Telecontrol applications for controlling and monitoring geographically distributed plants usually consist of a supervisory control system (telecontrol center) and one or more outstations (Remote Terminal Units) connected over large distances.

The Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) installed locally in such an automation plant may be exposed to extreme climatic conditions.

The SIPLUS RIC product range supports telecontrol with the IEC 60870‑5‑101 (serial) and IEC 60870‑5‑104 (Ethernet TCP/IP) telecontrol protocols.

In the context of SIMATIC PCS 7, SIPLUS RIC permits:

• Telecontrol connection of RTUs to a control center integrated in SIMATIC PCS 7
• Telecontrol connection of SIMATIC PCS 7 automation systems to a third-party control center