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The
intention of this site
is to provide resources for those tasked with designing,
maintaining or using a SCADA radio network. The site is
specific to the
radio frequency based communications medium. User owned SCADA
radio
networks require some initial intelligent design, but
can
afford the owner a very robust and exceptionally reliable
communications network.
User owned systems can achieve minimal down
time measured in minutes
per year vs. weeks after storms, power failures, cable cuts, etc.
The
user owned SCADA radio networks are totally controlled by the owner and
his maintenance
organization, Vs. Telco, cable, or wireless communications
carriers.
Proper design and control of your spare part program can make
an outage
be as simple as swapping out
the damaged part.
The industry standard for designing most SCADA radio links is 20 dB of RF fade margin. This is additional signal is designed into the link budgets for each radio path. What this means is that there is 100 times the minimum amount of RF carier signal needed to properly signal the radio link to transport the SCADA data on it. Decibels are logarithmic and a little goes a long way to provide reliability. For radio links there is often more than 20 dB of RF carrier signal, which makes these links even more reliable.
There are countless SCADA radio networks through out the United States and abroad monitoring and controlling everything from municipal water and waster water systems, to oil and gas production, power grids, transportation of and much more in between. These SCADA radio technology based communications systems have ranges from yards to hundreds of miles. Selecting the right technology and defining the projects requirements, and creating a solid SCADA communications network is crucial.
If you have any questions or a specific project or an application you would like to discuss, please feel free to call on me, Mark Lavallee. I enjoy sharing my 20+ years of experience and knowledge. My organization is often used to subconsult with consultants, assist controls system integrators, and work with the end users directly.
Our phone number is 866-688-1510 or email : mark.lavallee@scadaradionetworks.com
Thanks for visiting SCADA Radio Networks.
The industry standard for designing most SCADA radio links is 20 dB of RF fade margin. This is additional signal is designed into the link budgets for each radio path. What this means is that there is 100 times the minimum amount of RF carier signal needed to properly signal the radio link to transport the SCADA data on it. Decibels are logarithmic and a little goes a long way to provide reliability. For radio links there is often more than 20 dB of RF carrier signal, which makes these links even more reliable.
There are countless SCADA radio networks through out the United States and abroad monitoring and controlling everything from municipal water and waster water systems, to oil and gas production, power grids, transportation of and much more in between. These SCADA radio technology based communications systems have ranges from yards to hundreds of miles. Selecting the right technology and defining the projects requirements, and creating a solid SCADA communications network is crucial.
If you have any questions or a specific project or an application you would like to discuss, please feel free to call on me, Mark Lavallee. I enjoy sharing my 20+ years of experience and knowledge. My organization is often used to subconsult with consultants, assist controls system integrators, and work with the end users directly.
Our phone number is 866-688-1510 or email : mark.lavallee@scadaradionetworks.com
Thanks for visiting SCADA Radio Networks.
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