Reader small image

You're reading from  Industrial Automation from Scratch

Product typeBook
Published inJun 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781800569386
Edition1st Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Olushola Akande
Olushola Akande
author image
Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
Read more about Olushola Akande

Right arrow

SCADA software

This is software that can be used to create the interface (GUI) required to monitor and control the industrial equipment and perform all necessary configurations. It is usually installed on a central host computer, where monitoring and control operations will be carried out.

Common SCADA software includes the following:

  • WinCC by Siemens
  • FactoryTalk View by Rockwell Automation
  • InTouch by Wonderware
  • iFix by General Electric
  • Citect SCADA by Schneider
  • mySCADA

We are going to use one of the preceding SCADA software (mySCADA) in this chapter to learn how SCADA works, and to understand its basic configuration and wiring for a simple system.

mySCADA is powerful SCADA software that runs on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supports various PLCs, including S7-1200, S7-1500, S7-300, S7-400, ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micrologix 1200, Micrologix 1400, Micrologix 1500, SLC 500, PLC 5, Omron PLCs, and Melsec-Q.

It basically consists...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Industrial Automation from Scratch
Published in: Jun 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781800569386

Author (1)

author image
Olushola Akande

Olushola Akande is an industrial automation and robotics expert with over 10 years of experience in the design and development of automation and robotics-related projects. He is an industrial automation trainer and consultant with a passion for driving industries to achieve greater results by doing work more accurately with less effort of human control. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Showlight Technologies Limited, an industrial automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) training and servicing company in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a member of the Schneider Electric team involved in the installation of Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSSs), which includes high-integrity PLCs, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and distributed control systems (DCSs) at the largest oil refinery in Africa (Dangote Oil Refinery) at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, Nigeria.
Read more about Olushola Akande