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The Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena controlled by Movicon
Movicon SCADA by Progea has been chosen for the supervision of the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah (ABHA) Arena in Doha, Qatar.
Lysys is a Group of Engineering Companies Security, Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) with know-how and technical expertise in communication networks (>100 Base Stations, Consulting, Designing, Delivering and Managing >30,000 subscribers), Wide Area Surveillance Critical Infrastructure Projects. They are active Systems, Special Sensors Systems (radars, across a broad range of vertical markets such as thermal imaging sensors, perimeter monitoring Transportation, Oil & Gas, Industrial, Commercial and intrusion detection systems), Command and Public Safety. and Control Centers and Communication Lysys provides Integration for: IT, Security, Dispatching Systems. Safety, Communication, Automation, Lysys Qatar W.L.L. has chosen Progea’s Movicon Command and Control & Information Cyber as the SCADA platform to be used in the ABHA Security Systems. Arena (Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena) in Doha, Lysys, with headquarters in Athens, Greece, Qatar. The ABHA Arena is a 4-star GSAS indoor operates in the GCC area with local presence sports arena located in Doha, Qatar, in the in Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, United Arab district of Al Sadd. Emirates. With 16,000 square meters and a built-up area of The areas of expertise where LYSYS QATAR 54,000 square meters, this 7,700 seat state-of- W.L.L. operates are Master Systems Integration, the-art venue hosted several major international Special Airport and Seaport Operation Systems, sports events, like: Homeland Security Systems, Industrial Facilities CASE HISTORY www.progea.com
• 2015 World Men’s Handball Championship The Application • 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships The entire BMS is supported by 2 redundant • 2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup Servers where the Movicon licenses have • 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals been installed. The entire system automation • 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz is managed by 29 BMS Panels with Beckhoff Championships PLCs installed. These panels communicate with Movicon SCADA thanks to OPC UA Composed of one main hall and two training protocol. The BMS panels acquire more than grounds, the Arena can host Handball, 3,500 physical signals and exchange more than Volleyball, Badminton and Gymnastics events. 15,000 communication variables through OPC It was also designed to be transformed UA protocol. At the supervision level Movicon into an ice hockey rink which fulfills the handles almost 45,000 variables (alarms, standards of the IHF. The time required for the variables, parameters) that come straight from transformation of the hockey ring to a regular all the other devices installed in the venue. field is 48 hours. 15,000 of these variables come from the ISMS Lysys Qatar W.L.L. local ELV Systems (Integrated Security Management System) Integrator, was awarded several packages installed by Lysys at the Arena. Also, in this case CCTV, ACS, BMS, Integrated Building and the exchange of variables with Movicon is done Security Platform of this Project and has through OPC UA. selected Movicon for the Building Management The building management ISMS system System’s Supervision Level. directly communicates with different systems: CASE HISTORY www.progea.com
audiovisual, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. and escalators control and management systems. In this project, Movicon manages and visualizes The system architecture consists of 2 the data coming from the fire alarm and intrusion redundant rack servers where 2 Movicon detection systems. licenses are installed. Movicon takes care of the mechanical system The 2 servers communicate through a switch management such as Chilled and Condensing with different devices present in the network. Water Pumps, Cooling Towers, Air Handling The chosen database is a SQL DB used to Units and Fan coil units. historicize all the parameters collected and Using Movicon, operators supervise the managed by Movicon all the alarms generated transformation of the hall to an ice hockey rink, in the system. In the control room the operators taking the data collected from the external can interact with the running processes and weather station. In addition, Movicon reports change the datapoints or the operational any water leaks in the building. settings, so that they can intervene in a The electrical system management (that includes precise way. MV Switchboards, Generator Set, Low voltage Through the Movicon SCADA interface, motor control centers & VFD, Lighting Control, operators can evaluate the operating conditions Uninterruptible Power Supply System (UPS) and of the different equipment and analyze the Smart Meters which are connected to the PV historical alarms. They can also generate and Solar System) is submitted to Movicon SCADA, compare historical data with trends and real- that communicates with different devices time data or export them with just one click in through Modbus protocol. an Excel format to be easily analyzed outside the Lastly, the Movicon Supervision system collects SCADA application. the data coming from the plumbing services: Thanks to the Movicon script engine, it was drainage system, plumbing pumps, solar water possible to further expand the functionalities of heaters, irrigation system and wastewater the trends and the data analysis tool in a simple system. The ISMS system designed and supplied and fast way. This has allowed Lysys to provide by Lysys also communicates with the elevators operators with a stable, precise and immediate CASE HISTORY www.progea.com
“We chose Movicon due to the stringent requirements of the client. We knew what was Movicon potential, and thought it was the ideal solution for managing a BMS system as complex as that of the ABHA Arena.” Jose Fernando Pereira, Project Manager and Automation Team Leader at Lysys Qatar W.L.L..
supervision environment, both in understanding the data exposed and in using the data. Movicon SCADA The benefits of using Movicon “There are several benefits we appreciate in using Movicon,” says Jose Fernando Pereira, Project Manager and Automation Team Leader at Lysys Qatar W.L.L.. “We chose Movicon due An open and to the stringent requirements of the client. We knew what was Movicon potential, and thought easy-to-use it was the ideal solution for managing a BMS system as complex as that of the ABHA Arena.”
platform for any There has been several key factors that kind of application drew Lysys Qatar W.L.L. to choose Movicon. The major are
• Openness: Movicon is based on XML file and this allows editing, which offers the possibility to make virtually unlimited customization to the project. • Ease of Use: Intuitive development environment with a library rich of objects to choose from.
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• Scripting: This functionality allows to extend further the out-of-the-box functionalities delivered by Movicon. • OPC UA connectivity, certified and of easy configuration. • Reports, Trends and Data Analysis: Available in Movicon solution, with no need of additional licenses or external tools. • Licenses Policy: Based on the number of tags exchanged with the field.