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SABP-Z-030 21 November 2006 Wireless Process Remote Monitoring and Control Using SMS Document Responsibility: Process & Control Systems Dept./PID/C&CN

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Document Responsibility: Process and Control Systems Dept. Issue Date: 21 November 2006 Next Planned Update: 21 November 2009

SABP-Z-030 Wireless Process Remote Monitoring and Control Using SMS

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Table of Contents 1 Introduction.................................................... 3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2 2.1 2.2 3 4 Purpose................................................ 3 Scope................................................... 3 Disclaimer............................................. 3 Conflicts with Mandatory Standards..... 3 Saudi Aramco References.................... 4 Industry Codes and Standards............. 4

References.................................................... 3

General.......................................................... 4 System Design Architecture.......................... 5 4.1 4.2 Remote Site Subsystem Design........... 5 Control Room Design........................... 7

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SMS Message Format................................... 9 SMS Operation............................................ 10

Figure 1 - Overall Wireless Process Remote Monitoring and Control System using SMS................... 5 Figure 2 - Remote Site Subsystem...................... 6 Figure 3 - Event Driven Reporting Mechanism.... 7 Figure 4 - Control Room Subsystem.................... 8 Figure 5 - Structure and Codification of the SMS............................................ 9 Figure 6 - SMS Transmission Scenario.............. 10

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Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this practice is to provide guidelines for designing efficient, reliable and cost effective wireless process remote monitoring using the Short Message Services (SMS) of the GSM network for semi-real time non-critical process control systems. 1.2 Scope This design guide defines the best practices and guidelines for deploying wireless remote monitoring and control of non-critical applications using the readily available Short Messaging Services (SMS/GPRS) of the existing GSM network. 1.3 Disclaimer The material in this Best Practices document provides the most correct and accurate design guidelines available to Saudi Aramco which comply with international industry practices. This material is being provided for the general guidance and benefit of the Designer. Use of the Best Practices in designing projects for Saudi Aramco, however, does not relieve the Designer from his responsibility to verify the accuracy of any information presented or from his contractual liability to provide safe and sound designs that conform to Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirements. Use of the information or material contained herein is no guarantee that the resulting product will satisfy the applicable requirements of any project. Saudi Aramco assumes no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any reliance on the information presented herein or for designs prepared by Designers in accordance with the Best Practices. Use of the Best Practices by Designers is intended solely for, and shall be strictly limited to, Saudi Aramco projects. Saudi Aramco is a registered trademark of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company. Copyright, Saudi Aramco, 2006. 1.4 Conflicts with Mandatory Standards In the event of a conflict between this Best Practice and other Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement, the Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement shall govern.

References The latest edition of the following applicable codes, standards, specifications, and references in effect on the date of contract offer shall be used, except as otherwise specified. Short titles will be used herein when appropriate.
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Document Responsibility: Process and Control Systems Dept. Issue Date: 21 November 2006 Next Planned Update: 21 November 2009

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Saudi Aramco References Saudi Aramco Engineering Report (SAER) SAER-6001 Wireless Remote Monitoring and Control Using SMS Technology for Water Treatment Plant

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Industry Codes and Standards European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ETS 300 585 Digital Cellular Telecommunications System (Phase 2+); Use of DTE - DCE interface for Short Message Service (SMS) and Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) (GSM 07.05 version 7.0.1 Release 1998) Technical Realization of the Short Message Service (SMS); Point-to-Point (PP)-Fifth Edition; GSM 03.40 Version 5.8.1 Release 1996

ETS 300 901

Electronic Industries Association (EIA) TIA/EIA-136-670 TDMA Third Generation Wireless -Packet-Data Service Teleservice over GSM SMS)

General The Short Message Service (SMS) is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile phones, Sensors and devices that designed for GMS networks. This service can be utilized to provide monitoring and control of remote equipment and processes. This solution shall eliminate the need for plants operators and technicians travel to collect data and most importantly provides semi-real time process monitoring and control that would fulfill operation support requirements. The following are potential applications for the Wireless Process Remote Monitoring and Control Using SMS Solution: Vibration monitoring System Cathodic Protection Monitoring System Remote surveillance alerting Tank Level Monitoring Well head monitoring System Power and Battery Monitoring system
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Document Responsibility: Process and Control Systems Dept. Issue Date: 21 November 2006 Next Planned Update: 21 November 2009

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System Design Architecture Wireless Remote Monitoring using the Short Message Service (SMS/GPRS) of GSM network consists of two main parts as shown in Figure 1. The first part is the Control Room subsystem and the second subsystem lies in the remote site that needs to be monitored and controlled.

