Barco iUtilities Brochure

Dynamic multi-process

visualization and control

iUtilities

iNTELLIGENT
iNNOVATIVE
iNTEGRATED
iNTERACTIVE

All-in-one digital solution for managed
process monitoring

When it comes to providing the best tools for your operations, you don’t want to

make any compromises. Providing your operation staff with the best visualization

tool allows them to monitor and control your processes in the most efficient and

ergonomical way. Barco Control Rooms has a long-standing record as the most

reliable supplier of visualization hardware for critical processes in the utilities (water,

gas, electricity) and process industry (oil & gas, automation).

With iU

TILITIES, Barco offers a total visualization solution which allows dynamic

content showing process overviews (grids, pipes, valves), live video (CCTV camera’s,

vision cameras, weather channels), expertise systems, simulations and other critical

information on one large overview display capable of handling thousands of pixels

of data in a real-time matter without compromising your main processor

performance.

System operators benefit from the overview system as it gives the status of the

process in one clear and real-time view without the need of browsing through

different applications, windows or pages. Adding to this the power of digital maps,

instant situational awareness is achieved by adding digital maps to the process

overview.

iU

TILITIES provides process control centers the ability to fully integrate visualization

sub-systems into their process monitoring systems allowing flexible display content

handling, enhancing performance and quality, cost and space savings, and external

management of the visualization sub-system by higher level SCADA or DCS systems

via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Physically, iU

TILITIES consists of a range of high-quality displays, Barco’s display

controller series and wall management software.

Barco’s iUTILITIES replaces static mimic walls by

dynamic content

All-in-one digital solution for managed
process monitoring

When it comes to providing the best tools for your operations, you don’t want to

make any compromises. Providing your operation staff with the best visualization

tool allows them to monitor and control your processes in the most efficient and

ergonomical way. Barco Control Rooms has a long-standing record as the most

reliable supplier of visualization hardware for critical processes in the utilities (water,

gas, electricity) and process industry (oil & gas, automation).

With iU

TILITIES, Barco offers a total visualization solution which allows dynamic

content showing process overviews (grids, pipes, valves), live video (CCTV camera’s,

vision cameras, weather channels), expertise systems, simulations and other critical

information on one large overview display capable of handling thousands of pixels

of data in a real-time matter without compromising your main processor

performance.

System operators benefit from the overview system as it gives the status of the

process in one clear and real-time view without the need of browsing through

different applications, windows or pages. Adding to this the power of digital maps,

instant situational awareness is achieved by adding digital maps to the process

overview.

iU

TILITIES provides process control centers the ability to fully integrate visualization

sub-systems into their process monitoring systems allowing flexible display content

handling, enhancing performance and quality, cost and space savings, and external

management of the visualization sub-system by higher level SCADA or DCS systems

via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Physically, iU

TILITIES consists of a range of high-quality displays, Barco’s display

controller series and wall management software.

Barco’s iUTILITIES replaces static mimic walls by

dynamic content

All-in-one digital solution for managed
process monitoring

When it comes to providing the best tools for your operations, you don’t want to

make any compromises. Providing your operation staff with the best visualization

tool allows them to monitor and control your processes in the most efficient and

ergonomical way. Barco Control Rooms has a long-standing record as the most

reliable supplier of visualization hardware for critical processes in the utilities (water,

gas, electricity) and process industry (oil & gas, automation).

With iU

TILITIES, Barco offers a total visualization solution which allows dynamic

content showing process overviews (grids, pipes, valves), live video (CCTV camera’s,

vision cameras, weather channels), expertise systems, simulations and other critical

information on one large overview display capable of handling thousands of pixels

of data in a real-time matter without compromising your main processor

performance.

System operators benefit from the overview system as it gives the status of the

process in one clear and real-time view without the need of browsing through

different applications, windows or pages. Adding to this the power of digital maps,

instant situational awareness is achieved by adding digital maps to the process

overview.

iU

TILITIES provides process control centers the ability to fully integrate visualization

sub-systems into their process monitoring systems allowing flexible display content

handling, enhancing performance and quality, cost and space savings, and external

management of the visualization sub-system by higher level SCADA or DCS systems

via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Physically, iU

TILITIES consists of a range of high-quality displays, Barco’s display

controller series and wall management software.

