ЖУРНАЛ СТА 2/2014

REVIEW/ Industrial Networks 6 OPC security for the automated process control system By Ivan Lopukhov There is an opinion that industrial control systems are potentially non-vulnerable to the malware and/or hacking attacks. This is a wrong viewpoint: any mass pro- duced system may become a target for hacking and virus attacks. The article describes OPC technology which is one of the main standards for building indus- trial control systems and covers prerequisites and possible solutions to ensure OPC data security. The practical aspects and the issues regarding testing of the said security facilities will be discussed in the next article. REVIEW/ Embedded Systems 12 Reliable hardware platforms – Advantech’s concept By Ivan Gurov This article highlights the fundamental principles and methods that Advantech follows when designing and manufacturing embedded systems for operation in harsh environments with an optimal price/performance ratio in the market. REVIEW/ Hardware 16 Supercomputers: development, trends and application. Review of HPC solutions from Eurotech By Aleksei Zhirkov The article describes the computers to which the prefix “super” is applied. Also included is a general overview of their applications as well as a description of Eurotech’s new systems – office supercomputers. 22 Rugged computers: standards and technologies By Yurii Shirokov Mobile computing devices have become ingrained in our everyday lives and pro- fessional activities. In most cases, the available level of their reliability and envi- ronment immunity is quite sufficient, but there are many activities that dictate rigid requirements for the portable computers. Using Getac products as an example, this review shows specifics of such requirements and offers some of the most promising technologies that provide unique features of rugged computers. 34 Using tablet PCs in special applications By Lyudmila Zinchenko and Boris Sorokin The article focuses on the use of tablet PCs in special applications. Also dis- cussed are the advantages and disadvantages of the existing models of tablet computers which are representatives of the post-PC era. 40 Interscale M – a universal enclosure for the single-board embedded applications from Schroff By Victor Garsia The purpose of this article is the initial familiarization with the design, main functions and capabilities of the Schroff Interscale M enclosure modifications in accordance with the requirements of a particular application. REVIEW/ Software 44 ADLINK software for building measurement and data acquisition systems By Andrey Golovastov, Aleksandr Derkach, Rais Kamaliev and Andrey Pashkin This article offers a brief overview of ADLINK hardware and software used to create virtual instruments based on computing platforms running the Windows operating system. There are two packages that form the basis for a vast variety of ADLINK software. They are xxx-DASK data acquisition software development kit and DAQPilot software kit. Both packages are kits of kernel level drivers for all ADLINK measurement hardware as well as the libraries of functions, classes, controls, and VI for the popular software development tools: Microsoft Visual C++/Visual Basic 6.0; Borland C++ Builder/Delphi, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft C# .NET, LabVIEW. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Oil & Gas Industry 58 Remote monitoring and control system for wells and complex gas treatment unit By Bogdan Kudlak, Pavel Dekhtyarchuk, Yurii Fedorovich and Fadei Kulik This article describes an information, measurement and monitoring system of the gas wells implemented by VOTUM LLC (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine) upon request of Regal Petroleum Corporation Limited in one of the gas-condensate fields in the Poltava Region. The objective of the system development was to improve the efficiency of personnel actions in order to optimize gas withdrawal from each well. 120 SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Monitoring and Measuring Systems 66 The control system for the upper gates of a ship lock By Evgeniy Melnikov, Ivan Danilushkin, Sergey Kolpashchikov, Victor Morozov and Igor Krasnoshchekov A ship lock is a complex hydraulic engineering facility. Many of them were built in the last century. They have been in operation for decades, and are now obso- lete both physically and morally. The imperfect and unreliable relay control logic does not allow the required speed and positioning accuracy of the lock gates. This article describes the experience in modernization of the control system for the upper gates of a ship lock in Balakovo. The new PLC-based system not only radically improved the synchronization accuracy and travel speed of the lock gates, but also added many brand new features which would not be possible without the use of modern automation devices. DEVELOPMENT/ Aviation 72 Experience in using RTOS-32 in aircraft operation monitoring and emergency recording system By Leonid Preobrazhensky and Lydia Protskaya The article discusses the experience in using the RTOS- 32 operating system (OS) in the aircraft operation monitoring and emergency recording system (OMER). This article shows the conditions for building OMER air/ground sys- tems as well as the special features of their software and hardware implementa- tion. Also included are the principles of selection of software and hardware implementation of the systems as a whole and the operating system in particu- lar in order to minimize the OMER life cycle cost. The new functional capabili- ties of RTOS-32 system implemented in type KARAT OMER are also covered. . 82 Features of implementation of a processor module for a scalable crate By Andrey Baturinets, Daria Filatova and Roman Chernyaev The article discusses the experience in designing a 3U VITA 46/48 processor module with PCI Express interface for use in a scalable crate. Also included is a description of the special features of implementation of the processor module with the PCI Express system bus bar based on the FASTWEL CPB906 COM mezzanine module with the PCI bus bar. HARDWARE/ Industrial Controllers 88 VIPA SLIO PLC. A new approach to PLC functionality control. Part 2 By Aleksei Barmin The second part of the article contains a description of the SPEED7 technology developed by VIPA and first implemented in their own System 300S PLCs in 2004. ENGINEER’S NOTEBOOK 92 Automation product ratings – results for the year of 2013 By Yurii Shirokov The flows of information in today’s world are rapid and superabundant, and no one can digest all of that information. The public information and analytical materials which are the quintessence of studying any issue help to determine the direction for a detailed analysis and save time and effort. This article is based on a review of materials published in Control Design – a highly respected journal for the automation professionals – and presents the results of automa- tion product ratings for the year of 2013. Q&A 100 Using ICONICS software for building an efficient automated process control system By Dmitriy Glushchenko The article offers useful tips on how to operate a GENESIS64 system. The tips cover a wide range of issues such as licensing, connection of BACnet devices, generation of alarm signals for an unchanging value and creation of two-dimen- sional controls. The tips will be helpful for beginners as well as advanced users. SHOWROOM 110 SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECTS IN BRIEF 117 NEWS 15 , 63 , 65 , 108 CD-ROM in this issue ICONICS www.cta.ru СТА 2/2014 CTA 2/2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS