Standard electric traction SCADA software (SETSS) is derived from WINSPIRE, and is the only product which meets the specifications of the Indian Railways

The product
WINSPIRE: Windows SCADA processor
Standard railway traction SCADA project

The client
Indian Railways
Lucknow-Kanpur section

The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) awarded CMC the project for standardisation of SCADA traction requirements, as different solutions offered by different vendors were non-uniform in terms of functionalities, user-interfaces, and proprietary protocols, which led to limitations in upgradations and excessive maintenance costs.

Project details
Area of work: Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), master station, remote terminal units (RTUs), leased line telephone communication, field instrumentation.

Keeping the critical requirements of the Railways in mind, CMC developed the standard electric traction SCADA software (SETSS) on the Windows NT platform. The standard protocol on railway traction (SPORT) was also developed, to remove the proprietary protocol problem.

	Acquisition of analog and digital parameters
	Control of circuit breakers and Interrupters located in the sub-station and switching stations
	Automatic localisation of faults
	Logging and reporting of alarms and events

In addition to the standard SCADA software, CMC has also developed a separate GUI-based toolkit called SPORTIVE, to test the firmware and the functionality of the RTUs.

Major components
	Transducers and relays
	Ruggedised RTUs with closed loop functions
	Leased line telephone communication equipment
	Host computer systems in host standby configuration
	Man-machine interface (MMI) and Mimic
	Lower cost per site

Traction SCADA - architecture diagram

Benefits

	Reduction in maintenance costs
	Ease in transferability of operators, leading to a reduction in operational costs
	Safety during power maintenance
	Savings in energy billing, by monitoring