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Alarms in order. Switching on record.

GENESYS SCADA shows what is happening in a substation now and lets operators act on it: ISA-101 process views, alarms handled to ISA-18.2, and switching with interlock checks and a journal of every action.

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  1. The alarm that mattersTransformer running hot
  2. Switching stepChecked and confirmed
  3. Live pictureFrom the robot in the yard
A control room at night: an operator at the desk facing a curved video wall with the single-line diagram, current flowing along it, and a live picture from the yard.
  1. The alarm that mattersTransformer running hot
  2. Switching stepChecked and confirmed
  3. Live pictureFrom the robot in the yard
Alarm summaryLive
  • Winding temperature high, Urgent priorityP1
  • Gas pressure low, High priorityP2
  • Cooling fans, group two, failed, High priorityP2
The problem

When something goes wrong, operators need clarity, not noise.

Night shift in the control room: signals keep arriving, minute after minute. The job is to find the one that matters and act on it safely.

  • The alarm flood

    When a feeder trips, dozens of alarms arrive in a minute. Each one is true; together they hide the one that needs action first.

  • Colour everywhere

    Busy, colourful displays make normal look urgent, so the abnormal state is the hardest thing on the screen to see.

  • Switching on paper

    Orders, interlock checks and the log live in different places, and the crew on site sees a different picture from the control room.

How it works

Supervisory control and data acquisition, made calm.

Process views, alarms and remote control for substations and plants.

  • Process views

    ISA-101 displays: grey by default, colour only for abnormal states.

  • Alarm management

    ISA-18.2 priorities, shelving, suppression and an acknowledgement journal.

  • Remote control

    Switching orders with interlock checks and a second confirmation.

  • Field devices

    RTU, PLC and gateway health, with comms quality per link.

  • Event timeline

    Every state change and operator action, in order, with its source.

Try it · remote switching

Every switching step, checked and on record.

Open the breaker on the hill line at the sample substation. The order runs through the interlock checks, needs a second confirmation, and writes each step to the journal as it happens, while the load moves across and the hospital stays supplied.

The single-line diagram on the control-room wall during switching: two transformers, the bus tie carrying the load across, an open earthing switch and the hospital feeder still supplied.
  1. Earthing switchChecked open
  2. Bus tieTakes the load across
  3. Hospital feederStays supplied
  1. Earthing switchChecked open
  2. Bus tieTakes the load across
  3. Hospital feederStays supplied
Valley substation · 110 kV Interactive
Closed
Switching order

Open the breaker on the hill line

  1. Earthing switch is openNot checkedPassed
  2. No one is working on the hill lineNot checkedPassed
  3. Load can move to the valley lineNot checkedPassed
  4. Operator on shift is authorisedNot checkedPassed

The hill line breaker is selected. Start with the interlock checks.

Every step checked, confirmed twice and on record.

Journal
  1. Every step will be written here, with the operator and the time.
Alarm management

From an alarm flood to the one that matters.

A minute after a feeder trips, dozens of alarms arrive. GENESYS SCADA sorts them to ISA-18.2, so the operator starts with the few that need action.

The control-room wall at night: a short, sorted alarm list on the left, the single-line diagram in the middle and the operator at the desk.
  1. Alarm listThe few that matter, first
  2. Operator on shiftSame picture as the crew
  1. Alarm listThe few that matter, first
  2. Operator on shiftSame picture as the crew
Without sorting36 alarms in one minute
  • Feeder breaker tripped
  • Bus voltage lost
  • Bay four voltage lost
  • Bay five voltage lost
  • Remote unit link lost
  • Cooling fans one stopped
  • Protection operated
  • Bay six voltage lost
  • Winding temperature high
  • Tap changer blocked
  • Gateway link degraded
  • Battery charger fault
  • Gas pressure low
  • Bay seven voltage lost
  • Cooling fans two failed
  • North feeder dead
  • River feeder dead
  • Current transformer alarm
  • Bay eight voltage lost
  • Line relay started
  • Kiosk door open
  • Heater fault
  • Town feeder dead
  • Controller watchdog
  • Backup power on battery
  • Bay nine voltage lost
  • Pump stopped
  • Oil level low
  • School feeder dead
  • Fire panel fault
  • Bay ten voltage lost
  • Link retry
  • Bay eleven voltage lost
  • Clock sync lost
  • Farm feeder dead
  • Bay twelve voltage lost

Each one is true. Together they hide the one that needs action.