Barco’s iUTILITIES replaces static mimic walls by

dynamic content

• Designed for 24/7 operation

• Easy and cost effective maintenance

• Dynamic content handling

• Comprehensive product life cycle support

• Front or rear access to projection unit

• Reliable and full-redundant visualization solutions

• Process oriented solutions

• Dynamic real-time process visualization

• Distributed visualization

• Easy integration of video from CCTV systems or cable channels

• Designed for 24/7 operation

• Easy and cost effective maintenance

• Dynamic content handling

• Comprehensive product life cycle support

• Front or rear access to projection unit

• Reliable and full-redundant visualization solutions

• Process oriented solutions

• Dynamic real-time process visualization

• Distributed visualization

• Easy integration of video from CCTV systems or cable channels

• Designed for 24/7 operation

• Easy and cost effective maintenance

• Dynamic content handling

• Comprehensive product life cycle support

• Front or rear access to projection unit

• Reliable and full-redundant visualization solutions

• Process oriented solutions

• Dynamic real-time process visualization

• Distributed visualization

• Easy integration of video from CCTV systems or cable channels

Energy
Trading

Room

Road to digital

To improve the overall technical and
economical management of business
processes, the industry is making the
transition to digital solutions, using the
corporate network as their major
communication bus for their control
systems.

The migration from analog to digital
results in the following benefits:

• improved quality of service

• improved reliability

• reduced manpower requirements

• reduced operating costs

• improved information for engineering

decisions

• improved information for planning

decisions

• reduced customer outage time

Distributed control functions enable
you to simultaneously show the status
of your equipment, measured values,
event lists and alarms, trends and
measurements, sequenced control
functions, system self-supervision
status. Barco’s A

POLLO allows for

intelligent lay-out management.

Information windows can be locked
and intelligently programmed such that
no window will cover any important
information.

iU

TILITIES has been the choice of system

integrators as their visualization
solution for their SCADA, DCS, DMS,
EMS and other expert systems.
Such systems provide dynamic real
time visual content for

• Power generation

• Transmission grids

• Distribution grids

• Water purification

• Water distribution

• Gas distribution

• Energy trading rooms

• Customer call centers

Sharing this content over a network
accessible to all functional levels will
add to the efficiency of the operation,
especially in abnormal situations,
factory break-downs or accidents. Using
the main control centers as main press
center and public relation center will
also add to corporate efficiency.

Power

optimization

generation

Substation

automation

transmission

Substation

automation

distribution

Demand side

management

consumers

Energy

management

Power system
control SCADA

Asset

management

Engineering/
maintenance

Customer

relation

management

Enhanced

power system

operation

Online power

system

monitoring

CRM

software tools

Camera sources

Energy

Trading

Room

Road to digital

To improve the overall technical and
economical management of business
processes, the industry is making the
transition to digital solutions, using the
corporate network as their major
communication bus for their control
systems.

The migration from analog to digital
results in the following benefits:

• improved quality of service

• improved reliability

• reduced manpower requirements

• reduced operating costs

• improved information for engineering

decisions

• improved information for planning

decisions

• reduced customer outage time

Distributed control functions enable
you to simultaneously show the status
of your equipment, measured values,
event lists and alarms, trends and
measurements, sequenced control
functions, system self-supervision
status. Barco’s A

POLLO allows for

intelligent lay-out management.

Information windows can be locked
and intelligently programmed such that
no window will cover any important
information.

iU

TILITIES has been the choice of system

integrators as their visualization
solution for their SCADA, DCS, DMS,
EMS and other expert systems.
Such systems provide dynamic real
time visual content for

• Power generation

• Transmission grids

• Distribution grids

• Water purification

• Water distribution

• Gas distribution

• Energy trading rooms

• Customer call centers

Sharing this content over a network
accessible to all functional levels will
add to the efficiency of the operation,
especially in abnormal situations,
factory break-downs or accidents. Using
the main control centers as main press
center and public relation center will
also add to corporate efficiency.

