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Working in the Industrial Control Systems for a number of years, I have always wondered what can be done about my lack of creativity when creating a user experience for SCADA operators and users. Screens I typically create are be based on the SCADA's graphics library, may or may not be predominantly grey and generally lack creativity.

Having a background in electrical engineering and being thrown into the deep end by being asked to create graphics without training, it's really no surprise that they would turn out this way. I mean who really has the time (And more importantly, the skill) to create attractive custom graphics.

This is what I want to change.

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PLC4X OPCUA Server Online

Apache PLC4X is an Apache Software Foundation project. Eclipse Milo is an Eclipse Foundation project. I am a committer to the PLC4X project, this blog is just for me to showcase the project I have been involved in. In no other way is iscito.com associated with the PLC4X or Milo projects.

The PLC4X OPC-UA Server is an integration with the Apache PLC4X stack which allows for communication via a number of industrial protocols, and the Eclipse Milo OPC-UA server stack. This allows you to make available via OPC-UA time series data points using any of these protocols:-

  • Modbus
  • Ethernet/IP (Including Rockwell)
  • ADS (Beckhoff)
  • S7 (Siemens)
  • OPCUA
  • BACNET (Building Automation)
  • Clipsal C-Bus
  • CANOpen
  • KNX (Building Automation)
  • PROFINET (In Development)
  • and a simulation device.