DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : Sri.E. BABU
Designation : Lecturer
Branch: : Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Institute : S.G.P.R. Govt. Polytechnic, Kurnool.
Year/Semester: VI Semester.
Subject : IE , PLC AND SCADA .
Subject code :AEI-602.
Topic : SCADA.
Duration : 50 mts.
Sub Topic : Introduction to SCADA
Teaching Aids: Animations, Diagrams.
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 Objectives

On the completion of this topic, you would be

able to know

• What does SCADA mean

• Features of SCADA

• Architecture of SCADA

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 What does SCADA mean

• SCADA stands for Supervisory Control And Data

acquisition.

• As the name indicates, it is not a full control, system

but rather focuses on the supervisory level.

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 What does SCADA mean…

• It is a purely software package that is placed on

top of hardware used to

– Acquire data from process to which it is interfaced, in

general via Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), or
other commercial hardware modules
– Graphical display the current and past states of process
variables through computer screens & printed reports to
control the process.
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 Features of SCADA…

• Data acquisition and display

Store binary & analog data into process data

base

• Alarm & Events

record important changes and operator

actions

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 Features of SCADA…

• History data base

keep a record of the process values

• Measurand processing

calculate derived values (limit supervision, trending)

• Logging & reporting

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 Features of SCADA…

•Human Machine Interface (HMI):

graphical object state presentation, lists, reports

• Operator Command handling

binary commands, set points
recipes, batches, scripts (command procedures)

• Interfacing to planning & analysis functions: CMMS, …

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 Features of SCADA…

process Trends and history

Fig.1

alarms and events

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 Architecture of SCADA

Hardware architecture

Fig.2
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 Architecture of SCADA…

• Two basic layers in a SCADA system:

• The "client layer" which caters for the man machine

interaction

• The "data server layer" which handles most of the

process data control activities.

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 Architecture of SCADA…

• The data servers communicate with devices in the

field through process controllers, e.g. PLCs, are
connected to the data servers either directly or via
networks or field buses.

• Data servers are connected to each other and to client

stations via an Ethernet LAN.

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 Software architecture of SCADA

Fig.3 AEI602.66 12
 Software architecture of SCADA…

• SCADA client
SCADA server
SCADA development environment

• Communication is carried on a publish-subscribe and

event driven bases with the use of TCP/IP protocol.

• These multi tasking are carried out based on RTDB in

servers.

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 Software architecture of SCADA…

• Servers are responsible for data acquisition & data

handling

• ODBC interface to the data in the archive/logs

• A library of APIs supporting C, C++, and VB to access

data in RTDB, logs and archives.

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 Software architecture of SCADA…

• Alarm handling is based on limit, status checking

performed in the servers.

• Logging is a medium term storage of data on disk.

• Archiving is long term storage of data either on disk or

permanent storage medium.

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 Software architecture of SCADA…

• Logging of data is only initiated if the value changes.

• Logged data can be transferred to an archive

once the log is filled.

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 Software architecture of SCADA…

• The concept of recipe is that a particular system

configuration can be saved to a file and reloaded later.

• A graphics editor has facilities of developing symbols

and can import predefined symbol from library.

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Example of SCADA system

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 Summary

We have discussed about

• SCADA definition

• Features of SCADA

• Architecture of SCADA

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 Quiz

1.How many layers are present in hardware

architecture of SCADA
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d) 1

Ans.b

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 Quiz

2. Acronym of SCADA _______________ .

Ans: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

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 Frequently Asked Questions

2. What is SCADA ? Explain the function of SCADA.

4. Explain the hardware architecture of SCADA.

6. Explain the software architecture of SCADA.

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