ScadaFest by Trihedral includes three training days and two conference days, March 17-21. Nine SCADA trends, how automation creates a better world and six Toyota SCADA requirements were among last year’s coverage. Link to more.
Trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software include easy-to-use SCADA features, wider SCADA benefits and broader industrial use of SCADA, as explained at last year’s ScadaFest by Trihedral.
This year’s ScadaFest, March 17-21, begins with three days of training followed by two days of trends and discussions, including new SCADA features, SCADA integration with industrial communications, SCADA resiliency and load balancing, SCADA software as a service and industrial software development lifecycle, along with the “Developers’ Den” area for experts to share SCADA application knowledge.
Additional SCADA topics include best practices for new SCADA systems, massive data sharing, SCADA alarm optimization, SCADA cybersecurity, SCADA use of the new OPC-UA Publisher, SCADA configuration and debugging, smarter SCADA historians, SCADA recipes and awards.
Last year’s SCADA lessons
Lessons shared at last year’s ScadaFest by Trihedral include the following.
Advancements in SCADA software include cost-effective licensing, all-in-one installation, redundancy and load distribution across multiple servers, built-in alarms, trending, analysis, reports, libraries and thin-client connectivity with unlimited concurrent users, as explained at the 2024 VTScada conference keynote session.
Key SCADA features in VTScada by Trihedral include scalability for systems of any size, advanced cybersecurity and acceptance for use in critical industries, explained Glenn Wadden, president, Trihedral, a Delta Group company, and Barry Baker, vice president, Trihedral, and president of U.S. Trihedral.
Best practices from Toyota’s SCADA use: For monitoring equipment health, for instance, SCADA software screens can help investigate issues, troubleshoot and develop countermeasures, according to Jesse Daniels, engineering manager-maintenance and spare parts new model, Toyota Motor North America. As more areas transfer from paper to digital workflows, he said, the SCADA software implementation helps to show people possibilities for troubleshooting and shift turnover. A condition-based maintenance approach lets the equipment explain what is needed when, rather than scheduling, which could waste useful equipment life, time and resources by replacing components before replacements are needed.
Learn more about 2025 ScadaFest by Trihedral.
Mark T. Hoske is editor-in-chief, Control Engineering, WTWH Media, [email protected].
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