Substation Explorer™ & Substation Suite™

Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association
“Substation Suite: In the design process of a six breaker ring bus switching station with six lines and total of seventeen Schweitzer relays, I had to come up with a way to display all the alarms and analog information locally and send it to the SCADA system.

After careful evaluation off all my available options, I decided to call on SUBNET Solutions Inc. and employ their Substation Suite software. I am glad that I was aware of the product and I am happy with the decision I made. I did not have to prepare tons of drawings, and saved on both wiring and additional panels.

Substation Suite running on a PC with Microsoft Windows operating system was very easy to program and operate. It displays station one lines with real time status and all other required status and analogs points plus historical station alarms. I made the correct decision and will do it again."
Michael Mansour - Assistant Engineering Mgr
 

Brookings Municipal Utilities
When asked for comments on Substation Suite:
"We thoroughly love the product. We have had no issues with anything at all. [Your Instructor] came out to deliver the product training in February and this was also excellent.”
Chris Carpenter - NMS Support Specialist

Alabama Power Company
"SubstationSERVER.NET has totally changed the way I work. We save so much time in configuration development becuase of its easy to use interface and flexability. This software is worth every penny!"
Jerrod Moll - Automation and Integration Engineer


Trans Alta Utilities Corporation
"The primary reasons for going to Substation Explorer, as our HMI software, on our Enbridge project are:
The software is designed around a substation environment, not a modified process environment, the software is economical in comparison to other packages, the software is a lot easier to configure and maintain than other packages we have used"
Marlowe Ulriksen - Senior Engineer


Automation Technologies and Services (ATS)
“Automation Technologies and Services, LLC of Oxford, CT (ATS) installed a redundant Front End Processor (FEP) at the Jackson, Michigan CMS location for the purpose of collecting their customers interchange data. There was a need for a local "Real Time" data display to view not only the interchange data, but also communication statistics and other related diagnostic information. It was decided to use the Subnet Solutions Substation Explorer as the local MMI for the FEP. We chose Substation Suite as our package as it was an inexpensive solution that could do the single line and alarm annuciator screens that were needed. With no previous experience with Substation Explorer, ATS was able to interrogate the FEP using the DNP3 protocol, create metering pages and alarm annuciator pages, in less than two hours. Configuration of Substation Explorer is very intuitive and the few questions we had were answered by the built-in help system.”
Ralph E. Bugg - Automation Technologies and Services (ATS)
 

Fort Collins Power and Water
"I was VERY excited with the "simplicity" that is designed into your product. I have seen many other software packages that do close to the same thing but with tremendous complication and effort."
Brad Burke - Network Application Specialist


Georgia Transmission Company
“We particularly like how the data is always right in front of us, enabling us to monitor the condition of the entire substation at all times. The Windows™ look and feel also makes it very easy to program and use, as the commands are in the Windows-standard format.
We like the functionality of the E-mail folder. Should a critical alarm be issued, we will always know immediately. The product will e-mail our text pagers and we can react before the situation worsens. We believe that Substation Explorer™ is going to work very well with our new frame relay network. Our future plans include utilizing the web server features to make the data available to everyone in the organization.”
David VanWinkle - Manager of Electronic Maintenance

MyIEDs EnterpriseSERVER™

Alabama Power Company
"EnterpriseSERVER is terrific - it gives us one central location for security and configuration changes, and on top of that, our engineers and technicians no longer have to go out into the field to get data, since they can get what they need right from their desk."
Jerrod Moll - Automation and Integration Engineer

Training

New York Independent System Operator
When asked for comments on the course:
"This material was very detailed and specific and aligned nicely to my previous experience.”
Laura Gribbin - Business Analyst

Chugach Electric Association
"A very enjoyable class. [The Instructors] knowledge of the DNP3 protocol is unmatched.”
Patrick Domitrovich - Senior Relay Control Technician

California Dept. of Water Resources
"[The Instructor] was excellent. He kept the material interesting. It is very dry material, but he kept us awake and interested.”
Sam De Sarno - Sr. HEP Utility Engineer

Dairyland Power Cooperative
Comments on the class: "Instructor immediately developed a positive rapport with the class. Treated 'newbies' with respect and ensured comfort with the new material."
Alan Brantley - Programmer/Analyst

City Utilities of Springfield
Comments on the class: "Instructor took the time to clarify all areas of course material"
Gale Edwards - Energy Management System Coordinator

