REAL-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FOR CONTROL CENTERS

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND DEPLOYMENT

COMPONENTS

User client software

MODES-Centre client provides a user interface to MODES-Centre for the electricity and power market participant.

Administrator and Developer client software

  • MODES-Centre configurator
  • Validation rules and calculations editor

Server components

  • Database
  • Centralized MODES-Centre request processing service
  • SO UPS gateway interaction service
  • Service for import of planned schedules from CK-2007
  • Requests shifting service

DEPLOYMENT

MODES-Centre is designed for distributed performance in TCP/IP network. There is no technical limit to the number of client connections to the server. The database can be located on a shared server which is running the server components or on a separate server.

MODES-Centre supports two modes of authorization:

  • Integration with MS Active Directory, with an appropriate network infrastructure
  • Local authentication

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The client part of the software is running under Microsoft Windows 7/XP.

The server part can be deployed on a single server or in a cluster configuration. Depending on this, the operating system is Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Server Standard or Enterprise respectively

MODES-Center uses Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise as DBMS.

All complex software can run on both 32 and 64-bit platform.

Requirements to server hardware depend on selected configuration and planned number of concurrent MODES-Centre users.

Client workstations must provide satisfactory performance under operating systems Windows XP or Windows 7.

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