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ALEOS 4.2.3 User Guide
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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) describes solutions across a
large variety of industries and is used in industrial and engineering applications to
monitor and control distributed systems from a master location. SCADA
encompasses multiple RTUs, a central control room with a host computer (or
network), and some sort of communication infrastructure.
SCADA allows for “supervisory” control of remote devices as well as acquiring
data from the remote locations. Programmable Logic Controllers allow for a
higher degree of automated SCADA.
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is a small industrial computer which
generally monitors several connected sensor inputs and controls attached
devices (motor starters, solenoids, pilot lights/displays, speed drives, valves, etc.)
according to a user-created program stored in its memory. Containing inputs and
outputs similar to an RTU, PLCs are frequently used for typical relay control,
sophisticated motion control, process control, Distributed Control System, and
complex networking.
Modbus TCP/IP
Modbus TCP/IP simply takes the Modbus instruction set and wraps TCP/IP
around it. Since TCP/IP is the communications standard for the Internet and most
networked computers, this provides a simpler installation. Modbus TCP/IP uses
standard Ethernet equipment.
Modbus on UDP
When Sierra Wireless AirLink devices are used in place of radios, one AirLink
device is connected to the central station (host) and one AirLink device is
connected to each remote unit. When the AirLink device is configured for Modbus
with UDP, the AirLink device connected to the host can store a list of IP addresses
or names with matching IDs. When the host at the central station sends serial
data as a poll request, the AirLink device at the host matches the RTU ID to a
corresponding IP of an AirLink device at a remote unit. A UDP packet is
assembled encapsulating the RTU ID and serial data transmitted from the host.
The UDP packet is then transmitted to the specific AirLink device at the remote
unit matching the RTU ID. The remote AirLink device then disassembles the
packet before transmitting the RTU ID and serial data to the remote unit. The
remote units operate in normal UDP mode, and their data is sent to the host via
the remote AirLink device and host AirLink device.
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