Understanding The Underlying Systems

If you have been into the world of software, there is a good possibility you might have heard about SCADA. While it is not an everyday software, it finds a lot of relevance in the field of data acquisition. SCADA is a popular software in the world of software and finds widespread utility in data acquisition and related fields. To understand what SCADA is, Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture that uses computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level process supervisory management, but uses other peripheral devices such as programmable logic controllers and discrete PID controllers to interface to the process plant or machinery. A lot of companies use SCADA systems to get their work done. A lot of work finds their applications done specifically through the SCADA system.

We can learn more about it by going into a little more detail

·         There are a lot of companies in the world which employ these systems. They not only make the infrastructure more robust, but also a lot of value to the supply chain. Once this has been done, SCADA systems also find multiple usages in a number of fields. You can check out its multiple usages case scenarios by comparing the information given above. It is software like this that is helping companies grow and progress in a rapid manner. It helps to maintain all this information if you intend to implement SCADA in your own work systems. It can prove to be quite beneficial for your company.

·         An important part of most SCADA implementation is alarm handling. The system monitors whether certain alarm conditions are satisfied, to determine when an alarm event has occurred. Once an alarm event has been detected, one or more actions are taken (such as the activation of one or more alarm indicators, and perhaps the generation of email or text messages so that management or remote SCADA operators are informed). In many cases, a SCADA operator may have to acknowledge the alarm event; this may deactivate some alarm indicators, whereas other indicators remain active until the alarm conditions are cleared. Alarm conditions can be explicit—for example, an alarm point is a digital status point that has either the value NORMAL or ALARM that is calculated by a formula based on the values in other analogue and digital points—or implicit: the SCADA system might automatically monitor whether the value in an analogue point lies outside high and low- limit values associated with that point.

The SCADA concept was developed as a universal means of remote access to a variety of local control modules, which could be from different manufacturers allowing access through standard automation protocols. In practice, SCADA system has grown to become very similar to distributed control systems function, but using multiple means of interfacing with the plant. They can control large-scale processes that can include multiple sites, and work over large distances. It is one of the most commonly-used types of industrial control systems; however, there are concerns about SCADA systems being vulnerable to cyberwarfare/cyberterrorism attacks. That said they are still extremely popular among all software experts. This is primarily due to its diversity with which it is capable of executing the most complicated tasks.

Hey myself Archer Finch. Even though I took extra care about my systems, but still it was more prone to hacking. With the introduction of the SCADA systems, my system is now very much safe from all sorts of threats, as most of the SCADA system are connected to web based portals or products.