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Revised 2/15/2013 Proposed SCADA upgrade for the City of Centerville SCOPE The attached quote covers complete replacement of the existing Wonderware SCADA software with Cimplicity Plant Edition HMI. The existing alarm dialing system, which is integrated into Wonderware, will also be preserved. The existing backup dialer interfaces directly to the SCADA PLC, so is not affected by the upgrade. However, a separate quote is offered for replacing the backup dialer. The Cimplicity system, as proposed, incorporates an alarm notification system based on voice dialing and email messaging, including SMS text via email. The existing ScadAlarm dialer will be utilized, and will function as before. Each alarm can be selected to utilize voice, text or both. The text messaging also utilizes a call list, similar in function to a voice dialer. Recipients will receive alarm notifications via PC or cell phone. If the first recipient on the list acknowledges the alarm, no further notifications are sent. Otherwise, after an adjustable time delay, notification will continue in the order of the calling list until someone acknowledges. After a further adjustable time delay, the backup voice dialer will activate regardless of whether voice or text has been selected. Alarm acknowledgement is accomplished either by replying to the message, via HMI screen, or the silence button on the master control panel. The Cimplicity screens will resemble the existing screens in basic appearance and functionality. The runtime and alarm history will be stored in SQL server, which can easily be drawn upon for monthly reports. A report tool is included that allows data to be extracted and displayed or printed on demand. More sophisticated reporting can be quoted separately. COST CONSIDERATIONS The existing Wonderware software is an earlier version that only runs on the very first edition of Windows XP. If one of the two PCs were to fail, it would be challenging to replace. Even if you could locate a replacement XP machine, it would quite likely have been upgraded to SP2 or SP3, which would not allow this version to run. In theory, this version of Wonderware should be able to run in virtual XP mode under Windows 7, but not without an upgrade patch from Wonderware. Their policy is to only provide patches and upgrades to customers paying for current support. If support were to be purchased, it would also permit upgrade to the current version, which would run under native Windows 7 64 bit, so this begs the question of patching the XP version. 19