SYSTEM FEATURES CONTIUES
Secure data links: The use of EDDAS Crypto units enables protection of your data link, making your data and command & control signals tamper proof and unreadable to unwanted parties. EDDAS Crypto Units are hardware based encryption systems certified for protecting data streams classified up to and including NATO SECRET level. Offshore wind will be a crucial part of future energy infrastructure, and it will be of increasing importance to protect vulnerable data links between central control centres and remote automated systems. In addition to encryption which prevents unwanted actors listening in on radio transmissions, the system is also protected by hacking tampering and taking control due to the hardware based security mechanism which preventing any unknown and unauthorized party access, securing total ownership of the system. [*Relevant to Data quality dimension: Reliability]
Rugged devices: EDDAS devices are designed rugged to withstand different climates and, physical stress and can operate under extreme conditions for long periods of time without need of manual inspection or maintenance. Wind farms have a concession period of 25-30 years. This means that many of the people in handling todays operations must hand this over to new personnel at some time in the future. Thus, having access to both historic and realtime production data with consistent parameters and metadata will be extremely valuable. Having a system that can operate as long as the wind mill farm is in production will secure data consistancy, meaning that the measurements performed ten years ago can also be measured with the same parameters tomorrow. The ruggedness incorporated in all vital parts provides accurate data acquisition and data processing over many years. All EDDAS unit run countinous self testing routines to detect and report errors. [*Relevant to Data quality dimensions: Accuracy, Reliability ]
Central Configuration management: The Client / Server architecture provides complete system configuration from one single management console. This provides the system operators easy access to the configuration and management of the whole system from each data acquisition unit, down to each single sensor. This prevents the need to log into each device separately, for instance when needing to change a system parameter. This feature reduces complexity and cost.