With GENESYS SCADA3 need action, in order
  1. 1 Urgent priority Winding temperature highTransformer, bay three Reduce load now
  2. 2 High priority Gas pressure lowHill line breaker Send a crew today
  3. 2 High priority Cooling fans two failedTransformer, bay three Check before peak load

The other 33 go to the event journal, shelved or grouped under the trip that caused them.

One alarm that matters, first.

Try it: four priorities, each with a shape

Priority is never carried by colour alone, and an unacknowledged alarm blinks once a second until someone owns it. Acknowledge the alarms below.

  • 1P1 · UrgentAct now: risk to people, plant or supply.
  • 2P2 · HighAct soon: the situation will get worse.
  • 3P3 · MediumAct within the shift.
  • 4P4 · LowNote and plan: no immediate consequence.
Alarm summary · 5 to acknowledgeInteractive
1Urgent priority14:02:11Transformer, bay threeWinding temperature highActive14:02:11Transformer, bay three
2High priority13:58:40Hill line breakerGas pressure lowActive13:58:40Hill line breaker
2High priority13:52:17Transformer, bay threeCooling fans, group two, failedActive13:52:17Transformer, bay three
3Medium priority13:41:05Valley substationRemote unit link degradedReturned to normal13:41:05Valley substation
4Low priority13:12:50Battery roomStation battery voltage lowShelved13:12:50Battery room

Acknowledge an alarm: it stops blinking and the journal records who and when.

  1. Acknowledgements will appear here.
Read the note: fewer alarms, better alarms
Standards and records

Built on the standards control rooms already use.

  • ISA-101 process views

    Displays stay grey while everything is normal. Colour appears only for abnormal states, so it draws the eye to the right place.

  • ISA-18.2 alarm management

    An alarm is something that needs an operator's response; everything else is an event in the journal. Shelving and suppression are on the record.

Know when the data stops, not just when it changes.

The remote units, bay controllers, gateways and sensors sit next to the process data, with comms quality on every link. A lost monitor shows as lost, and the values that depend on it are marked stale.

Device health · comms per link
  • 5 online
  • 1 degraded
  • 1 lost
  • Control room GENESYS SCADA Online
    • Protocol gateway Main substation Online Comms with the control room: Strong
      • Remote unit Valley substation Degraded Comms with the gateway: Fair
        • Breaker gas sensor Hill line breaker Online Comms with the remote unit: Strong
          Gas pressure Live
          5.9bar
      • Bay controller Main substation, bay three Online Comms with the gateway: Strong
        • Temperature sensor Transformer, bay three Online Comms with the bay controller: Strong
          Winding temperature Live
          71°C
        • Online gas monitor Transformer, bay three Lost Comms with the bay controller: Link lost
          Gas level Stale
          112ppm
          Last value at 13:47, not carried forward.
  • Strong link
  • Fair link
  • Link lost
  • Stale value

A lost feed shows as lost, never as a flat line.

Every state change and action, in order.

Alarms, operator actions and system changes share one clock in the journal, each with its source, so the shift handover and the incident review read the same record.

  1. 14:02:11
    Winding temperature high · urgent alarm raised
    Transformer, bay three
  2. 14:02:40
    Alarm acknowledged
    Operator on shift
  3. 14:03:05
    Transformer health 62 → 58 · now on watch
    AMS & LES
  4. 14:05:18
    Load transfer prepared for bay three
    Operator on shift
  5. 14:06:02
    Breaker opened · confirmed by two operators
    Transformer breaker
  6. 14:11:47
    Temperature back to normal
    Transformer, bay three
Film · 0:37

GENESYS SCADA, in brief

What matters first, with the evidence beside it, and switching on record.

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GENESYS SCADA, in brief

Night shift in the control room. Signals keep arriving, minute after minute. When something goes wrong, operators need clarity, not noise. GENESYS SCADA sorts the noise, so the one alarm that matters comes first, with a photo from the robot that found it.

Every switching step is checked against the interlocks, confirmed twice, and written to the journal as it happens. The crew on site sees the same picture, at the same moment. GENESYS SCADA.

Alarms in order. Switching on record.

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