Power

optimization

generation

Substation

automation

transmission

Substation

automation

distribution

Demand side

management

consumers

Energy

management

Power system
control SCADA

Asset

management

Engineering/
maintenance

Customer

relation

management

Enhanced

power system

operation

Online power

system

monitoring

CRM

software tools

Camera sources

Future-proof infrastructure

using COTS products and IT

technology

Screen layouts showing

different applications using

client/server or screenscraping

technology

Visualization of different SCADA

& ERP systems simultaneously

on one large canvas

Distribute content over the

network to different other

monitors or projectors

Makes full advantages of

digital solutions like GIS,

dashboards, historians,

simulations …

Network workstation

Application

server Argus

Network

workstation Server Server

Gateway

Server

Argus

Argus

Energy & water control center

Washington DC HQ

Local energy distribution center Atlanta

Energy transportation regional network

center Georgia

Future-proof infrastructure

using COTS products and IT

technology

Screen layouts showing

different applications using

client/server or screenscraping

technology

Visualization of different SCADA

& ERP systems simultaneously

on one large canvas

Distribute content over the

network to different other

monitors or projectors

Makes full advantages of

digital solutions like GIS,

dashboards, historians,

simulations …

Network workstation

Application

server Argus

Network

workstation Server Server

Gateway

Server

Argus

Argus

Energy & water control center

Washington DC HQ

Local energy distribution center Atlanta

Energy transportation regional network

center Georgia

High resolution LCD display

O

VERVIEW CDG67-DL configured as one high by two

wide resulting in a total resolution of

2048 x 768 and featuring dual-lamp redundancy

O

VERVIEW cDR

+

80-DL configured as two high by

two wide with SXGA

+

resolution

Scenario concept

At every moment, operators need to
know the real situation to understand
what is happening. By setting up
scenarios that are controlling the
content of the display wall, you can
speed up the process of searching for
the content that you need. Using best
practice cases, your operational
efficiency will increase, the reaction
time will shorten and your staffing will
become more efficient as the latest
data will always be available when
you need it.

Dynamic content management

The iUTILITIES display management
software A

POLLO, features integrated

layout management and digital video
switching functions.
In essence, A

POLLO allows operators to

manage and share content efficiently.
Common-operational-picture and
scenario building functions enable
operators to respond to events and
raise the alarms in line with best
practices.
Event-associated displays facilitate
exception-based management. This
can draw proper user attention to
manage events, rather than require
active user interaction. For example,
popping up the video or data of an
area of interest defined by the DMS
software at the proper size and
location on the display unit.

Also, scenarios can be set up in
function of workload for day or night
shifts using the full capability of the
display wall.

Creating one graphical representation
of your process means merging
different digital formats easily,
including line diagrams, GIS maps,
ecological displays, live trend diagrams
and spreadsheets. This allows you to
maintain all your assets digitally.
Integrating live or recorded video feeds
can come from surveillance cameras,
operational video cameras over IP,
infrared cameras, combustion cameras,
CCTV and television channels, e.g. local
news or weather channels.
Integrating content using the Barco API
creates one coherent dynamic HMI
solution. This includes remote pointers,
Multi-users and pointers capabilities,
dynamic and distributed zooms and
direct display controls, all set by
administrator rights technology.

Working in a digital environment
allows you to design, operate and
maintain your process efficiently, e.g.

• easily maintain your diagrams

• easily substitute components

• standardize future-proof solution with

open architecture

OVERVIEW mDR+50-DL configured as three wide
by two high which translates into 4200 x 2100
pixels. This display solution also features dual
lamp redundancy

Subtitle: Dax Regular 16 pt

Body: Dax Light 9 pt

v1

v3

v5

v2

graph

graph graph

line diagram

PC

graph

PC

graph

line diagram

Outstanding product
characteristics

From 42” flat panels over personal
walls to large area display solutions,
iU

TILITIES is a multi-technology platform

featuring flexible design possibilities,
24/7 operation and minimal depth.

iU

TILITIES products are designed and

developed for a long life cycle focusing
on ease of maintenance and low cost
of ownership allowing the customer to
run their investment over a longer
extended period of time than standard
consumer goods.

The equipment complies with different
common industry safety standards (CE,
UL) as well as with seismic standards
like IEC 68-2-6 and JEAG 3605.
Product intelligence consists of
self-diagnosis and reporting tools
improving the quality over product
lifetime.

Barco’s O

VERVIEW series architecture

allows easy maintenance and support
resulting in a low MTTR. These features
together with the dual auto fail-over

redundant lamps allow for a reliable
24 hours 7 days a week visualization
tool.

