RTRIG™ Remote Intelligent Gateway
Pass secure, real-time data and commands between your generation site and local power authorities such as the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Our turnkey revenue metering and RTRIG™ RIG/DPG (Data Processing Gateway) solutions fully conform to your location’s requirements for data processing, communication, and security.
Applications
- RIG and DPG
- Revenue metering
- New power-generation sites (wind, solar, gas turbine, hydro, geothermal)
- Site conversions
- Hathaway RIG upgrades
- Qualifying facility (QF) cogeneration site conversions
- Proxy demand response
- Participating Intermittent Resource Programs (PIRPs)
Our Turnkey Approach
We offer a full range of services, including design and installation; meter programming, calibration, and testing; CAISO certification and plant inspection; maintenance; and training. For high reliability in harsh environments, choose our new-generation SecureRIG™ solution, which combines DC Systems' industry-leading RTRIG software with a ruggedized hardware platform.
| Turnkey | RIG | DPG | Metering | Full CAISO Certification | Installation | |
| RTRIG Solutions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Product Features
- Data acquisition and concentration
Acquire data from multiple sources, including remote terminal units, generation controllers, and plant control systems. RTRIG solutions support both serial and TCP/IP connections and industry-standard protocols such as Distributed Network Protocol (DNP) and Modbus. - Protocol conversion
Communicate with multiple devices using different protocols. - Automatic generation control
Take advantage of advanced AGC functions, such as bumpless transfer for smooth transitioning between your generation site and power authority. -
Remote monitoring
Configure and manage your system remotely, or let DC systems do it for you. Receive alerts via e-mail or pager if a problem occurs. -
Security
Pass real-time data and commands between your site and the local power authority or other external system using the secure DNP network. - Certificate management
Install and easily manage multiple certificates to ensure that data is accessible only to authorized users. - Flexibility
Adapt the system to fit your needs, with a wide array of configuration and expansion options and other capabilities, such as event historians, real-time data analysis, and local data display and alarming.
RTRIG systems are members of the DC Systems RTscada™ family of products, which interoperate to power the Smart Grid—from field device to substation to control center—and integrate seamlessly with all enterprise systems.