The 1996 expansion of the FCWPCC in Parksville included the addition of a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system using FIX MMI software for real time control, alarm, trending, and reporting.  

Dayton & Knight provided the engineering services, PLC programming, Graphical User Interface (GUI) configuration, Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) configuration and plant wide network configuration.  Engineering services included the evaluation and selection of various vendors' PLC equipment, personal computers, GUI interface, and instrumentation.  

Remote access of the plant's GUI and PLC via a dial-up modem was implemented to allow support and troubleshooting of the plant at Dayton & Knight's offices, and to allow standby operators to view and control the plant.  The 31 ASDs were digitally controlled by the SCADA system using only a single twisted-pair cable between the drives and the controller.