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Money Tools to help combat the pressures from the Global Financial Crisis.  Many companies are keen to better utilise in-house staff and reduce their reliance on third parties to reduce operating costs and to help retain valued staff. VRT has been working with some of our customers to develop tools that help them achieve that.

Presented below are two such tools that add value to CitectSCADA projects: Enhanced Security System and Dynamic Equipment Locator.

Lock and Key Enhanced Security System for CitectSCADA:

VRT has developed a separate user security system that provides enhanced fine-grained privilege control, with a web based management interface, and corporate directory integration. Read more »

SCADA Screen Capture tile Dynamic Equipment Location Capability for CitectSCADA:

VRT has developed Citect tools that enable a non-CitectSCADA trained plant operator or technical services personnel to reposition certain equipment on a CitectSCADA schematic screen to reflect physical relocation in the process plant. Read more »

GHG VRT adds other GHG Reduction related Services to its Energy Management Business.  David Halstead previously ran the VRT2000 Y2K services business in the late 1990s. Now we have brought David back to build onto the existing energy management business base. This business is partly driven by Government initiatives and legislation including: CPRS, NGERS, EEO, EEGO, Green Star, NABERS, etc. Read more »

LongView 3D tile VRT Upgrades LongView Simulator to 3D.  In conjunction with BMA Broadmeadow, VRT has developed a graphical simulator that is used to train maintenance and operations personnel. These have been developed in 2D dynamic "Flash" graphics. VRT is now upgrading these to 3D and adding more external controls, games technology, etc.
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Xstrata Logo Energy Forecasting System for Xstrata at the Isa.  In the mid 90s, VRT built a very comprehensive energy management system, including adaptable load shedding, for the Isa Mine complex. More recently we added a web based energy forecasting module. Read more »

Sentient Logo MacroView Acquired by Sentient.  Sentient Computing is the now the sole owner of MacroView, a well established SCADA/HMI product originally developed in WA in the early 1990s. VRT Systems has been the exclusive distributor of MacroView in Queensland since its initial introduction into the Australian market. Read more »

CoalSync logo CoalSync chooses Matrikon's Mine to Port.  CoalSync chooses Matrikon's Mine to Port software as the basis for the CoalSync Portal. VRT's sister company, CoalSync, provides information sharing systems and services for shared infrastructure bulk material supply chains. Prior to this, CoalSync operated on a custom solution developed by VRT, based on its PlantPortal technology. Read more »

Defence Tile Department of Defence Network Upgrade.  VRT has recently completed a major upgrade of the ESN (Engineering Services Network) at the Department of Defence's Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane. The upgraded system has survived the past summer with virtually no downtime, including the extremely severe storm that devastated The Gap-Enoggera area in mid November last year. Read more »

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