Georgia Transmission Company
Comments on the class: "He was a patient young man. His knowledge was exceptional and very informative."
Helen McKinley

Korea Electric Power ReSearch Institute
When asked for general comments on the course: "It's a very great training course for me. I've got great information and something new."
Myong-Soo Kim - Engineering ReSearcher

Duquesne Light Company
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Deep understanding of topic and how to apply it."
Richard Frohnert - Engineer

Doble Engineering
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Very good job. Enjoyable personality."
Rod Stewart - Project Manager

Arizona Public Service Company
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "He knew how to answer every question and he was able to teach our guys new ways of doing their job."
Steve Phegley - Section Leader

Conectiv
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Extremely knowledgeable, communicates well."
Steven Forrest - Senior Communications Technician

East Kentucky Power Cooperative
When asked how he would grade the Instructor: "VERY knowledgeable, very easy to follow, very thorough. [The Instructor] would rate at the top of the list of any technical instructor I have attended courses from".
Denver York - EMS Engineer

AES Edeeste
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Excellent: Clear and answered all our questions."
Josué Tejeda - Communications Engineer

P.E.P.C.O.
When asked for his comments on the course: "This course was very good.It is laid out and follows and the slide & instructions very well."
Steve Densford - Test Specialist

GE Power Management
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Excellent.  Demonstrated knowledge in all areas."
Jason Boniface - 750 Product Support

Portland General Electric
When asked his overall impression of the training: "It has been very valuable to me."
Doug Shaffer - Senior SCADA Technician

Schlumberger RMS Mexico
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "He has very good experience
with protocols."
Cesar Rios - Electricity Sales Engineer

Puget Sound Energy
When asked why he rated the Instructor so highly: "Knowledge of materials and use of examples. Friendly presentation."
Kenneth Lont - SCADA Engineer

Lower Colorado River Authority
When asked for his overall impression of the training: "Very in depth and informative."
Damon Fisher - Senior Meter Technician

Ametek
We asked, what changes should we make to our program to better suit your needs? "Nothing at all."
Kevin Cossin - Sales Application Manager

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Extremely knowledgeable."
Brad Miller - IT Project Leader

TransAlta
When asked how he would rate the instructor: "Excellent knowledge of subject matter".
Doug Vanner -- Electronic Systems Technologist

TATA Power Company
"Our training was really fabulous..."
Nitin Nikumbh - Executive Engineer

Florida Power Corporation
When asked how he would rate the instructor: "Good job, knew the material, presented it well."
Robert S. Seigworth - System Protection & Control Technician

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
"...I really enjoyed the DNP training course in Houston last week. I came away from the course with a much greater knowledge of the DNP Protocol as well as some great tools with the Message Structure Template and the Training Manual."
Jon Booth - SCADA Support Technician

Reliant Energy HL&P
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "This guy knows his stuff."
Xavier Jimenez - Head Electrician

Carolina Power & Light Company
When asked how she would rate the course: "Presentation given was very good and understandable."
Fredrick M. Harris Jr. - Computer Technician

Santee Cooper
When asked how she would rate the instructor: "Very willing to take necessary time to answer questions. Also, he took the time to see where class stood as a whole on their level of proficiency in subject area."
Linda Wilcox - Principal Engineer

PECO Energy Company
"[The Instructor] did a great job of reaching all levels of expertise in the class. It is obvious that he has a vast amount of experience with DNP, and was able to share that experience in an easy to understand manner."
Bob Moyer - Senior EMS Analyst

Idaho Power
When asked how he would rate the Instructor: "Speed and delivery were excellent".
Craig Kidd
Communications Technician

SEL Inc.
"As an Integration Application Engineer for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, I provide customer support in setting up and trouble shooting communication interfaces, including those using DNP 3.0 protocol. I took your training course to enhance my knowledge about this specific protocol so I can better serve our customers. Your course provided me with a complete overview of the protocol along with detailed information on message format, timing, and content. The workbook sessions helped to tie this training to practicable examples. The course was run professionally and the instructor's knowledge and communication skills allowed the materials to be easily assimilated."
Robin Jenkins,
Integration Application Engineer

GPU Energy
"The two day DNP 3.0 training course that was conducted for GPU Energy in June, 2000 was very informative, professionally conducted and definitely worthwhile for all the individuals in attendance. I would recommend it for anyone interested in learning the DNP 3.0 protocol."
Jeffrey J. Mackauer, P.E.
Engineer Senior II