Articles & News on SCADA & RTU

Sampol chooses Advanticsys to automate meter reading effort

  • January 26, 2017
  • News

Sampol, as DHC operator, requested a solution for remotely collecting meters data previously installed. Advanticsys deployed a system based on its datalogger MPC-330 with M-Bus interfaces to read data from Kamstrup meters.

Empowering the Workforce to Control the Future of Automation

  • January 19, 2017
  • Feature

By Peter Martin, Schneider Electric Process Automation Connected products are expected to approach 30 billion by 2020, with utilities, telecommunications and manufacturing as the top three verticals using IoT. The revolution is that finally companies have the real opportunity to move from managing their business to actually controlling it.

Is MES On Its Way Out?

  • January 17, 2017
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The convergence of IT and OT is one of the more fascinating trends that has spawned many discussions throughout the industrial space., but does it sound the death knell for Manufacturing Execution Systems?

Hilscher announces IIoT Solutions Marketing Cooperation with Cirrus Link Solutions and Inductive Aut

  • January 11, 2017
  • News

The IIoT Solutions Marketing Cooperation is intended to support sales of high value Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to industrial automation markets.

Preferred Utilities turns to Ocean Data Systems' Dream Report to enhance performance monitoring

  • December 29, 2016
  • Case Study

Preferred Utilities is a source for products and services in the area boiler instrumentation and controls, burners and fuel management systems across North America.

OSI helps Oklahoma electric cooperative automate distribution management

  • December 14, 2016
  • News

Central Electric Cooperative's DMS includes OSI's.NET-based Graphical User Interface (GUI); Calculation and Scripting Subsystem; Real-time and Historical Trending; Disturbance Data Collection; Data Engineering and Maintenance Subsystem and more.

Alaskan electric company chooses OSI to implement SCADA and energy management system

  • December 12, 2016
  • News

The SCADA/EMS system is intended to allow GVEA to fulfill existing needs for Generation and Energy Management, as well as provide a platform that can be adapted to future requirements for Distribution Management

WSCAD releases expanded electrical CAD data library

  • December 1, 2016
  • News

Over 140,000 updated parts, data and new records were added in 2016, including several from manufacturers such as BALLUFF, DRAGO, Phoenix Contact, and Siemens.

Senix helps Murray Irrigation automate level measurement

  • November 30, 2016
  • Case Study

Murray Irrigation, Australia's largest privately owned irrigation company, is automating its 3,000 kilometers of gravity-fed irrigation channels in New South Wales with over 2,200 Senix ToughSonic REMOTE 14 ultrasonic sensors

Opto 22 announces joining of Dell IoT Solutions Partner Program

  • November 30, 2016
  • News

This combination brings together a hardware platform, data visualization for mobile and web clients, industrial automation protocol support including Modbus/TCP and OPC UA, and data flow processing with software development environments like Node-RED.

OSI to deliver distribution management system to Ottawa power company

  • May 3, 2017
  • News

Hydro Ottawa transports power from the provincial electricity grid across a distribution network comprised of 85 distribution stations, 2,700 kilometers of underground lines, 29,000 kilometers of overhead lines, 45,000 transformers, and 48,000 hydro poles.

Schneider Electric helps Philippines power company optimize smart grid operations

  • April 11, 2017
  • Case Study

NGCP is responsible for delivering safe and reliable power to customers in the Philippines over more than 21,000 circuit kilometers of transmission lines. Cost, resource and energy optimization pressure drove NGCP to invest further in their Schneider Electric solution

Automated Control Concepts announces new CEO and President

  • April 10, 2017
  • News

Automated Control Concepts, Inc (ACC), announced that key executive team members have been promoted to advanced roles within the company as the company founder, Robert Tomasetta, retires from the operational role he has held for 34 years to serve as Chairman of the Board.

OSI to provide SCADA system for Michigan utility company

  • March 31, 2017
  • News

Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a contract by Great Lakes Energy (GLE) for a SCADA and Distribution Management System (DMS) based on OSI's monarch (Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture) platform.

Open Systems International (OSI) announces strategic partnership with DC Systems

  • March 30, 2017
  • News

The collaboration is designed to offer customers enhanced features, coordinated system-wide control, and data integration from legacy SCADA environments to new enterprise-wide solutions.

Bedrock Automation boosts industrial control for Arkansas town's water and sewer system

  • March 28, 2017
  • Case Study

The Bedrock controller is part of an integrated plantwide SCADA system. Users connect to that system via Ignition software from Inductive Automation. Ignition is an industrial applications platform that coordinates control and data acquisition for all plant PLCs and remote transfer units (RTUs).

Adams Group chooses Inductive Automation's Ignition for SCADA in vegetable oil plant

  • March 27, 2017
  • Case Study

For supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) in its vegetable oil and grain plants, Adams uses Ignition by Inductive Automation. Ignition is an industrial applications platform with fully integrated tools for building SCADA, manufacturing execution system (MES), and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions.

ARC Forum Wrap Up: Finding the Balance Between Connectivity and Security

  • March 10, 2017
  • Feature

By Cory Fogg, Automation.com The February 6-9 event provided an atmosphere buzzing over the potential that the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and connected technology are bringing to today’s industry.

Schneider Electric partners with ENGIE to digitize energy sector

  • February 28, 2017
  • News

The two will explore and deploy new digital solutions for operational efficiency of renewable assets (wind and solar PV), leveraging Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Historian and related application software powered by Schneider Electric’s Wonderware brand.

The New Era of Automation Architectures: What does it mean for users?

  • February 27, 2017
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The application of revolutionary new concepts and technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor advances, embedded controllers, and improving technology, are rapidly changing automation architectures.