RTU with integrated HMI

The QuickPanel remote telemetry unit (RTU) is designed to enable water and wastewater companies to monitor, diagnose and maintain water assets and processes through flexible communication architectures.

The QuickPanel RTU is intended to provide a sustainable advantage with a combination of advanced software, and embedded and automation solutions. It is an integrated visualisation and control solution that provides the tools required for today’s remote application needs. A combination of bright touch-screen displays and Proficy Machine Edition software, it is claimed to deliver flexible, scalable performance on a rugged hardware platform.

Its open communications makes it suitable for mixed system architectures, as a QuickPanel RTU can connect directly to existing PLCs to upgrade legacy PLCs and RTUs to ethernet communications with store and forward capabilities. A visual interface for local operators allows site equipment to be operated manually, mitigating the operational impact of remote communication disruptions. The integrated controller keeps automatic equipment running through an outage. Once communications are restored, store-and-forward capabilities and local time stamping of alarms ensure nothing is missed.

QuickPanel RTU can range from simple, low I/O count applications through complex automation solutions that require the support of large numbers of I/O. It provides a graphical interface and has the inherent benefits of providing a smaller footprint, centralised time synchronisation, local alarm time stamping, full IEC 61131-3 language support, and remote diagnostics and maintenance via a web hosting client.