Ishmael Jilani Control Systems Engineer
SCADA Systems Philosophy
Brief overview of SCADA systems philosophy.
SCADA System Design
  • Reusability of faceplates for consistent interfaces for operators.
  • Clear, intuitive, simple UI to user spec.
  • Complex operation for features such as mass data entry or recipie/operation management.
  • Reports and data on all aspects of operation
  • Master database as a single Source of truth.
  • Storing of data for analysis via statistical methods.
    • Technology Specific Skills
    SIEMENS HMI's and SCADA
  • Use of TIA openess for efficient development of HMI's
  • Use of scripts for recipies or other configuration control
  • Data management and storage for analysis or retrieval
  • Interfacing via Snap7 or OPC.
    • Factory Talk
  • Use of built in recipie and trends functions.
  • Scripting in VBA, or calls to batch files
    • More content and examples coming soon!