MISER Control System Software
MISER is network based, real time data acquisition and control software system. MISER supports distributed real time databases, client-server user interface architecture, and relational history database. MISER is designed for high performance, mission critical plant control and SCADA applications for water, wastewater and electric power utilities, facility management, and intelligent transportation systems.
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Supported Technologies
DEC OpenVMS,
Windows XP/2000/NT
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Pricing
System
$7,500 to $50,000
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Additional Product Information
MISER is an HSQ developed and supported software system designed for mission critical data acquisition, telemetry, SCADA, process automation and facility monitoring applications. MISER is a field proven and mature product that has been optimized for high performance and reliability. It includes a real time distributed database engine, system-wide real time clock, host server redundancy, client-server workstations with open standard X-windows/Motif graphical user interface, real time alarm processing, real time and historical data trending, on-line and archived historical databases, user definable data retrieval and report generation, and distributed control logic. MISER is a data network based system that supports LAN, WAN, and serial communications between multiple host servers, workstations, distributed controllers and remote site controllers.;MISERnet;At the core of MISER is MISERnet, a real time distributed database server engine. MISERnet servers distribute data to client nodes, which can be other servers or workstations. MISERnet also provides the master host communications with distributed and remote RTUs or controllers. It also receives supervisory control commands from servers and workstations, and then communicates these to RTUs and controllers. MISERnet collects, stores and passes time stamped Change- Of-State (COS) data change events to the MISER historical database. MISERnet is an application level, inter-node communications facility that utilizes standard TCP/IP or DECnet OSI data transport protocols. MISERnet operates over standard Local Area Networks (Ethernet and FDDI) or Wide Area Networks without conflict with other network applications. MISERnet is required only to support MISER Software and is not involved in communications between non-MISER applications.;To provide high system availability of the MISERnet server functions, a redundant pair of hot backup server is usually provided. The on-line server continuously updates the backup server with current data, and automatically fails over to the backup server should the primary server fail. Periodic wellness messages are passed between the primary and backup servers; failure to communicate initiates failover.;MISER supports a true client/server architecture. Xview performs display processing locally on the workstation, receiving only data from the MISER server engine. Xview keeps slide display files resident on the workstation hard disk drive, so call up times are typically less than one second. Current real time data is saved by Xview in a local copy of the MISER database, so slides come up with current data immediately. Once initialized, MISERnet updates the workstation database with data changes as they are processed by the server nodes. This client-server architecture, combined with the efficient COS data propagation methods used by MISERnet, maximizes overall network efficiency. ;MISER does not have separate development and run time versions. MISER workstations are provided with all development tools, including both Xview and Xdraw. These tools support on-line operations and provide the properly privileged user with access to the slide, database and control logic development tools needed to build, maintain and enhance the system configuration. MISERnet automatically distributes system configuration changes to all workstations, eliminating the need to manually update these changes. ;VisualCL;VisualCL is an optional IEC 61131-3 based graphical function block language that provides an easy to use method for definition of calculations, logic functions, and process control programming. VisualCL includes a graphical algorithm editor that runs on OpenVMS and Windows platforms. It produces runtime code that executes on MISER servers, workstations and HSQ Model 25X86 Logic Processors.;MISER History and Reporting;MISER includes historical data recording, retrieval and spreadsheet style reporting functions. MISER COS history recording accumulates data change events, both digital and analog values. Each change is recorded with a time stamp indicating the time the change was detected by the host server, and the RTU/controller device (if the RTU/controller supports time stamped report by exception). COS history is saved to daily record files. An indefinite number of daily files that can be maintained on-line, depends only on the frequency of reporting and the capacity of the on-line hard disk drive. COS history is used to provide near real time history for recent history and to provide high resolution history over extended periods for selected points. ;Both on-line and archived history functions are supported. Exception oriented recording and history compression utilities allow large history databases to be maintained on-line. On-line history retrieval includes real time trend charting and historical trend charting. User configurable spreadsheet report files can be output in ASCII, DIF and XLS file formats to export data to popular PC applications. ;ORACLE Relational Databases;Optional Oracle RDBMS tools are used to provide powerful and flexible relational database facilities for point configuration data and history data management, as well as various data export interfaces, including SQL, ODBC, and DDE. Oracle Developer 2000 tools can also be provided for reports and RDBMS applications development.;Field Device Communications;HSQ supports RTU, PLC and other field device communications over all media typically used in the industry, including analog and digital leased lines, Frame Relay, ISDN, VHF/UHF and 900MHz radio, spread spectrum radio, and satellite. In-plant communications via Ethernet, Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus, MODBUS and MODBUS PLUS are supported on copper cable and fiber optic cable. In addition to HSQ's extremely efficient report-by-exception communications protocol, support for over thirty different protocols is currently available, including open HSQ RTU, HSQ RTU with TCP/IP transport, MODBUS RTU, DF1 and IEC 870-5-101. ;Multiple Platform Support;MISER provides multiple platform support. MISER host server software runs on high performance, Alpha, RISC based real time platforms. MISER workstations run HSQ's Xview graphical user interface software, an X-Windows/Motif operator interface. Xview is available on Alpha RISC workstations running OpenVMS or Windows NT, and on Intel-based PCs with Windows NT. Xview provides object oriented graphic slide windows for users to view data and execute supervisory control actions. Xview stations include Xdraw, an integral graphics development facility.