How PLCs and SCADA Systems Work Together
Automation World
MARCH 26, 2024
Common questions about the distinctions between PLCs and SCADA systems, their integration, and the differences between SCADA and Distributed Control Systems.
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Hot Control Engineering DCS and SCADA articles in 2022
Control Engineering
MARCH 8, 2023
Control Engineering top 5 articles online about DCS and SCADA posted over the last year covered SCADA migration, DCS changes, the top 10 modern SCADA system features and more. Also: See additional DCS and SCADA stories here. Enable workers with advanced HMI/SCADA capabilities after migration.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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Controls system integrator: Always something to learn with PLCs, HMI, SCADA
Control Engineering
JANUARY 30, 2023
System Integrator Insights Work includes developing and commissioning programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems Experiences in control panel fabrication shop, learning control systems, influence views on technology and supply chain challenges.
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SCADA Survey Yields Interesting Results
Gary Mintchell
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I found this an interesting survey from Control Engineering (CFE Media). It ran a survey of its readers about SCADA. Responding to “SCADA helps you to…” most responses were operational—maintenance and uptime. Whose SCADA software do you use? They received 135 responses from the USA. Some of the results were surprising.
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Emerson Adds Software to its DeltaV Automation Platform
Gary Mintchell
APRIL 15, 2024
Now, they’ve announced the new DeltaV Automation Platform adds SCADA, MES and operations management software technologies. Navigating this increased complexity requires seamless mobility of data, reliable performance and advanced control strategies from the plant floor to the corporate boardroom.
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OEE, Sustainability and the Shop Floor to Cloud Connection
Automation World
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Emerson highlights its pneumatics, power supplies, SCADA/HMI, controllers and software in its Floor to Cloud portfolio for a variety of data analysis applications.
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DCS vs. SCADA: What’s the Difference?
Control.com
APRIL 3, 2024
Controlling and optimizing plant processes is the goal of most control systems. It can be a challenge to distinguish between different types of control: a DCS or a high-level SCADA system?
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Leverage SCADA for Digital Transformation
Automation World
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
With a grasp on the technology components of supervisory control and data acquisition systems, industry can better use SCADA modernization as a key component of automated data collection.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: December 5-11, 2022
Control Engineering
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered HMI and SCADA systems, MQTT, SI Giants, real-time data and more. HMI/SCADA systems: Upgrade your migration. When upgrading human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software, don’t just create a new version of the old.
Emerson's Floor to Cloud System
Automation World
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
This group of Emerson technologies includes Aventics pneumatics, Branson power supplies, Movicon SCADA/HMI, and PACEdge and PACSystems controllers and software.
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7 ways SCADA software can advance IIoT implementations, if you do it right
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Learning Objectives Understand how modern SCADA software upgrades bring advantages, benefits to industrial applications, north, south and across the enterprise. Learn how SCADA integration and applications have improved with tighter and faster configuration and connections. More industrial integration for SCADA 1.
Are you applying these seven SCADA innovations?
Control Engineering
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Learning Objectives Learn why the importance of SCADA systems has grown in the era of Industry 4.0. Explore strategies for justifying investment in a new SCADA system. Discover seven innovative SCADA features to improve your operation. SCADA Insights Interest and investment in SCADA systems has grown in the era of Industry 4.0
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How HMI, SCADA architecture are meeting evolving operations
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Process control technology has rapidly evolved over the last decade to incorporate new capabilities and requirements such as remote access, cloud, and mobility. Wilbert and Brost also will examine HMI and SCADA architectures and the concept of SCADA as a service and what it can bring for people working in the operations room.
SCADA’s role in Industry 4.0, manufacturing applications
Control Engineering
JULY 31, 2023
SCADA insights SCADA systems have evolved significantly with the rise of IT/OT convergence and Industry 4.0. goals, modern SCADA systems must provide advanced functionalities and flexible data access for informed decision-making. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems as we knew them are gone.
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Your questions answered: HMI/SCADA architecture considerations to meet evolving operations
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Improving human-machine interface and supervisory control and data acquisition (HMI/SCADA) infrastructure was the focus of an October 18 Control Engineering webcast, “ HMI/SCADA architecture considerations to meet evolving operations ,” included questions from the audience listening live. And what has helped sway them?
