FAST/TOOLS

Introduction

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Project examples
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Installation & Options
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Abbreviations

SCADA
– Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
FAST/TOOLS
– Flexible Advanced System Techniques
DCS
– Distributed Control System
RTU
– Remote Terminal Unit

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 Positioning SCADA

Enterprise
level

SCADA
level

Field equipment
level

Sensors Sensors Sensors

Field Pumps Field Pumps Field Pumps
Valves Actuators Valves Actuators Valves Actuators

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Example

Exaquantum
Data Historian

FAST/TOOLS
Operator
Station

FAST/TOOLS
Server

ProSafe-RS
STARDOM
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Abbreviations
Positioning
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Project examples
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Modular approach
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Starting FAST/TOOLS

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FAST/TOOLS Timeline
1985 development start by Holec Control Systems (HCS)

1990 Acquired by GTI – became GTI IA

1996 Acquired by Yokogawa

- versions: 8.01 - 8.04
- HMI based on DataViews, only on windows

2007 Becomes global product

2008 Release of 9.01 :Java based, HMI, platform independent

2010 Release of 9.03 :Full Java based, database structure improved and
other major improvements

2012 Release of 9.05 :adding of more applications: ASPA, AGA calculations,

web interface for mobile devices, etc.

2014 Release of 10.01 enterprise edition, F/T systems can be reach

other F/T system trough F/T nodes. Further implementation of mobile
operator.
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FAST/TOOLS Applications

Oil and Gas production

Power Generation

Water Distribution

Infrastructure surveillance, Buildings & tunnels

Dredgers

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Khurais Upstream Facilities : oil production

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Khurais Upstream Facilities

End User: Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)

Total number of items: 325.000 items

– 500 STARDOMs
– Modbus
– OPC DA

Hardware Supplies:
4 Servers (Stratus: HOST + 2 Front-End + TS)
4 Operator & 2 Engineering Workstations

Software Supplies:
FAST/TOOLS
Windows 2003 server
Windows XP SP2 (F/T Fat clients)
Windows XP embedded (Thin clients)
Symantec System Backup Exec.

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PDO Harweel Oman : well management system

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 PDO Harweel upgrade

End-user: PDO, Oman

Project: PDO Harweel upgrade

Total number of I/O: over 40.000 items of which 16.000 Field I/O
Field equipment: 23 ProSafePLC, 20 STARDOM, OPC connection to
Honeywell DCS

Hardware supplied: Stratus Server (1), Dell workstations

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GAIL (India), SCADA FOR Pipeline Management

Control
Room
Noida (New
Delhi)
>10,000
km
Pipeline
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GAIL (India), Pipeline Management

Customer Name: GAIL (INDIA) Ltd.

Application : LPG & NG PIPELINE SCADA
Site : PAN INDIA, ~10,000 km pipeline
Total number of I/O: ~80,000 (still expanding)
Field equipment: Foxboro C50/S40/RTU20, Semaphore TBox,
Invensys SCD5200 & SCD2200, Synergy Husky, GE Harris
D20M/200M, Yokogawa Stardom
Hardware supplied (project based on Host Host concept):
– Servers: 50 (mix of HP Unix and Windows Server 2008)
– Remote Workstation: 50
– Engineering & HMI Workstation: 13
Software supplied:
– FAST/TOOLS SCADA Software 9.04

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Abbreviations
Positioning
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Project examples
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Installation & Options
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Supported OS

Microsoft Windows
– Windows Server 2008 + R2 SP1
– Windows Server 2012
– Windows 7 64 bit SP1
– Windows 8.1 64 bit
HP-Unix
– Operating System upgrade; HP-UX11.31
Linux support
– RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (x86)
Always check the release notes for current version
support.

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FAST/TOOLS Nodes

FAST/TOOLS installed on a machine is called node

and it has:

– Node number
– Node name
– Specific license
– Specific functions

A SCADA system can have multiple nodes

interconnected with each other

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 FAST/TOOLS nodes

Web HMI
OPC Tunneler Web HMI Client
Server

Server development
Server Server
(back-up) system

Host Host HAC

Host Frond end

Field

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Standalone architecture

One server handling all SCADA functions

Printer
SCADA Server

Server Package
Web HMI Server/Client

Options

RTU/PLC

RTU/PLC

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Web HMI Server / Client Architecture

HMI functions are moved on a dedicated machine

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HMI Client Architecture

Web HMI Server

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Host – Host Architecture

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OPC Tunneller Architecture

OPC Tunneller Package Server Package

Web HMI Server/Client

Options

F/T OPC Tunneller SCADA Server

+
Third party OPC
server/client Web HMI Server/Client

Domain A Domain B

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Redundant Sever Architecture (HAC)

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Abbreviations
Positioning
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FAST/TOOLS Layers

DATA
PRESENTATION

CONFIGURATION
(HMI)
FOUNDATION

DATA
APPLICATION

DATA
ACQUISITION

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BUS/FAST

BUS/FAST

Message Passing System

Inter process communication
Event Mechanism
Error Text Management
Debugging facilities

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 EQUIPMENT/FAST
I/O
Equipment
FAST

BUS/FAST

Handles the communication with I/O device

Conversion from physical values
to engineering units
Adaptable for other I/O devices

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 ITEM/FAST
I/O
Equipment Item
FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

Real time database for items

All items in memory
Controls access to the items
Recognises events
Triggers processes on significant
events

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 DATABASE/FAST
I/O
Equipment Item Database
FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

Data storage environment

Remote file access
Standardised according to X/OPEN
Data Set Services (DSS)

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 HISTORY/FAST
I/O
Equipment Item Database HISTORY
FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

Administrates all historical data

Handles archiving of historical
Collecting historical data is not
a part of this tool)

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 AUDIT/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

Event storage
Event retrieval
Event presentation

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 PROCESS/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

PROCESS
FAST

Program arithmetic and logical functions

- classes
Activate or deactivate objects

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 ALARM/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

PROCESS ALARM
FAST FAST

Controls and manages alarms

Allows alarm definitions such as:
limits, conditions, text, destinations

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 REPORT/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

PROCESS ALARM REPORT

FAST FAST FAST

Tool to create application reports

Highly flexible
Using a Report Query Language (RQL)
which is based on SQL

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 USER/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

PROCESS ALARM REPORT USER

FAST FAST FAST FAST

Tree oriented interface

Tool to create application interfaces
Takes care of Login session
Extendable by the system integrator

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 ACCESS/FAST
I/O
EQUIPMENT ITEM DATABASE HISTORY AUDIT
FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

BUS/FAST

PROCESS ALARM REPORT USER ACCESS

FAST FAST FAST FAST FAST

OPC interface
ODBC server

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Abbreviations
Positioning
History
Project examples
System configurations
Modular approach
Installation & Options
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FAST/TOOLS Installation

On FAST/TOOLS DVD:

F/T setup
Documentation
Supporting software
Vnet Virtual Drivers

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Content

Abbreviations
Positioning
History
Project examples
System configurations
Modular approach
Installation & Options
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User Interfaces

Edit Module
Java Graphical Editor

Engineering Module
Data configuration

Operator Interface
Operating environment

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Engineering Module

ITEM/FAST EQUIPMENT/FAST
ALARM/FAST
PROCESS/FAST
REPORT/FAST AUDIT/FAST
HISTORY/FAST
USER/FAST

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Exercise

Exercise 1 - Introduction

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Questions?

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