SCADA
Hydrologic MGP System’s telemetry and SCADA systems monitor and control field operations across a widely dispersed infrastructure. From simple reservoir-level measurements and pipeline monitoring to emerging ERP-integrated optimization initiatives, our wired and wireless remote site offers help you keep up with regulations, rapid technology changes and industrial trends.
We as well go more further and offer software for telemetry and remote, mobile systems and applications that can help automatically control operations simply and efficiently, there has never been an easier way of improving the functionality of your business.
Why choose Hydrologic MGP System’s telemetry units?
Hydrologic MGP Systems recognizes that our customers’ time should be focused on their line of business — whether that’s supplying energy, managing transport systems, or delivering medical care. That’s why we offer flexible and customizable telemetry solutions, adaptable to your particular needs.
Hydrologic MGP System’s tailor-made telemetry software and hardware solutions are designed for optimal processing and reporting of telemetry data. That includes delivering centralized automatic measuring system software for our dataloggers, measuring instruments like remote telemetry units (RTUs), and configuration tools that are designed to help you better manage and control telemetry systems and telemetry data.
These capabilities are offered alongside Hydrologic MGP System’s complete SCADA applications.
How Do SCADA Systems Work?
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a system that aims to monitor and control field devices at your remote sites. SCADA systems are critical as it helps maintain efficiency by collecting and processing real-time data.
SCADA is a centralized system that monitors and controls the entire area. This supervisory system gathers data on the process and sends the commands control to the process.
The main goal of our supervisory system is to monitor and control equipment in the industrial processes for companies in the public and private sectors. As a matter of fact, in today's world, there are SCADA systems almost everywhere. This includes industrial plants, manufacturing, transportation, oil and gas, power distribution, water control and many more.
Let's dive deeper into SCADA functions and the components that make SCADA operations possible.
SCADA Functions
The SCADA system performs several functions that allow for proper management of remote facilities. The following are the core functions of a SCADA system.
Data Acquisition
The collection of SCADA data frequently involves some kind of analog to digital conversion. Temperature is converted to degrees Celsius. Transmit signal strength is converted to dBm. Channel quality is measured in errored seconds.
Networked Data Communication
The collected data is transmitted either spontaneously or in response to a request for data to some kind of upstream consolidator or master. The communication channel can be analog (T202, POTS) or digital (RS485, TCP/IP). SCADA network topology typically also includes some kind of transport validation independent of any content validation.
Data Presentation
The collected data is processed, organized and presented for system operators to make appropriate response and control decisions. The presentation can vary from tabular presentation of logged events to graphical presentation against mapping or image backgrounds.
Control
If control decisions are warranted and the system supports output, appropriate commands can be dispatched to affect specific operational or configuration changes. Most control actions are performed by RTUs and PLCs.