1 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 Jason Cheshire Network Management Systems Officer © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 PI Applications in a Real-Time Environment 6 th May 2008

2 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Where is Powerlink Queensland ?

3 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Transmission Network Service Provider (TNSP) in National Electricity Market (NEM) Independent System Operator is NEMMCO (National) Powerlink is a State government owned corporation Plan, Design, Build, Own and Operate assets More than 900 staff - based at Virginia in Brisbane AU$3.5 billion assets - Cairns to Gold Coast Serving approx 1,700km (half) Australia’s eastern seaboard 8300MW max demand 29% load growth in SE Qld last 3 years 6% pa load growth in Qld next 3 years 40% share in South Australian TNSP - ElectraNet Where is Powerlink Queensland ?

4 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Powerlink’s Role Our role

5 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential What Powerlink uses PI for … We have used PI in our EMS environment as a Historian for the last 4 years or so.We have used PI in our EMS environment as a Historian for the last 4 years or so. In the last 2 years we have built an IT monitoring and alerting system around PI IT Monitor.In the last 2 years we have built an IT monitoring and alerting system around PI IT Monitor. We have also been using IT Monitor to collect alarms from our communications infrastructure and provide alerting of critical issues.We have also been using IT Monitor to collect alarms from our communications infrastructure and provide alerting of critical issues. In the last 12 months we have started using PI to provide monitoring and alerting for our Building Management Systems.In the last 12 months we have started using PI to provide monitoring and alerting for our Building Management Systems.

6 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI in the EMS world… Initially, we installed a PI System to integrate data from 3 databases… 1.EMS Historical Data Server – SCADA, Weather. 2.NEMMCO Market info (ISO) – Dispatch and pre- dispatch. 3.Powerlink Outage Management System. The business realised efficiencies instantly through… Capture of more SCADA at scan rate.Capture of more SCADA at scan rate. Uniform tools to extract data – Processbook & Datalink.Uniform tools to extract data – Processbook & Datalink. No need to retain specialist Oracle query workforce.No need to retain specialist Oracle query workforce.

7 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI in the EMS world… All users in Corporate IT environment can access data via a Pi Mirror server. There are no user restrictions.All users in Corporate IT environment can access data via a Pi Mirror server. There are no user restrictions. In-house developed web-based asp.Net product called POW – Power Operations Web.In-house developed web-based asp.Net product called POW – Power Operations Web. Provides Ad-hoc and standard charting.Provides Ad-hoc and standard charting.

8 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Sample POW Dashboard

9 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Sample Market Bulletin…

10 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Sample Ad-hoc charting…

11 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for IT Monitoring… In the last 2 years we have built an IT monitoring and alerting system around PI.In the last 2 years we have built an IT monitoring and alerting system around PI. Uses a custom web page Portal using dotNET.Uses a custom web page Portal using dotNET. Overviews built in Macromedia Flash.Overviews built in Macromedia Flash. Links to PI using the OLEDB interface.Links to PI using the OLEDB interface. Entire package is modular- we can realise benefits regardless of environment. (SCADA, IT, Building Services)Entire package is modular- we can realise benefits regardless of environment. (SCADA, IT, Building Services)

12 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for IT Monitoring…

13 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for IT Monitoring…

14 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for IT Monitoring…

15 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for Reporting… The Portal can also provide reports on the performance of our infrastructure.The Portal can also provide reports on the performance of our infrastructure. Hardware monitoring via SNMP and EMS interface.Hardware monitoring via SNMP and EMS interface. Application monitoring via TCPResponse.Application monitoring via TCPResponse. Have developed complex ACE calcsHave developed complex ACE calcs eg. Single status points for devices Moving average on CPU utilisation Moving average on CPU utilisation Interface Up/Down alert on network devices Interface Up/Down alert on network devices Using ACE calculations we also report on loss of redundancy.Using ACE calculations we also report on loss of redundancy.

16 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Pi for Reporting…

17 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for communications monitoring… Uses the same Portal / PI infrastructureUses the same Portal / PI infrastructure Collects statistics from our communications infrastructureCollects statistics from our communications infrastructure Provides pro-active SMS and alerting of critical issues.Provides pro-active SMS and alerting of critical issues. Errored seconds / Severely errored secondsErrored seconds / Severely errored seconds Link up/downLink up/down Background block errorsBackground block errors Unavailable secondsUnavailable seconds

18 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for communications monitoring…

19 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS… Using PI as our Building Management System.Using PI as our Building Management System. Uses the same Portal / PI infrastructure.Uses the same Portal / PI infrastructure. Provides automated alerting via SMS and .Provides automated alerting via SMS and .

20 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

21 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

22 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

23 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

24 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

25 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

26 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential PI for BMS…

27 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential What does the future hold… We currently have a project to impliment and exploit HA PI. (tag count in the 100,000’s) Continual development of the Portal. Further expansion of devices monitored by PI. Increase the reporting facility to include ad-hoc reports. Addition of WAN link traffic profiling.

28 OCEANIA TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR 2008 © 2008 OSIsoft, Inc. | Company Confidential Any questions?