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SCADA & RTU Portal: Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
SCADA & RTU Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for SCADA Systems & RTUs with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers on SCADA and RTU hardware, communications and software. The role of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems continues to grow with requirements for more quality monitoring, efficiency monitoring, real-time OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), sub metering and alarm monitoring. RTU technology provides monitoring for remote locations operating wirelessly and using solar cells for power. Subscribe to our e-Newsletter or get the latest information on SCADA Systems & RTUs sent to your desktop as soon as they are published on this page.
Articles
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Building a perfect industrial telemetry system
By Moxa Explores the challenges of developing telemetric SCADA systems and covers the seven most important features to look for in selecting a GPRS solution. |
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SCADA goes long
- 02/16/10 InTech, February 2010 By Stuart Boyer SCADA uses long distance communication tools to allow an operator to monitor and control multiple processes spread across miles, but be careful of the functions you put on the communications link. |
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New HMI technologies in SCADA systems
- 01/24/10 Process and Control Engineering, January 2010 By Eduard van Loenen, Yokogawa Web-based SCADA visualisation will bring changes in the real-time presentation of information intelligence, enabling an evolution to a much more intuitive and advanced approach in process management. It will also make it easier to adapt to and to utilise application security and deployment techniques. |
White Papers
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Understanding and Minimizing Your HMI/SCADA System Security Gaps
By GE Intelligent Platforms Understanding and minimizing the security gaps in your HMI/SCADA system can be a challenge due to complex, multi-layered technologies. This white paper describes where vulnerabilities within an HMI/SCADA system may lie, and how companies can take proactive steps to address susceptible areas such as the software technology and communications elements through security-based software capabilities to protect their systems. |
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Secure OPC Tunneling: Know Your Options
By Software Toolbox & Cogent Real-Time Systems Anyone who has attempted to network OPC knows that it is challenging, at best. There are many options and solutions in the market that attempt to solve this challenge. This whitepaper shows how tunneling technologies solve the issues associated with networking OPC and what to look for in a tunneling product. |
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Video Transmission Using Cellular Gateways
By Greg Santos, Longwatch By using cellular technology, video can be transmitted from remote sites to HMI/SCADA systems at a relatively low cost. Includes guidelines on cellular services, how to set up a cellular system, and lists of resources. |
Application Stories
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Dynasonics wireless flow meters save water
- 02/03/10 The Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company replaced open ditch irrigation with a closed pipe system and Dynasonics wireless flow meters communicating to a SCADA system, and is saving 1,000 acre-feet of water per year. |
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What Wireless Network?
By Boss Automation The Cockrell Ranch Waterflood project in Texas recovers oil from wells that would have once been considered ‘tapped.’ Its SCADA system includes HMIs, PACs and PLCs from Rockwell Automation, and a wireless system from Prosoft Technology. |
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Monitoring the Grid
- 11/24/09 Automated Buildings, November 2009 By Camille Caron, Matrox Graphics Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (NIPCO) controls the 850 miles of transmission line in its service territory with a SCADA system from Open Systems International. |
Resources & Literature
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Semaphore adds SCADA video training to its web site
- 03/09/10
The video series provides tips and insights on making most of SCADA products. |
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Poll Question - How many different networks do you have in your facility?
How many different communication networks do you have implemented in factories and/or plants? The list of available networks includes, but is not limited to: Foundation Fieldbus, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, Interbus, AS-Interface, CanOpen, CC-Link, PROFINET, HART, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink, SERCOS, Modbus, LonWorks and DeviceNet. |
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Siemens Automation and Drives Interactive CD Catalog
The interactive catalog of Siemens Automation and Drives Business (CA01) gives you information on more than 80,000 products and systems used for industrial automation and control. |
Training & Seminars
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ISA Cyber Security for Automation, Control, and SCADA Systems
April 5 through May 28, 2010 This course is offered online and utilizes online training modules, additional text materials, online evaluations, and email discussions. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. Price: $1,210. |
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OPC Training Institute to provide training for Citect
- 05/31/09
OPCTI has been selected by Citect as its OPC training provider. |
Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Measurement Computing enhances free DAQ software
- 03/09/10
Enhancements in version 6.0 include 64-bit drivers and ULx (Universal Library Extensions) for National Instruments LabVIEW. It can be downloaded for free. |
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Control Microsystems adds video surveillance to ClearSCADA
- 02/28/10
When motion is detected, an alarm is raised and a video “snippet” is attached to the alarm message and sent to the central control site, showing what happened before and after the event. |
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Inductive Automation announces Ignition SCADA system
- 01/27/10
Ignition features unlimited tags, screens, and no-install clients deployed using Web-Launch technology. |
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Company & Organization News
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Semaphore signs Pericom AG as rep
- 03/15/10 Based in Germany, Pericom specializes in industrial PC, control, and networking products serving the building automation, energy, machine, and water utility markets. |
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ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
- 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors. |
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ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions. |
Project News
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OSI to supply SCADA system to Trinidad & Tobago
- 03/04/10 Open Systems International will supply a Distribution SCADA system intended to secure and modernize the national distribution grid of Trinidad & Tobago. |
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ABB to control power plant in Kazakhstan
- 01/16/10 Products to be supplied include power and distribution transformers, an 800xA power-plant control system, and a micro SCADA for real-time monitoring. |
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OSI to provide SCADA system to Tata Power in Mumbai
- 01/05/10 OSI will replace multiple, nodal SCADA systems that monitor and control district level grids, and provide a new Unified master system and Operator Training Simulator. |
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