table.
Note: If you select Load All from the SCADA Summary Actions menu or click the X button (
) on the bar above the table, the table will be repopulated with all measurements and the bar will be removed.
) on the bar above the table, the table will be repopulated with all measurements and the bar will be removed. Loading SCADA Summary Data for a Different Asset
Once the SCADA Summary has been opened (from the Control Tool), you can view data for a different asset by selecting it in the Viewer, and then clicking the Load button in the bar above the data table.
Preventing Measurement Updates
To prevent a SCADA measurement from accepting updates from SCADA, complete the following steps:
1. Select SCADA Summary... from the Web Workspace Tools menu. The SCADA Summary window opens.
2. Select a row in the SCADA Summary table corresponding to the asset measurement that you want to prevent from updating.
3. Click the Inhibit button.
Manual Entry and Override of SCADA Measurement Values
Occasionally, you may need to manually enter a status, digital value, or analog value for a SCADA measurement.
If the value for the selected measurement is a valve status measurement (that is, open/close), you must choose Show Control Tool... from the context menu to manually operate the switch. Otherwise, use the following procedure to enter a value manually:
1. Select SCADA Summary... from the Web Workspace Tools menu. The SCADA Summary window opens.
2. Select the SCADA measurement row in the SCADA Summary list.
3. Click either the Manual Entry or Manual Override button.
Note: Manual Entry allows future SCADA value changes to replace the manually entered value. Manual Override prevents SCADA measurements received by the system from changing the manually entered value. Manual Override can be useful when testing specific assets or RTU communications offline, since the test operations can be prevented from creating outages in Oracle Utilities Network Management System by putting manual overrides on the appropriate status measurements.
If the value for the measurement is a multi-state digital, analog, or any type of measurement other than a valve status measurement (open/close), a dialog box opens, allowing you to enter a value.
Note: Multi-state digitals are not available through the Oracle Utilities Network Management System SCADA ICCP Block 1, 2, and 5 Adapter.
4. Select or enter the value you want to change the measurement to.
5. Click OK.
Note: Clicking Manual Override blocks any new values coming from the SCADA measurement. It does not affect the physical SCADA asset, it only blocks the value reported by the SCADA asset to Oracle Utilities Network Management System.
Adding and Modifying Comments for SCADA Status Changes
When you change the SCADA state to Inhibit, Manual Override, or Disabled in Power Flow, you can enter comments to record why the state was changed. When you initiate an Inhibit action, a dialog box will open allowing you to enter a comment; for Manual Override, a Comment field is available below the Value field. The comment text, user, and date and time the comment was entered will be added to the selected asset's SCADA Summary row.
Existing comments may be edited by selecting the SCADA Summary row and selecting Edit Comment... from the Actions menu.