What is SCADA?
SCADA (pronounced skay-dah) is an acronym that stands for “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.” At its most basic level, a SCADA system is a framework – including both hardware and software components – that’s used for controlling, monitoring and analyzing an industrial process in real-time. SCADA systems bring together dispersed control assets that need to work as one.
SCADA systems differentiate themselves from the more general “Industrial Control Systems (ICS)” by handling large-scale processes that can include multiple sites and long distances. They also differ from DCS (Distributed Control Systems) for similar reasons.
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Ignition Platform and Batch Expert+:
The Next Generation In Web-Based Real-Time SCADA Software
Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform provides the framework for deploying our real-time SCADA system, Batch Expert+. Batch Expert+ is designed for laboratories that perform experiments to develop and understand biological processes.
Batch Expert+ allows you to manage all your bioreactors or fermenters in one place by offering:
| • Recipe management | • Charting | • Alarming |
| • Data logging | • Historian | • Dashboard |
| • Customized development | • Remote support | • Unlimited client connections |
Batch Expert+ SCADA Architecture
