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CCS PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS SECTION 15940

PS 5 - HARDWARE FEATURES

5.1    Power Conditioning

.1    The system shall be protected from power line surges and voltage transients. Provide with proposal,
       a technical description of this protection.

5.2    Power Failure Protection

.1    Provide automatic retention of RAM and real time clock from any power failure of at least
       SEVENTY-TWO (72) hours duration.

.2    Provide for automatic restart of the system upon power return.

.3    The proposal shall describe the power failure protection system to be employed. System may be tested
       to confirm rated hours.

5.3    Hardware Failure Isolation

.1    Any component malfunction shall not damage any of the remaining components. Provide with proposal
       a technical description of how this is accomplished.

.2    Provide information on over voltage protection on inputs and outputs.

5.4    Ease of Hardware Replacement

.1    SAP and TUC replacement shall be possible without any hardware modification.

5.5    Database Back-Up and Off-Line Storage

.1    The system shall have the capability to be taken off line in the event of failure or for maintenance and
       returned to operation without the need for entering any portion of the software program manually. To
       accomplish this, an off-line disk storage device shall be utilized to provide software backup and reload.

.2    On-site backup and verification of the entire system, with full applications software, shall be less than
       TWO (2) seconds per real point.  This feature will be checked during commissioning stage.

.3    Explain in the Proposal how the back up is accomplished.

5.6    Memory

.1    Each SAP on the main network proposed shall have enough random access memory (RAM) for all
       of the following:

       .1    Trend Logs - One and a Half (1.5) TL for each input and output point connected to the SAP with
              100 samples each.

       .2    Controllers - TWO (2) for each analog output point connected to the SAP.

       .3    Software Points - THREE (3) for each output point connected to the SAP.

       .4    Operator Control Language (OCL) - TWENTY (20) syntactically correct lines each with at least
              4 operators, for each output point connected to the SAP.

       .5    Descriptor - ONE (1) for each user definable point, real or software, in the SAP. In addition, on
              multi-SAP systems, every descriptor in the system must be accessible from every operator interface
              device.

       .6    Time Schedules - ONE (1) for every 3 output points connected to the SAP.

       .7    Totalizers - ONE (1) for each digital point in the SAP.

       .8    In the event there are TUCs networked to the SAP, which do not have their own memory meeting
              items .1 through .7, the SAP must have full memory for all TUC points as well as points connected
              directly.

       .9    Provide with Proposal, calculations which confirm the foregoing RAM requirements are met for
              each SAP.

5.7    SAP Processing Speed

.1    Effective SAP Processing Speed - Maximum permissible execution time is TWO (2) seconds. Execution
       time is defined as the time it takes the SAP CPU to execute all application software in the SAP, with no
       system timing errors, from some point in the software back to the same point, assuming full memory usage,
       as defined in Clause 5.6 above, while simultaneously responding to operator or terminal display requests
       and carrying out normal inter-SAP communications averaged over a ONE (1)-minute period. This will be
       done during the commissioning phase by setting up a counter in each SAP and monitoring their counting rate.

5.8    System Display Speed

.1    The minimum time to change from one dynamic screen to another is 7 seconds. This test will be carried out
       from a remote site with the Corporation's standard modem and will be the average of 10 typical displays for
       the project. Tests will be carried out with the specified system configuration, excluding multi-user and
       alarming functions.


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