Abstract
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are increasingly used solutions for monitoring and controlling various industrial processes. The existence of a large number of communication protocols helps to deploy complex systems that enable users to access data from one or more processes at a certain distance, and even control those processes. This article presents a solution for the uniform integration of field devices in an industrial SCADA system. This uniform integration is based on the CANopen communication protocol and the EDS files containing detailed descriptions of devices in a CANopen network. Based on the information and structure of the EDS files, we have designed and developed a database aimed at storing these data in an organization that enables them to be safely and efficiently processed. This database is the basis of a website application that enables the user to learn the characteristics of the field devices connected to the local industrial networks in a SCADA system.
Highlights
Once with the development of information technology, more and more automation tools are provided with the help of network functions and intelligent digital processing
This article presents a solution for the uniform integration of field devices in an industrial Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system [4]
This uniform integration is based on the CANopen communication protocol [5] and the EDS files which contain detailed descriptions of devices in a CANopen network
Summary
Once with the development of information technology, more and more automation tools are provided with the help of network functions and intelligent digital processing. This article presents a solution for the uniform integration of field devices in an industrial SCADA system [4] This uniform integration is based on the CANopen communication protocol [5] and the EDS files which contain detailed descriptions of devices in a CANopen network. Based on the information and structure of the EDS files, a database has been designed and developed with the purpose to store these data in such a way as to enable their efficient and safe processing This database is the base for a web-based application that enables the user to discover the characteristics of the field devices connected to the local industrial networks in a SCADA system. This article is organized as follows: Section II presents the most important communication protocols and existing technologies for integrating field devices; Section III details the structure of EDS files; Section IV focuses on the design and development of a database for the integration of field devices into a SCADA application; Section V highlights the EDS file management system from a SCADA application, and Section VI concludes the paper
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