ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №2/2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 2/2006 HARDWARE/ Industrial Controllers 62 TeSyS U smart starter from Schneider Electric By Igor Filkov 64 Emergency protection systems built on BAZIS Controllers from Ekoresurs By Sergey Tuchinskii The article presents a review of BAZIS series multifunctional Zener-barriers protected controllers. Their potential, performance specifications, and applications, as well as related I/O devices, are described. HARDWARE/ Communications 66 New player at the Russian market of industrial communica- tions By Aleksei Zateev A product line from Korenix, an industrial information network equipment manufactur- er, is described. SOFTWARE/ Drivers 68 Kernel level drivers for Windows 2000/XP/XP Embedded By Valeriy Yakovlev The article considers practical issues concerning the development of kernel level driv- ers in Windows NT operating systems (Windows 2000/XP/Embedded XP). For gaining insight into the operation of the I/O subsystem of which the drivers are basic compo- nents, the configuration of the operating system as a whole is synopsized. The sim- plest example of the kernel level driver is given. STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION 78 On integrated safety of machines By Aleksandr Lev The reader is introduced to harmonized international standards of safety and to the grounds for creating the convincing "compliance" base as an efficient competitive industrial policy tool. He will also become aware of what is meant by the term "compli- ance" how is safety of products for the life and health of users provided, what is the role of European Community directions, what does the mark "CE" indicate, etc. ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK 84 Climate systems for cabinets By Dmitriy Tarasov The article will help engineers to choose equipment providing a necessary microcli- mate in an electrical cabinet. Different ways of extra heat removal are discussed, and the thermal balance in the cabinet is analyzed. An adequate selection of equipment is exemplified, and practical recommendations for equipping the cabinet with a cooler are given. 90 Object-oriented extensions of IEC 61131-3 standard By Dieter Hess The extension of IEC 61131-3 standard is being extensively discussed at all confer- ences on industrial automation worldwide. The author of the article has put forward a number of ideas, which either have been already introduced into the standards or are the subject of hot discussion of IEC working groups. Here, the author presents CoDeSys as a platform for testing new software products. 94 Grounding in industrial automation systems By Vicktor Denisenko The issue at hand is grounding used in industrial automation systems for provision of their reliable functioning and protection of personnel against electric current shock. EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS 100 embedded world trade fair & conference in Nuremberg 101 CTA magazine contest at the PTA trade fair SHOWROOM 103 SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECTS IN BRIEF 109 News 47, 102 REVIEW/ Hardware 6 Tools for developing human-machine interface for hazardous areas By Victor Zhdankin Provision of reliable and cost-efficient tools for developing human-machine interface for hazardous environment is a challenge in elaborating process control systems. This article helps in tackling this problem. It presents Pepperl+Fuchs EXTEC Gmbh intrinsi- cally safe terminals that allow the operator to visualize process data and control the process, correcting its parameters. In part I of the article, emphasis is on the TERMEX (TERM) family of compact operator's terminals that are connected to a programmable controller through a serial interface. The performance specifications, designs, soft- ware, configuration features, commutation, and application of the terminals are described. 16 Intel Pentium M-based solutions: made in Russia for Russia By Konstantin Kruglyak This article presents a review of Intel ® Pentium ® M-based single-board computers, a most important product of Fastwel Company. Advanced high-performance computers with long-term accessibility may serve as building blocks for domestic embedded sys- tem makers in the foreseeable future. 24 Unified approach to designing VARISTAR general-purpose cab- inets for electronic equipment By Victor Garsia Application of a unified approach to designing Schroff VARISTAR cabinets is described. The seismic stability and electromagnetic radiation protection of the cabi- nets, as well as associated test procedures, are considered in detail. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Coalmining Industry 32 Process control system for mine's concentration plant By Evgeniy Shkurat and Oleg Kalinin Process control system for mine's concentration plant is developed and Implemented. Automated control of the power-station coal concentration process is accomplished using a distributed network comprising a control industrial computer and several Advantech IBM-compatible programmable controllers. The UltraLogik and GENESIS32 packages are used as the software environment. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Oil & Gas Industry 38 Corrosion-monitoring system for oil primary refining plant By Anatoliy Monakhov, Pavel Trofimov, Aleksandr Alyakritskii and Sergey Elizarov An automated corrosion-monitoring system installed on the AVT oil refining facility at the OOO Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refining plant is described. The system is intended for prevention of corrosion processes via automatically controlling the delivery of anticorrodants to the interior of the AVT facility. DEVELOPMENT/ Oil & Gas Industry 44 Kanal Kvant software-hardware complex for estimating the composition and flow rate of the oil-well fluid By Vladimir Odivanov, Rauf Kurbanov, Ilmas Sadykov and Atlas Kharisov To determine the water content in and the flow rate of oil being recovered from a well is a technological challenge. A Kanal Kvant hardware-software complex, a part of oil-field equipment automation facility, is designed to serve this purpose. The article gives an idea of its hardware and describes in detail the functionality and components of its software. Pilot operational tests show the reliability and a sufficient accuracy of measurements. DEVELOPMENT/ Railway Transport 50 Voice information system for passengers of electric trains By Aleksandr Donskoi, Sergey Svergun, Anvar Bedretdinov and Evgeniy Tolstov The system described in this article transmits information from the automatic control system of an electric train to the station's loudspeaker and, in the case of a double train, to the automatic control system of the other electric train through a radio chan- nel. In this way, passengers at the stations automatically gain information about an incoming train and a double train is controlled by one crew. The configuration of the system and the functionality of its basic components are described. DEVELOPMENT/ Control and Measuring Systems 54 Computerized flow lines: goals achieved By Dmitriy Golovanov and Roman Dorin Updating of the computerized nickel-cutting flow lines at the Severonikel concern is described. HARDWARE/ Sensors 56 New products from Prosoft-Systems for nondestructive check By Pavel Galagan New developments intended for solving the topical problem of nondestructive check are presented. The performance specifications of the new devices, as well as their functionality, commutation, and design features, are described. The advantages of the new devices over the earlier versions are emphasized. The potential and domain of applicability of the devices are exemplified. СТА 2/2006 www.cta.ru 112 CD-ROM in this issue Belden CDT