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Overview
What is aviCore?
What problems is aviCore designed to solve?
aviCore is a modern industrial data integration, monitoring, analytics, and control platform designed for realtime operational systems. It combines SCADA, edge computing, IoT integration, visualization, alarming, and data management into a unified architecture that can operate in cloud, on-premise, or hybrid environments.
aviCore is designed to solve challenges related to fragmented industrial systems, limited realtime visibility, difficult integrations, high engineering costs, and scalability limitations of traditional SCADA and telemetry platforms. It helps organizations centralize operational data, improve situational awareness, and modernize critical infrastructure.
How is aviCore different from SCADA systems?
Unlike many traditional SCADA systems that rely on proprietary architectures and tightly coupled components, aviCore uses modern distributed technologies, open protocols, edge processing, and flexible deployment models. It emphasizes interoperability, scalability, event-driven architectures, and integration with enterprise and cloud platforms.
Is aviCore a SCADA platform, an IoT platform, or both?
aviCore combines capabilities of both SCADA and Industrial IoT platforms. It provides traditional monitoring and control functions while also supporting edge analytics, cloud connectivity, mobile access, modern APIs, and scalable distributed architectures.
What industries can use aviCore?
aviCore is designed for industries requiring reliable realtime monitoring and operational visibility, including electric utilities, renewable energy, substations, water and wastewater, transportation, transit systems, oil and gas, manufacturing, commercial infrastructure, and industrial automation.
Industry Applications
Can aviCore be deployed in utilities and substations?
Yes. aviCore is designed to support utility-grade applications including substations, distribution systems, renewable energy facilities, and power monitoring systems. It supports utility protocols, event processing, alarming, and integration with protective relays and RTUs.
Can aviCore be used in water and wastewater applications?
Yes. aviCore supports pump stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, distribution systems, and wastewater facilities by providing realtime monitoring, alarming, historical data collection, remote telemetry, and operational dashboards.
Is aviCore suitable for transit and transportation systems?
Yes. aviCore can support traction power systems, tunnel monitoring, station systems, facility automation, and transportation infrastructure by integrating multiple field devices and presenting centralized operational visibility.
Can aviCore be used for renewable energy and microgrids?
Yes. aviCore can integrate solar, battery energy storage systems, generators, meters, inverters, and microgrid controllers into a unified monitoring and control environment while supporting operational analytics and remote management.
Platform Architecture
What are the main components of aviCore?
aviCore consists primarily of the aviCore Engine (ACE) for field integration and edge processing, SkyTracker for time-series data handling and messaging, and SkyView for visualization, dashboards, alarming, analytics, and user interaction.
What is the aviCore Engine (ACE)?
ACE is the edge and integration component of aviCore responsible for field communications, protocol handling, local processing, device management, data acquisition, and secure data transport between field systems and enterprise applications.
What is SkyTracker?
SkyTracker is aviCore’s realtime data broker and time-series management component. It handles streaming operational data, event distribution, timestamp preservation, historical storage integration, and scalable data movement across systems.
What is SkyView?
SkyView is the visualization and operational interface layer of aviCore. It provides dashboards, maps, alarms, trends, notifications, reporting, analytics, and web-based monitoring interfaces accessible from desktops and mobile devices.
How does aviCore collect field data?
aviCore collects field data through industrial communication protocols and interfaces connected to PLCs, RTUs, relays, meters, sensors, controllers, and intelligent electronic devices located at field sites.
Protocols & Integrations
What communication protocols does aviCore support?
aviCore supports multiple industrial protocols including DNP3, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, OPC UA, IEC 61850, SNMP, Ethernet/IP, MQTT, and other standard industrial communication methods.
Does aviCore support DNP3?
Yes. aviCore supports DNP3 communications for utility and industrial applications, including monitoring, event reporting, timestamp handling, and integration with RTUs, relays, and SCADA systems.
Does aviCore support Modbus TCP and serial?
Yes. aviCore supports both Modbus TCP and Modbus serial communications for integrating PLCs, instrumentation, power meters, drives, and industrial devices.
Does aviCore support OPC UA?
Yes. aviCore supports OPC UA for secure and standardized interoperability with industrial automation systems and enterprise applications.
Does aviCore support IEC 61850?
Yes. aviCore supports IEC 61850 integration for substation automation applications including data acquisition, monitoring, and interoperability with intelligent electronic devices.
Can aviCore integrate with existing SCADA systems?
Yes. aviCore is designed to coexist and integrate with existing SCADA environments by exchanging data through protocols, APIs, historians, and enterprise integration layers.
Can aviCore connect to third-party historians?
Yes. aviCore can interface with multiple third-party historians and data platforms for long-term storage, reporting, analytics, and operational analysis.