Figure 1 - Overall Wireless Process Remote Monitoring and Control System using SMS 4.1 Remote Site Subsystem Design The remote subsystem should be designed to accommodate various analog and digital inputs from remote locations. The system should also have the capability to keep a record of the history of events for all monitored lines and report these to the user through a user-friendly web-based, Graphical User Interface (GUI) application.

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Figure 2 - Remote Site Subsystem The remote subsystem consists of the following two main components (Figure 2): a) Master Terminal Unit (MTU) which is a smart controller with a built-in GSM and GPS engines. The MTU should have two or more of industrial serial ports (RS-485) for redundancy and scalability. Moreover, the MTU should also have two Radio Frequency (RF) inputs for GSM signal and GPS signal. A dual GPS and GSM antenna is highly recommended to insure reliable communication. The serial ports of the MTU are capable of transmitting RS485 signal and will be connected to the backbone of the field bus system. Remote Terminal Units (RTU) should be used collect information from sensors and controllers and communicate with the MTU unit. The communication bus should be industrial RS-485 serial standard and it is highly recommended to use industrial shielded twisted pair cable. The remote subsystem should support smart polling mechanism based on all of the following criteria: 1) Event driven reporting: When a set-point threshold is reached, MTU should send an immediate SMS alarm (which contains all measured values) to the Control Room subsystem and pop-up alarm warning message should be displayed at the HMI panel (Figure 3).

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Scheduled reporting: Set specific time interval for MTU pooling and transmission/reporting to the control room. Default value would be every 1 MIN. User polling feature where operator can refresh all current displayed values at the control room.

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Figure 3 - Event Driven Reporting Mechanism 4.2 Control Room Design The second part of this system resides at Plant Control Room (Figure 4) which equips with a workstation/server to receive remote data through the GSM module and present it to the user. This workstation/server should collect analyze and archive all acquired field data which can be accessed through the LAN/WAN and operators should be provided with an easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI). Moreover, the Control Room subsystem should implement Client-Server architecture and use Ethernet open standard Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for networking. This subsystem could be divided into four main components:
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1) 2) 3) 4)

GSM Module: Transmit and receive process control SMS messages. Data Access Server: Data Access Server is a remote interface for field devices. MTU sends field's data to Data Access Server via GSM network. SMS Server. SMS Server is an interface for GSM Network for sending and receiving SMS messages to MTU. HMI Client: HMI (Human Machine Interface) client is a user friendly interface for presenting information about all points in the field. Also has GUI for Sending Setup Messages to field devices and Poll field devices. Tools Client: Tools is a GUI for presenting historical data. Reporting, Data Analysis, Tabular display are features available with tools.

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Figure 4 - Control Room Subsystem The architecture of the CCR System should be based on client-server model. The Data Access Server software should interface with the SMS server application to acquire SMS messages from the MTU unit and to transmit process control messages accordingly. Success delivery (Acknowledgment) should be supported at both subsystem to insure reliable delivery of process control messages.
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SMS Message Format SMS messages are composed of two essential components (Figure 5): Header that contains the information linked to the message transmission protocol, which includes the senders address, type of encoding and message validity. Data: contains all the information that needs to be transmitted.

Figure 5 - Structure and Codification of the SMS It is highly recommended to use the 7 bits mode (codifications) for SMS settings to ensure more effective utilization of available bandwidth. This would allow for about 30 parameters to be enclosed in a single SMS message frame. Multiple SMS message frames could be sent for higher number of remote parameters.

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SMS Operation Figure 6 depicts the successful Mobile Originated Shot Message (MO-SM) scenario.

Figure 6 - SMS Transmission Scenario

Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Initially, the MS directs the Short Message (SM) to the Mobile Service Switching Centre (MSC). The MSC validates with Visitor Location Register (VLR) to verify users authorization to SMS service. The MSC sends the SM to the SMS Center (SMSC) using the forward SM operation. The SMSC delivers the SM to the SMC. The SMSC acknowledges to the MSC the successful outcome of the forward SM operation. The MSC returns to the MS the outcome of the MO-SM operation.

21 November 2006

Revision Summary New Saudi Aramco Best Practice.

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