An industrial control system used to monitor, control and acquire data from geographically distributed assets and processes.
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is an industrial automation system that enables operators to monitor, control and collect operational data from geographically distributed equipment, facilities and processes. SCADA systems integrate field devices, remote terminal units, communication networks and operator interfaces to support real-time operational monitoring and supervisory control.
SCADA systems provide centralized monitoring, supervisory control and data acquisition for distributed industrial operations.
SCADA systems are widely used to monitor and control geographically distributed infrastructure and commonly integrate with historians, Plant Information Management Systems, enterprise systems and OPC-based communication architectures.
SCADA provides supervisory monitoring and control of distributed assets, whereas a Process Control System primarily controls equipment within a local process facility.
Industrial Automation; Control Systems; Information Management.
Utilities.; Pipelines.; Oil and gas.; Power generation.; Water and wastewater.
IEC 60870; IEC 62443; IEC 62541
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