Smart Grid - System Architecture

ETAP Real-Time employs an open and extremely flexible architecture that allows seamless communication with almost any data acquisition system, providing a hardware-independent platform.

Architecture

ETAP Real-Time is a true client-server configuration designed for Microsoft Windows platforms. The ETAP Real-Time server is the central processing unit that manages the communication between the system, consoles, and controllers.

Seamless integration
Robust client / server architecture
Multi-redundant system
Scalable modular design
OPC interface
ODBC / SQL compliant database
Enterprise-wide access
Microsoft Windows platform
Multi-tiered user access management
ISO 9001 A3147 certified
Hardware independent

User Access Management

ETAP relies on two tiers of user access control to provide program security. The first level is provided by the operating system under which ETAP is running. The second level of access control is provided by assigning multiple access level permissions to an authorized user.

Event Logging

Data acquired from the monitoring equipment is recorded to provide an event log of all activities in the system. The event log provides a complete history of the power systems operation when played back. Important facts such as sequence of equipment operation and maintenance records can be easily retrieved. History can be tabulated or viewed graphically on an hourly, daily, monthly, or yearly basis. Detailed, continuous data can be displayed with time increments down to the nearest millisecond. Events can be browsed and printed on-demand.

Open Database

For the system topology, ETAP organizes and accesses its database using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) allowing the use of any database format for which an ODBC driver is available such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle. ETAP users can integrate their data into the ETAP database using commercially available Database Management Systems (DBMS), or ETAP can integrate its data into any existing database.