Can aviCore integrate with GE Proficy Historian or PI Historian?
Yes. aviCore can integrate with platforms such as GE Proficy Historian and AVEVA PI Historian for operational data collection and enterprise reporting.
Deployment & Infrastructure
Can aviCore operate without cloud connectivity?
Yes. aviCore can operate fully locally without cloud connectivity and can continue collecting, processing, and displaying operational data in disconnected environments.
Does aviCore support on-premise deployments?
Yes. aviCore supports on-premise deployments hosted entirely within customer-owned infrastructure and networks.
Is aviCore available as a SaaS platform?
Yes. aviCore can be deployed as a cloud-hosted Software-as-a-Service solution managed by IoT International or deployed in customer-managed cloud environments.
Can aviCore operate in an air-gapped environment?
Yes. aviCore can be configured for fully isolated air-gapped environments where external internet access is not permitted.
What hardware platforms does aviCore support?
aviCore is hardware agnostic and can run on industrial PCs, servers, virtual machines, edge controllers, and selected embedded computing platforms.
Can aviCore run on industrial edge devices such as PLCnext?
Yes. aviCore can operate on industrial edge platforms such as Phoenix Contact PLCnext devices and similar industrial computing hardware.
Cybersecurity & Reliability
How does aviCore handle cybersecurity?
aviCore incorporates modern cybersecurity practices including encrypted communications, role-based access control, secure authentication, network segmentation compatibility, and support for customer security policies.
Does aviCore support encrypted communications?
Yes. aviCore supports encrypted communications using secure transport technologies to protect operational and telemetry data.
Does avicore support role-based access control?
Yes. aviCore supports configurable role-based access control to manage user permissions, operational access, and system administration rights.
Can aviCore integrate with enterprise authentication systems?
Yes. aviCore can integrate with enterprise authentication systems including Active Directory, OAuth-based systems, and other centralized identity management platforms.
Does aviCore support multi-factor authentication?
Yes. aviCore can support multi-factor authentication depending on deployment architecture and customer security requirements.
How does aviCore handle redundancy and failover?
aviCore supports multiple redundancy strategies including redundant servers, distributed architectures, failover processing, and replicated operational services to minimize downtime.
Can aviCore support high availability arhcitectures?
Yes. aviCore is designed to support high availability deployments for mission-critical applications where continuous operation is required.
Data Management & Analytics
How are timestamps handled in aviCore?
aviCore preserves timestamps from originating field devices whenever available to maintain accurate sequence-of-events and operational analysis.
Does aviCore preserve field device timestamps?
Yes. aviCore is designed to maintain original field timestamps throughout the system rather than replacing them with server receipt times.
Can aviCore process event-driven data instead of polling?
Yes. aviCore supports event-driven architectures where devices transmit updates based on changes or events rather than continuous polling.
Does aviCore support realtime analytics?
Yes. aviCore supports realtime analytics, operational calculations, event processing, and condition-based monitoring.
Can aviCore integrate with AI or machine learning applications?
Yes. aviCore can provide operational data streams to AI and machine learning platforms for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and advanced analytics.
Can aviCore run edge computing applications?
Yes. aviCore supports edge computing architectures where local processing and decision-making occur close to field devices.
Visualization, Alarming & Mobility
How does aviCore manage alarm notifications?
aviCore manages alarms through configurable rules, priorities, acknowledgment workflows, escalation logic, and notification delivery systems.
Can aviCore send SMS, email, or push notifications?
Yes. aviCore can generate notifications through SMS, email, push notifications, and other communication methods depending on deployment configuration.
Does aviCore support mobile devices and tablets?
Yes. aviCore’s web-based interfaces can be accessed from desktops, tablets, and mobile devices for remote operational visibility.
Can aviCore provide geographic and map-based visualization?
Yes. aviCore supports geographic visualization including maps, asset locations, and geospatial operational displays.
Scalability & Performance
How scalable is aviCore?
aviCore is designed to scale from small standalone sites to enterprise-wide deployments with thousands of devices and large operational data volumes.
How many sites and points can aviCore support?
aviCore architecture is scalable and can support large numbers of sites, devices, and realtime data points depending on deployment infrastructure and system design.
Services, Licensing & Roadmap
How is aviCore licensed?
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aviCore licensing can be structured based on deployment size, number of sites, features, users, or data volume depending on customer requirements and deployment models.
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What engineering and comissioning services are available for avicore?
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IoT International provides engineering, system design, integration, configuration, commissioning, training, and ongoing support services for aviCore deployments.
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What roadmap and future capabilities are planned for aviCore?
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aviCore continues to evolve with ongoing development focused on advanced analytics, AI integration, enhanced visualization, edge intelligence, cybersecurity enhancements, and expanded industrial interoperability.
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