Educational Services for Utility

NovaTech offers a variety of educational services to enable utility engineers and technicians to maintain proficiency in the application of NovaTech products and automation technologies.

Three services are offered: Utility Training Courses, Utility Webinars and Utility Technical Symposiums. Each is described briefly below. Complete course details in the documentation section.


Utility Training Courses


  • Orion5/Orion5r Automation Platform
  • OrionLX Automation Platform (Full Course)
  • OrionLX (Short Course)
  • Distributed Discrete I/O Module (DDIO)
  • ADAM 4017+ Analog Input Module

Application Operation Courses

  • Orion DA-Master Design, Operation, and Maintenance (Full Course)
  • Orion DA-Master Design, Operation, and Maintenance (Full Course)
  • Orion WEBserver / SVG Graphics and Design Application
  • Orion Math and Logic Design and Application
  • Orion Protocols for Relay Integration - Design and Application

Utility Technology Courses

  • DNP3.0 Protocol Application - Including Serial Communications Basics
  • Ethernet for the Utility Professional



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Four or five times a year, NovaTech hosts one-hour webinars on utility products, applications and technologies. There is no fee for attendance, and all that is required is a web-connected PC. Presentation materials from past webinars are available from your NovaTech representative.

2008 Schedule

  • Tuesday, April 15th Orion Relay Software Suite Presentation material available
  • Monday, June 16th Advanced Security Features in Orion
  • Tuesday, August 12th - Orion DA-Master and the Smart Grid
  • Tuesday, Sept 9th WEBserver HMI and Small SCADA
  • Tuesday, November 11th New Orion SELTCP and Cascaded Orions for Large Substations

Utility Technical Symposiums

NovaTech periodically hosts one-day Technical Symposiums covering utility applications, products and technologies. There is no fee for attendance. Symposiums are offered in cities within driving distance of most attendees; over the past year in Columbus, OH, Kansas City, MO, Austin, TX, New York City area and Boston-area. Check the educational news section for upcoming events.

Each symposium agenda includes:

  • Two or three customer application papers
  • Tutorials on utility technologies; Cyber Security, DNP3.0, Ethernet in substations, IRIG-B
  • Application training
  • Review of newly released products
  • Focus discussion on new products in development