Scada - ICP DAS USA ET-7000 Series User Manual

Chapter 8 SCADA

8. SCADA

stands for Supervisor Control And Data Acquisition. It is a production automation
SCADA
and control system based on PCs
SCADA is wildly used in many fields e.g. power generation, water systems, the oil industry,
and chemistry, the automobile industry. Different fields require different functions, but they
all have the common features:
Graphic interface
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Process mimicing
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Real time and historic trend data
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Alarm system
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Data acquisition and recording
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Data analysis
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Report generator
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Accessing ET-7000 devices using SCADA software
SCADA software is able to access ET-7000 devices using Modbus communication
protocols, and can communicate without the need for other software drivers.
Famous SCADA software:
Citect, ICONICS, iFIX, InduSoft, Intouch, Entivity Studio, Entivity Live, Entivity VLC,
Trace Mode, Wizcon, Wonderware ... etc
In the following sections 3 popular brands of SCADA software are introduced together
with the detailed instructions in how use them to communicate with ET-7000 series
module using the Modbus/TCP protocol.
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