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SCADA Systems
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. SCADA Systems
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Monolithic SCADA
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Distributed SCADA
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Networked SCADA
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Anshul T hakur
The task of supervision of machinery and industrial processes on a routine basis can be an
excruciatingly tiresome job. Always being by the side a machine or being on a 24x7 patrol duty
around the assembly line equipment checking the temperature levels, water levels, oil level and
performing other checks would be considered a wastage of the expertise of the technician on
trivial tasks. But, to get rid of this burdensome task, the engineers devised equipments and
sensors (http://www.engineersgarage.com/articles/sensors) that would prevent or at least
reduce the frequency of these routine checks. As a result of that, control systems and its various
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off springs like SCADA systems were formed. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA) offers the ease of monitoring of sensors placed at distances, from one central location.
History
Supervisory control first evolved
in electric utility systems when
a
need
to
substation
operate
remote
equipment
without
equipment
was
used
General Electric and Control Corporation too developed their own independent supervisory control
programs. These were used in pipelines, gas companies and even airports for runway landing
lights. These systems became popular during 1950 and 1965. By that time, i.e. in 1960s
Telemetry was developed for monitoring purposes. Before 1970s equipment was generally hard
wired as solid state devices were in birth and infancy stages. But with the advent of low cost
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computer technology, software and computers enabled the performing of the functions previously
done by technicians and operators sitting besides panel instruments and tone telemetry.
The first push was given by the 8 and 16 bit computers called minicomputers. The second was
the microprocessors, several years later. Computers offered flexibility in programming and
communicating with field data acquisition units that was previously being done by hard wired
equipments. This was the dawn of SCADA. Many organizations have been involved with the
standardization of SCADA systems since then, including the IEEE, American National Standards
Institute, Electric Power Research Institute, International Electrotechnical Commission, DNP3
Users group etc.
1.
SCADA Master Station Computer Systems: It is the repository of the real-time or near
real-time reported data collected from the remote terminal units connected to it. It is generally
standard computer hardware equipment and very few SCADA system suppliers have ventured out
to make their own computer equipment. A few companies like IBM and CDC did try making
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hardware for it, but the effort was short lived and commercial off-the-shelf computer products
continue to be the main stay. The back end SCADA software must be able to repeatedly poll the
RTUs for data values, should have software for their retrieval, storage and processing. The
processing may include unit conversion, cataloguing into tables etc.
2.
Human-Machine Interface: This is the eye candy part on the host station. The values that
computers
understandable and comprehensible form using HMIs. These may provide trending, diagnostic or
management information and detailed schematics and animations representing the current states
of the machines under its control. Pictorial representation being more understandable to humans
is the preferred form in SCADA HMIs.
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