The system can be regarded as a
supporting structure with screen,
integrated several components, which
together generate the image. The
whole light path, from lamp to screen,
is designed to deliver optimal picture
quality.

Scenario 1: Standard operations

line diagram

graph

pc

pc

v1

v2

v3

v4

v5

v6

v7

v6

v8

v7

v4

line diagram

pc

pc pc

Scenario 2: Operations with 2 operators

working on a display wall

Scenario 3: Overview with integrated applications

Application over LAN

RGB video from PC

Application running on the wall

Video

Multiple source handling

The iUTILITIES solutions are powered by
Barco’s T

RANSFORM family network

controllers (E

OS and ARGUS). They allow

for virtually unlimited integration of
data and video sources into one
Process-Overview-Picture overview.
Unlike software-based visualization
solutions, the hardware processing
provides the user with increased
capacity, better performance and
quality.

Depending on the configuration of
displays and mix of input types, the
user can configure their system to

have different capacities that suit their
needs and cost requirements with a
technology and manufacturer that is
future proof.

Barco’s offering also features a
universal decoder solution that
increases cost-efficiency and facilitates
the transition from analog to digital.
The user can replace analog video
input cards with digital input cards and
can support analog and digital signals
simultaneously in the same controller.
The universal decoder is interoperable
with MPEG-2 and 4 over Ethernet (IP).

Large dynamic overview
systems

Large overview systems improve the
efficiency in problem assessment,
solving and situation awareness. They
are used to enhance the staff
performance by access to a common
view of plant information and a means
of sharing information between
personnel, combining visual
information from different sources and
sensors.

The O

VERVIEW display wall is the most

accepted approach to present
information and to address possible
problems in complex process
monitoring and controlling:

• maintaining awareness of overall

operation status

• overcoming difficulty and time delay

associated with accessing computer­based controls and displays

• maintaining awareness of crew

member actions

• improving communication

Environment - Internal/external

Environment
Internal

• Noise

• Temperature

• Lighting

• Organization

Behavioral factors

• Personnel

• Human system integration

• Cognitive capabilities

• Level of expertise

Organizational factors

• Policy and procedures

• Intra- and joint interactions

Technological factors

• Artificial intelligence

• Advanced displays

• Computing architecture

• Communications

• Sensors

• Hardware/Software

Environment
External

• Culture

• Leadership

Integration, ergonomics and
multimodal interaction

Barco Control Rooms’ expertise and
competence in control room
environment and technology includes
the total design and engineering of
operation and control room projects.
Barco’s approach and clear design
methodology means assisting the
customer from the earliest stages of
concept engineering to the final
delivery of the control center.
Barco Control Rooms’ design
philosophy is centered on two basic
concepts: large-area screen display and
individual watch station or personal
wall that integrates fluently in different
types of control centers specified by
your experts.

www.controlrooms.barco.com

Fully committed to quality, Barco Control Rooms offers full technical support as well

as on-site training. With its head offices in Belgium and Germany, Barco Control

Rooms is represented in more than 30 countries across the globe. With a yearly R&D

effort of 10% of its turnover, Barco Control Rooms ensures it remains at the forefront

of technology.

Barco Control Rooms has become the industry standard in the field of monitoring

solutions for Control & Operation Centers in telecom, traffic, surveillance, public utili-

ties, broadcasting, finance and service providing companies. Barco Control Rooms is

renowned for its flexible, market-specific approach, successfully implemented in over

two thousand control rooms worldwide.

Ref. no. R599830 March 2006

Barco Control Rooms is an ISO 9001 registered company.
The information and data given are typical for the equipment described. However any individual item is subject to change without any notice.
© March 2006 by Barco
Photographs by courtesy of Nuon (Netherlands), Cockerill Sambre (Belgium), Elia (Belgium), and PSI (Germany)
Artwork and illustrations for the screens by courtesy of Siemens, Flirr, JCMB Technology, Maplink, OBB

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iUTILITIES in use at

Arizona Public Service

Chubu Electric

E.ON

EdF

Electrabel

Electric Power China

ENEL

Israel Electric

Luz Y Fuerza del Centro

Mosenergo

National Grid UK

NUON

RWE

State Grid Coorporation of China

Vattenfall

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