Top 5 Control Engineering content: December 26 to January 1, 2023
Control Engineering
JANUARY 1, 2023
Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered solar cell technology, MQTT, HMI and SCADA systems and more. HMI/SCADA systems: Upgrade your migration. When upgrading human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software, don’t just create a new version of the old.
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Hot Control Engineering HMI, OI articles in 2023
Control Engineering
AUGUST 10, 2023
Control Engineering top 5 articles online about human-machine interfaces and operator interfaces (HMIs/OIs) published in the last year include stories on HMI migration, HMI and edge computing capabilities, what engineers can learn from HMIs and more. Enable workers with advanced HMI/SCADA capabilities after migration.
Advanced SCADA Systems: Enhancing Efficiency in Industrial Operations
Gil Automation
AUGUST 25, 2023
What are SCADA systems and how do they work? SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems are advanced technological solutions used in industrial operations to monitor and control various processes. Why are SCADA systems important? How do SCADA systems enhance efficiency?
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Ignition SCADA Software: What are Tags and How are They Used?
Control.com
JUNE 14, 2023
An introduction to the various tag types used within one of the leading supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software powering IIoT, HMI, and I4.0 applications: Ignition by Inductive Automation.
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Control Engineering hot topics, December 2022
Control Engineering
JANUARY 2, 2023
Hot topics in Control Engineering, for December 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included HMI/SCADA systems and solutions, MQTT, SI Giants and System Integrator of the Year winners. HMI/SCADA systems: Upgrade your migration. Enable workers with advanced HMI/SCADA capabilities after migration.
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PLC, SCADA upgrades improve fermentation process for winery
Control Engineering
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
Outdated controls can pose many operational challenges. Companies that operate with outdated controls often experience frequent downtime, expensive or obsolete hardware replacement parts, or few personnel with knowledge to perform maintenance on legacy systems. – Automation Group is a CFE Media and Technology content partner.
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More answers on new SCADA features and functions
Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Learning Objectives Explore audience questions from a Control Engineering webcast on new SCADA features and functions. SCADA Insights Interest and investment in SCADA systems has grown in the era of Industry 4.0 SCADA Insights Interest and investment in SCADA systems has grown in the era of Industry 4.0
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Improving efficiency through algorithmic production scheduling
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Discover how integrating ERP, SCADA and MES platforms can help uncover possible production optimizations. What types of automation, controls or instrumentation were involved? The newly created/adjusted optimal schedule is then pushed back to the ERP/SCADA system for execution. Courtesy: Control Engineering, Polytron Q6.
Top 10 modern SCADA system features
Control Engineering
AUGUST 24, 2022
SCADA Insights. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems can gather and interpret data from many different systems. A modern SCADA system should be IoT ready as well as provide real-time information in a clean manner that can be easily interpreted on the screen. Top 10 features of a SCADA system.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: October 30-November 6 2023
Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week include SCADA software, digital transformation and Honeywell Connect 1. Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week include SCADA software, digital transformation and Honeywell Connect 1. low-cost feedback loops) to do it.
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Control Engineering hot topics, January 2023
Control Engineering
JANUARY 31, 2023
Hot topics in Control Engineering, for December 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included control system management, industrial robot trends, MQTT, most-viewed Control Engineering stories in 2022 and more. Enable workers with advanced HMI/SCADA capabilities after migration. Links to each article below.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: November 28 to December 4, 2022
Control Engineering
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered November hot topics, System Integrator of the Year winners, sustainable SCADA solutions and SI Giants. Control Engineering hot topics, November 2022. Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage.
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Maintenance Support Services for Wellhead SCADA Systems
Gil Automation
OCTOBER 2, 2023
What are Wellhead SCADA Systems? A Wellhead SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system is a crucial component in the oil and gas industry. It is responsible for monitoring and controlling various operations at well sites, such as pressure, temperature, flow rates, and equipment status.
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Control Engineering
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered sustainable SCADA, sustaining SI support, HMI and SCADA systems, SI Giants and SIY winners. Developing a sustainable SCADA solution for global agribusiness. HMI/SCADA systems: Upgrade your migration. Links to each article below.
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Are you applying edge computing technologies properly?
