Basta Engineering, Inc.

Basta Engineering, Inc.

1181B Milo Circle

Lafayette, CO 80026

Project:
Meter Monitor – Meter Monitoring Data Acquisition System

Client & Year:
Basta Engineering, Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, 1999 – 2008

Task:
System specification, design and development, from concept to sales of the Windows based data acquisition system for power consumption monitoring and billing

Environment:
Windows 2000/XP, Microsoft Visual C++, MySQL, Quinn-Curtis charting tools library

Features:
Data acquisition system for power consumption monitoring and automatic billing

Kernel:
Windows 2000/XP, multithread

Supported Functionality:
Support of server (data acquisition, archiving and displaying) and client (data displaying) applications. Support for hot/chilled liquid, steam, gas, temperature and pressure meters from different manufacturers (EMCO, Telog, Kessler-Ellis) grouped in RS-485 and RS-422 networks and connected directly, through a modem, or through LAN. DLL drivers for communication protocol support. Data storing and retrieving to/from MySQL. Scheduler for polling meters, automatic billing activation and updating displays and database. User interface for configuring networks, meters, alarms, units, reports etc. Support of spreadsheet and graphic modes of data display. Tool tips implementation for error flag help. Three level (operator, supervisor and license) security feature.

Project:
KONAL – Oil Filling Station Remote Survey and Control System

Client & Year:
Slavneft, Yaroslavl, Russia, 2000

Task:
Upgrade of the existing SCADA system (WinCC SCADA software by Siemens, network of Simatic405 terminal devices installed by a previous contractor) with additional 70% automation functionality – management and surveillance of PetroCount (by Rosemont) terminal devices and connection to the existing company business information system.

Environment
Server: Linux, X-Windows, Oracle, GNU C/C++, Tcl/Tk toolkit
Workstation: Linux, X-Windows, GNU C/C++, Tcl/Tk toolkit

Features:
Management and surveillance software system that completely automates the fuel filling station of the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery (flow of 45000 tons per day)
Kernel Linux, Windows NT

Supported Functionality – Server:
Set of background processes that communicate and enable interaction between the Oracle database and the following remote terminal devices: PetroCount terminals, Simatic405 controllers (via WinnCC SCADA) and magnetic card readers. Set of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) processes that enable the user to set/read system parameters and present data retrieved from the system in various graphical and tabular forms.

Supported Functionality – Workstation:
System control, by issuing commands to the Simatic405 controllers, depending on the Oracle database, remote terminal unit status and user inputs. Set of HMI processes that enable the user to set/read system parameters and present data retrieved from the system in various graphical and tabular forms.