SCADA & HMI Monitoring System
What is a SCADA Monitoring System?
SCADA Explained
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a system of software and hardware elements that allows industrial organizations to:
- Control industrial processes locally or at remote locations
- Monitor, gather, and process real-time data
- Directly interact with devices such as sensors, valves, pumps, motors, and more through human-machine interface (HMI) software
- Record events into a log file
SCADA systems are crucial for industrial organizations since they help to maintain efficiency, process data for smarter decisions, and communicate system issues to help mitigate downtime.
The basic SCADA architecture begins with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or remote terminal units (RTUs). PLCs and RTUs are microcomputers that communicate with an array of objects such as factory machines, HMIs, sensors, and end devices, and then route the information from those objects to computers with SCADA software. The SCADA software processes, distributes, and displays the data, helping operators and other employees analyze the data and make important decisions.
For example, the SCADA system quickly notifies an operator that a batch of product is showing a high incidence of errors. The operator pauses the operation and views the SCADA system data via an HMI to determine the cause of the issue. The operator reviews the data and discovers that Machine 4 was malfunctioning. The SCADA system’s ability to notify the operator of an issue helps him to resolve it and prevent further loss of product.
HMI Defined
A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is a user interface or dashboard that connects a person to a machine, system, or device. While the term can technically be applied to any screen that allows a user to interact with a device, HMI is most commonly used in the context of an industrial process.
Although HMI is the most common term for this technology, it is sometimes referred to as Man-Machine Interface (MMI), Operator Interface Terminal (OIT), Local Operator Interface (LOI), or Operator Terminal (OT). HMI and Graphical User Interface (GUI) are similar but not synonymous: GUIs are often leveraged within HMIs for visualization capabilities.
In industrial settings, HMIs can be used to:
- Visually display data
- Track production time, trends, and tags
- Oversee KPIs
- Monitor machine inputs and outputs
- And more
Similar to how you would interact with your air-conditioning system to check and control the temperature in your house, a plant-floor operator might use an HMI to check and control the temperature of an industrial water tank, or to see if a certain pump in the facility is currently running.
HMIs come in a variety of forms, from built-in screens on machines, to computer monitors, to tablets, but regardless of their format or which term you use to refer to them, their purpose is to provide insight into mechanical performance and progress.
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Having more than 38 years of experience in Industrial Automation, Precision Control Thailand used its knowledge and experience to design and build customized SCADA systems to monitor the entire plant activities as well as tracking the daily generation of electricity from the solar power plants.
Having to advance and upgrade at every stage of our development, we have managed to configure 5 generations of monitoring systems for solar power plants. This is possible with the vast experience that we have garnered with our total installations of more then 180 MW at various plants with different PV panels and Inverter configurations.
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- Integration of various hardware/systems
- Switch Gear Control
- String Level Indication
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Having more than 38 years of experience in Industrial Automation, Precision Control Thailand used its knowledge and experience to design and build customized SCADA systems to monitor the entire plant activities as well as tracking the daily generation of electricity from the solar power plants.
Having to advance and upgrade at every stage of our development, we have managed to configure 5 generations of monitoring systems for solar power plants. This is possible with the vast experience that we have garnered with our total installations of more then 180 MW at various plants with different PV panels and Inverter configurations.
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