Control Engineering
AUGUST 4, 2023
Learning Objectives Understand how edge computing can benefits ERP, SCADA applications. Edge computing insights Edge computing can help enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications. Learn from how edge computing was applied in a chemical plant.
Emerson Adds Wind Power Technolgy
Gary Mintchell
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Emerson’s wind turbine control software and expertise combined with TYHI wind turbines will deliver green energy to over 35 million residents located in Beijing and other Northern China cities. The technology includes Emerson’s wind turbine controls and SCADA software.
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Controllers through the ages
Control Engineering
AUGUST 27, 2022
Controllers through time have evolved technologically, thus changing how we use them. Different control systems, like PLCs, are now capable of multiple functions and purposes, and are now more data-oriented. The development of PLC technology has made it easier to integrate these controllers with other technology.
Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 22-28, 2022
Control Engineering
AUGUST 29, 2022
Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered 5G, SCADA, programming, cybersecurity advice and more. Top 10 modern SCADA system features. Morgan Green, associate editor, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology, mgreen@cfemedia.com. Links to each article below.
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Control Engineering hot topics, February 2023
Control Engineering
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Hot topics in Control Engineering, for February 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included VFD parameters, Microsoft DCOM, superconductivity, control systems and more. Enable workers with advanced HMI/SCADA capabilities after migration. See five tips for optimizing HMI/SCADA screens.
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AVEVA Launches 2023 Operations Control Software
Gary Mintchell
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has launched the 2023 release of its operations control software, the first major coordinated release of its HMI/SCADA software portfolio, available in both perpetual and subscription purchases. And, just what is Operations Control?
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 29-September 4, 2022
Control Engineering
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered Industry 4.0, 5G, SCADA, programming and mergers. Top 10 modern SCADA system features. The post Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 29-September 4, 2022 appeared first on Control Engineering. Links to each article below.
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Beckhoff Unveils Next-Gen C6040 IPC: Optimizing AI, Motion, and HMI
Control.com
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Beckhoff has added the C6040-0090 line of IPC controllers, featuring the next generation of Intel multi-core processors to upgrade motion, vision, AI, and SCADA applications.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: July 11-17, 2022
Control Engineering
JULY 18, 2022
Control Engineering‘s top 5 content over the past week covered PLC programming, HMI and SCADA software, IIoT optimization, HMI limits and fired equipment standards. While the programmable logic controller (PLC) is very important, the programming inside the controller is just as critical and can be overlooked.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: August 14-August 20 2023
Control Engineering
AUGUST 21, 2023
Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered SCADA, PLC programming and more. SCADA’s role in Industry 4.0, manufacturing applications Data plays a vital role in the digitalization of industrial facilities and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems will be at the center.
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Top 5 Control Engineering content: October 24-30, 2022
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered PLC programming, MES integration, device lifecycle management and more. Programmable logic controller (PLC) programming is often done to resolve an immediate problem, but this can lead to long-term issues, particularly if the original programmer isn’t around.
Hot topics in Control Engineering for 2022
Control Engineering
JANUARY 13, 2023
Understand how Control Engineering hot topics for 2022 were selected. See top 3 covers as selected by the Control Engineering creative director. Also see top 3 covers below with and top 10 Control Engineering articles posted prior to 2022. Top 10 articles posted in Control Engineering during 2022. Learning Objectives.
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Wireless Wellhead - Telemetry & Remote SCADA Solutions
Gil Automation
OCTOBER 5, 2023
A wireless wellhead is a technological solution that enables remote monitoring and control of wellheads in the oil and gas industry. It utilizes wireless communication technology to transmit data from wellheads to a central control system, eliminating the need for manual intervention at the site. What is a Wireless Wellhead?
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SCADA upgrade without downtime: Golden project results
Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Hall, discusses gold mine SCADA modernization and COVID-19 vaccination process controls. Hall included SCADA project at a gold mine and process automation for a COVID-19 vaccination manufacturer. Hall, Control Engineering and Plant Engineering (CFE Media and Technology) System Integrator of the Year for 2023.
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Emerson Exchange 2022
Gary Mintchell
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The control and automation market I’ve been in since the late 90s has definitely become a software market. Yes, the main players that remain do still have their legacy controllers, instrumentation, sensors, and networking. The excitement that remains is mainly software and services. It really is all about the data. Movicon.NExT 4.2
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