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May 01, 2012
NovaTech Releases ProcessVision™ Console
ProcessVision provides a more powerful, intuitive window into plant operations OWINGS MILLS, MD – (May 1, 2012) NovaTech is pleased to announce the release of the newly developed ProcessVision™ Console software. ProcessVision is a state-of-the-art console that enhances the ability to easily and securely monitor, analyze, and adjust production processes running on the D/3® Distributed…
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Mar 19, 2012
Requirements for Complying with NERC Standard PRC-002-2
The North American Reliability Council (NERC) has defined a number of standards for disturbance monitoring and reporting requirements for transmission and generation systems. The primary standards are PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 which are to be replaced by PRC-002-2 when approved. These standards, or versions from the eight regional reliability councils that are charged with compliance enforcement…
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Mar 16, 2012
OrionLX Relay Helper – Simplify Relay Integration
NovaTech currently provides over 200 pre-engineered SEL® “point pick lists” (or “Default Files”) to simplify the process of selecting points from SEL® relays. When new SEL® relay models are introduced, NovaTech Engineering, or the user, creates a new Default File for that speci c new relay model. OrionLX Relay Helper simpli es the Default File creation process by automating the extraction…
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Feb 22, 2012
Webinar Int’l Toll Free & Local Phone Numbers
Toll : 1-719-955-1670 Toll free : 1-800-375-2612 Local :- Australia, Brisbane : +61 (0) 7 3015 0531 Local :- Australia, Melbourne : +61 (0) 3 8687 0615 Local :- Australia, Sydney : +61 (0) 2 8017 5839 Local :- Austria, Vienna : +43 (0) 1 25302 1797 Local :- Bahrain, Manama : +973 1619 8754…
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Dec 19, 2011
New Bitronics® Firmware
70 Series Release Version 3.07 Firmware, Configurator, and Utilities CD were released in early November. Features include: Increased pre- and post-trigger times in the disturbance recorders. Corrected a minor issue detected in v3.05 and v3.06 that made the Configurator incompatible with older versions of firmware under rare occurrences. Improved BiView functionality with multi-drop RS-485 (BiView…
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Dec 19, 2011
OrionLX Renewable
The OrionLX Renewable is an OrionLX with features and commercial terms tailored to the needs of wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass developers, including: Full featured standard OrionLX Renewable model with the physical and software options requested on 80% of renewable projects Ships within 10 days of order 10-year Warranty Adding to the hundreds of…
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Dec 19, 2011
OrionLX Direct VGA Video
With PCs applied in critical substations now being designated by NERC as “critical cyber assets,” engineers need to consider alternatives to the substation PC. With the OrionLX and the new Direct Video option, the substation HMI PC can be replaced with a simpler VGA terminal, eliminating HMI-related security concerns. The OrionLX Direct Video option is…
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Dec 19, 2011
Bitronics 50 Series Split-Core CT Option
Utility-Grade Engineering Outperforms Competitive Solutions Clamp-on CTs present a faster, easier way to install power measurement IEDs, but often come with unacceptable compromises to consistent and accurate measurements. Engineers at the Bitronics Power Measurement Group have elegantly addressed this issue with the new external split-core CT option, available for all 50 Series SCADA Meters. The…
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Oct 10, 2011
IEC 61131-3 Programming Tools For OrionLX
IEC 61131-3 is the international standard for programmable logic controller (PLC) programming languages and specifies the syntax, semantics and display for five languages. Multiple language support in IEC 61131-3 enables the control program developer to select the language that is best suited to a particular task.
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Oct 05, 2011
Bitronics 50 Series Update
M653 Three-At-Once Display Meter Bitronics M653 The M653 is a three-display-at-once meter mounted in a 19”, 3U high panel. This gives users who want to display three values at once (such as 3-phase volts, 3-phase amps and total Watt/VAR) a simple way to hook up one meter and have the three-screen display they want without…
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Oct 03, 2011
D/3® Version 14.0-1 Released
NovaTech is pleased to announce the release of D/3® V14.0-1. This software version provides the following features: An option that allows the PVN Console login to work without requiring windows authentication The sequence database string region is increased to four Megabytes WinSSD Enhancements A new PCMINFO function in SABL. This function returns information on the…
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Oct 03, 2011
ADM Biofuels and Chemical Plant
D/3 and 8000 I/O to Control ADM’s Combined Biofuels and Chemical Product Pilot Facility ADM’s Development Products Division recently selected the NovaTech D/3 and 8000 Series I/O for a new Department of Energy funded biomass/biofuels pilot plant in Decatur, IL. The pilot facility will demonstrate an integrated fuel and chemical production operation with higher operational…
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Oct 03, 2011
Knowledge Transfer and Application Engineering Standards
Well designed and consistently executed Applications Standards can be of great value in addressing the knowledge transfer challenges of an aging workforce and obsolete system components. NovaTech has worked with numerous customers to develop and implement consistent application standards across their global enterprises, and we continue to invest in our own engineers’ abilities to develop…
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Oct 03, 2011
Another Nice Day
Chris Kourliouros demonstrates the latest version of the D/3® ProcessVision™ Console. NovaTech Europe BVBA held its third NovaTech International Conference Europe (NICE) Day on June 27. D/3® Users from ADM, Cargill, Kemira, Zebra, and Sabic were given presentations and live demos of the latest NovaTech products and integrated solutions. They gave feedback on the…
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Oct 03, 2011
New Sheriff in Town
NovaTech Welcomes Jean Bandy as Head of D/3® Process Solutions Division! NovaTech employees and customers are excited that Jean Bandy has rejoined NovaTech to head up NovaTech’s Process Automation Division. After starting her career as a process engineer, Jean became a D/3 application engineer, transitioned to Miller Brewing, and eventually became head of MillerCoors’ plant…
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Aug 30, 2011
Updated 70 Series Order Guides
Order guides for the Bitronics® 70 Series dual feeder models (M872 and M572) have been updated to include the new dual range options. The dual range option allows for a narrower current over range (four times nominal) but higher revenue accuracy (0.2 class) on bus 1 with a wider current over range (twenty times nominal)…
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Aug 30, 2011
OrionLX Cyber Security Document Available
This new document, entitled “NERC CIP Cyber Security and the OrionLX Automation Platform” summarizes the cyber security features in the OrionLX and how they can be applied to address the following: • Creating Strong Passwords / User Groups • Setting up a Firewall • Setting up Remote Authentication • Changing Passwords…
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Aug 30, 2011
John Popiak Presents on the DNP Protocol
The fourth of NovaTech’s eight 2011 Technical Symposiums attracted engineers from neighboring utilities to our Owings Mills, Maryland office. Engineers from PPL Utilities, Dominion Virginia Power, and Pepco presented on their experiences with using NovaTech products and services to address challenges in Capacitor Bank Monitoring, Turnkey RTU Replacement, and Distribution Substation SCADA Design. NovaTech’s John…
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May 24, 2011
Jean Bandy Newest Member of Executive Team
Jean Bandy joins NovaTech, LLC as Vice President of Operations for the company
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May 20, 2011
New Features and Enhancements in the recently released D/3 Version 14.0
On July 30, 2010, NovaTech officially released D/3® Version 14.0 on four (4) operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows Server 2003 and the 64 bit Windows 2008 R2.
