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> Spring/Summer 2010 Volume 20, Issue 1

• California Water Service Company receives SCADA Innovator Award from Control Microsystems
• Wireless Ethernet: A Spectrum of Possibilities
• Teledesign Systems Narrowband Ethernet Radio Solutions
• ClearSCADA Security
• California Water Bills Require More Monitoring
• Managing Your SCADA Software Purchases
• Firetide Wireless Mesh Solutions at Otay Water District
• Kyocera Charge Controllers
• DHS CSET Assessments
• ClearSCADA Test Drive
• Seminars
• Training Classes

> Fall/Winter 2009 - Volume 19, Issue 2

• FlowStation Out-of-the-Box Pump Controller
• WIN-911 SMS Text Messaging & Mobile-911
• Decreasing the Cost of SCADA
• East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Chooses SCADAPack
• Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) Chooses DNP3
• Teledesign Systems Multi-Protocol Radios
• Firetide 900 MHz Non-line-of-sight Wireless Mesh
• BVWD SCADA System
• Seminars
• Training Classes

> Spring/Summer 2009 - Volume 19, Issue 1

• Video Analytics
• SCADAWave Ethernet Radios
• 900 MHz Wireless Mesh
• Mobile SCADA
• Win-911 News
• TelePACE Studio
• Satellite Communications
• Seminars
• Training Classes

> Fall/Winter 2008 - Volume 18, Issue 2

• SCADARange Batterypowered Wireless Sensors
• Firetide Wireless Mesh Networking Technologies
• Thum Drive Data Logging
• PoE for Security Cameras
• Merced ID SCADA Upgrade
• SCADAPack in RFID System
• SCADA & Security Seminars
• DNP3 Seminars

> Spring 2008 - Volume 18, Issue 1

• ClearSCADA Seminars
• IEC 61131-3 vs TelePACE
• Intelligent Video
• Master Station SCADA Software
• New SCADA System at VVCSD
• SCADAWave Radios
• Win-911 News

> Fall/Winter 2007 - Volume 17, Issue 2

• Data Integrity with DNP3
• What is Security Convergence and can it affect you?
• FreeWave Radios
• Vicon Cameras & DVRs
• DNP3 Training Seminar
• ClearSCADA Roadshow
• Win-911 News
• Sentry Track Data Portal
• Water System SCADA Application
• CMI SCADA Forum

> Spring/Summer 2007 - Volume 17, Issue 1

• What have you been missing? (DNP3 vs. Modbus)
• SCADA Seminars with Westin Engineering
• ClearSCADA Catches On
• Remote Diagnostics for Industrial Wireless Modems
• Big Bear Lake DART System
• Video Analytics

> Fall/Winter 2006 - Volume 16, Issue 2

• AMR Systems Using DNP3 Protocol
• SCADA Seminars with Black & Veatch
• SCADAWise Reporter
• SCADAPack2 (now called SCADAPack350/357) - The Next Generation Controller

> Spring/Summer 2006 - Volume 16, Issue 1

• Adaptive SCADA: The Future is Here
• Advanced Command-and-Control Surveillance
• Surveillance Systems Using Narrow Band Radios
• SentryTrack ASP Enables Sharing of SCADA Data
• Water District Completes SCADA System with Demo Disk

> Fall/Winter 2005 - Volume 15, Issue 2

• ClearSCADA…not a "Me too" Product
• SentryTrack Internet-based SCADA
• Sage Advice: IEC61131-3 - Who needs it?
• RadioLinx Industrial Hot Spot application
• The 10 Commandments of External Perimeter Security (part 2)

> Spring/Summer 2005 - Volume 15, Issue 1

• The 10 Commandments of External Perimeter Security
• DNP3 Protocol Implementation
• Sage Advice: Integration of Logged Data into a Real-time Database
• SCADA/Security Seminars
• Security on a Tight Budget
• Introducing Win-911/Lite

> Fall/Winter 2004 - Volume 14, Issue 2

• Reducing Infrastructure Vulnerability Post-9/11
• The Role of SCADA in Security
• Carson City SCADA System
• Sage Advice: What is Multi-Path Interference?
• What’s New in Lookout 6

> Spring 2004

• Automated Video Surveillance of Remote Site Perimeters
• Ethernet in SCADA Systems
• Open vs. Closed Systems
• SCADA Systems

> Fall 2003

• High-Speed Ethernet Spread Spectrum Radios from Locus
• Video at Remote Sites
• Requirements for Web-Based Surveillance Cameras
• Introducing the Wireless SCADAPack Series
• Win911 Release 7.0
• Lookout Release 5.1
• Free SCADA Seminars
• SCADA at Bodega Bay PUD

> Fall 2002

• Get SCADA on your Cell Phone
• Introducing Locus DIN-rail mounted Serial & Ethernet Spread Spectrum Radios
• DNP 3 Protocol in the Municipal Industry

> Spring 2002

• Introducing SCADAPack LP & SCADAPack 100
• What's New with Lookout?
• Open Protocols...or, Spreken ze Español, oui? (SCADA Primer, Part 5)
• Adding Surveillance Cameras to your SCADA System
• WAS Control with Lookout at City of Santa Rosa WWTP
• DataLinc Wireless, License-free Ethernet Modem

> Fall 2001

• Introducing 32-bit SCADAPack PLC/RTU
• RTP's Hybrid Digital Control Systems
• Remote Data Logging in SCADA Systems
• Are Modbus' Days Numbered?

> Fall/Winter 2000

• What's New with Lookout
• Sonoma County Water Agency's World Class SCADA System
• Do it Yourself SCADA? (SCADA Primer, Pt 4)

> Spring/Summer 2000

• Communication is the Key: Wireless Data Communications
• Spread Spectrum vs. Licensed Radio (SCADA Primer, Pt. 3)

> Fall/Winter 1999

• Lookout 4.0 Advances SCADA Technology
• Ethernet Gateway for SCADA Controllers
• UHF/VHF Microwave Radio Modems

> Fall/Winter 1998

• HMI/SCADA Software (SCADA Primer, Pt. 2)

> Spring/Summer 1998

• How Do You Spell RTU? (SCADA Primer, Pt. 1)