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SAT120 & SAT130 Dual Mode Satellite/Cellular SCADA Communications for Mobile Well Testing

Overview

SAT120 & SAT130 Dual Mode Satellite/Cellular SCADA Communications for Mobile Well Testing

The SCADALink SAT120 and SAT130 Dual Mode Sat/Cell Modem/RTU’s can be a flexible cost-effective communications solutions for Mobile Well Testing connectivity.

SAT120 KIT	SAT130 KIT

1. Dual Mode Satellite/Cellular Communication

The SAT120 and SAT130’s Dual Mode Satellite/Cellular communications ensures communications in the most remote areas. With dual mode communications, cellular will be used as primary communications to provide low cost communications with fail over to satellite communications ensure connectivity at sites without cellular communications. SAT1xx Modems operating on Global Inmarsat satellite network allows worldwide connectivity.

With dual mode communications, cellular can be used as primary communications to provide low cost communications with fail over to satellite communications in remote areas to ensure connectivity at sites with spotty or no cellular communications. SAT120 and SAT130’s can be configured as Satellite Only, Cell Only or Satellite/Cellular Fail-Over to provide the optimal communication costs. For mobile well testing applications, satellite may be used in remote locations without cell service.

2. RS232, RS485 and Ethernet Connectivity for RTU, EFM, MVT’s

The SAT120 and SAT130 have RS232 and RS485 Serial Communications connectivity allowing direct connectivity to serial connected EFM and RTU systems.

The SAT130 has Ethernet and WiFi connectivity.

Integrated I/O

Both the SAT120 and SAT130 and integrated I/O can be used to connect to additional I/O as needed on well testing and fixed well site applications. The SAT120 and SAT130 has 4 AI/DI/DO which can be used to connect to auxiliary inputs including power failure alarm.

3. Transparent Data Communication for Connection to SCADA Host and Well Test DAQ Systems

The SAT120 and SAT130 allow transparent data communications from SCADA Hosts, Well Testing Applications, and EFM configuration programs to flow computers. This allows EFM and RTU to be remotely accessed, polled and downloaded including complete download of data logs and audit trails.

SatSCADA System Diagram – SAT130

EFM & RTU Configuration Support with LOI Override Feature

The SAT120 and SAT130 provides complete support of EFM/RTU Configuration Applications. The SAT120 Config Override Feature allows EFM and RTU connectivity without termination of SCADA communications connectivity to EFM/RTU. When RTU/EFM configuration software is connected, SCADA connectivity is temporary overridden. This allows for full remote configuration and maintenance of the connected EFMs. SCADA connectivity is returned once the EFM/RTU configuration application is terminated.

Low Power Operation

The SAT120 and SAT130 feature low power operation. This allows for operation with solar powered Well Testing Packages.

SAT120 Solar Powered Gateway/Modbus RTU	SAT130 Solar Powered Gateway/Modbus RTU with Local Display

4. SatSCADA Server

SAT120 and SAT130 Modems are supported by the SatSCADA Server Platform provides following features that can be beneficial for Well Testing Implementations:

SAT1xx Device Dashboard to Monitor Communications Connectivity
Web Dashboard of Configure Tags, Trends, & Alarms
SMS, Email, & Voice Alarm Notification
GPS Mapping of Well Test Unit/Fleet
Historic Data Archival

The SAT120 and SAT130 is supported by the SatSCADA Platform which provides connectivity in addition web alarm callout, data archival, & data visualization. More about SatSCADA…

5. Web Browser and Smartphone Viewing of Tags and Trends

The SatSCADA Web Client provides Tag and Trend Views via web browsers on a computer or smartphone. The Web Client Views are based on points configured in the SAT120. This feature provides cost effective visibility to key Tag Points on the Well Test Unit.

Web Client Example:

Alarm Notification

Alarm Conditions for Alarm Points configured in the SAT120 and SAT130 will initiate Email, SMS and Voice Notifications from the SatSCADA Server.

Gallery

The following images show a deployment of SCADALink SAT130 Dual Mode Sat/Cell Modem RTU for use on Portable Well Test Unit to provide remote connectivity. The SCADA Host can communicate to the EFM Systems for Well Test Data Acquisition. Instrument personnel can access EFM of maintenance and configuration as required.

Omni directional satellite, cellular, and WiFi Antennaes do not require any special setup or pointing on site. WiFi connectivity allows operator access to the EFM network for maintenance and configuration for truck or job site trailer.