We work with SCADAPack PLCs a lot in our line of work. They are pretty flexible devices. However, what many people do not know is that they have a relatively old OS and do not have great memory management. Here are my tips for properly setting up a SCADAPack. Some explanation as to why towards […]
Tag: RTU programming
SCADAPack Store and Forward
Little known fact: SCADAPacks can act as a Modbus Store and Forward hub when configured properly. Lesser known fact: SCADAPacks will also Store and Forward Enron Modbus, ROC Protocol, or basically any communications protocol where the first byte of the message is the address, has messages less than 240 bytes and uses Modbus CRC for […]
DNP3 Address Mapping on Standard SCADAPack
This month has been a great learning month. I was able to build and complete a small water SCADA system here in Canada (thanks GlobalFlow for the opportunity!) and we made the communications work using DNP3. So this system is built with SCADAPacks talking over a serial radio. Conveniently the master radio is at the […]
Use a 4102 Multi-Variable Transmitter with a Floboss 107
The past few weeks have been incredibly busy. I cannot describe it. But I decided to make some time to try out something non-standard that might save clients some money on their transmitter costs. First off I need to give a shout out to Simark Controls for lending me this new 4102 transmitter so I […]
Setup ClearSCADA Ethernet DNP3 Communications to a SCADAPack (non-E series)
So before the weekend I posted and put up screenshots detailing how to get DNP3 configured on SCADAPack to report up to a ClearSCADA SCADA host server. What follows is the matching ClearSCADA configuration to complete the loop. These screenshots were taken with the latest ClearSCADA 2017, but should also work fine in older (back to […]
Setup Floboss Standard History
Data is driving a lot of business decisions these days. In Oil and Gas communication technology has caught up to the point where high resolution data is available. This enables a host of remote analysis and troubleshooting opportunities for engineers and operators. However, high resolution data is not available unless it is configured in the […]
Using git for Industrial Automation – Part 3 – Remote Basics
This is continuation of the series of articles I have written about git and using it for industrial automation projects. Every automation shop eventually gets to a point where they need some sort of central library of code or central project file store. Eventually you need a way to share files, share projects, or archive […]
Software Library Recommendations
Any developer’s toolkit is going to involve a decent amount of software. An automation programmer’s toolkit is full of odd-ball, proprietary, weird dependency driven configuration software. Here are some quick tips my mentor shared with me regarding software installers when I started doing automation programming. When I first got my laptop, she sat me down […]