Configuration software, also known as monitoring configuration software, translated from English SCADA, namely Supervision, Control and Data Acquisition (data acquisition and monitoring control), configuration software has a wide range of applications, in fact, these software are also a general-purpose The advanced software tool can quickly establish the monitoring function of the industrial automatic control system through flexible configuration. Widely used in machinery, automobile, petroleum, chemical industry, papermaking, water treatment, process control and other fields.
With the rapid development of technology, there are many powerful configuration software in the market. Next, let’s take a look at the mainstream and powerful configuration software at home and abroad:
Foreign configuration software
WinCC
wincc is a complex SCADA (data acquisition and monitoring) system developed by SIEMENS (Siemens), a set of very powerful configuration software; suitable for all industrial fields, supports multiple languages, and is universal. Can be integrated into all automation solutions, all operating and management functions are built-in, and can be configured simply and efficiently. WinCC integrates production automation and process automation, realizes mutual integration, and is applicable to many fields, such as automobile industry, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, printing industry and so on.
InTouch
InTouch is the first configuration software to enter our country. It originally belonged to Wonderware Company and now belongs to AVEVA Jianwei Software. InTouch unleashes the power of tag counts, unlimited read and write network access, integrated history, reporting, development tools including cloud storage for graphics and a communications driver suite. The biggest advantage of InTouch modernization upgrade is that it does not require any reconstruction and transformation of existing applications! Utilizing the powerful power of the cloud and the Web, InTouch customers can enjoy a truly seamless upgrade process.
iFIX
Intellution company started with Fix configuration software and was acquired by Emerson in 1995. It is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson Group. Intellution named its latest product series iFiX. iFIX configuration software is an embedded system software widely used in the field of industrial automation. It has powerful data processing and graphic display functions, and is widely used in monitoring and automation control in industries such as electric power, chemical industry, petroleum, and manufacturing.
Cite
Schneider's Citect SCADA officially changed its name to "AVEVA Plant SCADA". Citect is a product that entered the Chinese market earlier. Citech's product control algorithm is better, but its usability and graphics functions are not as good as InTouch. Citech has a simple operation method, but the operation method is more for programmers than for industrial control users. Citech provides a scripting language similar to C language for secondary development. It is worth mentioning that Citech is also an earlier product entering the Chinese market.
Domestic configuration software
ForceControl
ForceControl is a general-purpose human-machine visual monitoring configuration software, and it is the first domestic automation software product with distributed real-time database technology as the core. The software provides easy-to-use configuration tools and industry kits, a good user development interface and simple engineering implementation methods, and provides all software and hardware interfaces to realize integration with third-party software and hardware systems. Widely used in municipal, water conservancy, environmental protection, equipment manufacturing, petroleum, chemical, national defense, metallurgy, coal mining, power distribution, new energy, pharmaceuticals, transportation, education and other industries.
KingView
Kingview is the monitoring system software developed by Kingview. It is a new type of industrial automatic system. It replaces the traditional closed system with an integrated system composed of standard industrial computer software and hardware platforms. It has the advantages of strong adaptability, good openness, easy expansion, economy, and short development cycle. Make full use of the graphics editing function of Windows to conveniently form a monitoring screen, and display the status of the control equipment in an animation manner. It has alarm windows, real-time trend curves, etc., and can easily generate various reports.
Sovit2D
Sovit2D is a powerful web configuration editor independently developed by Changsha Didimensional Information Technology Co., Ltd. It adopts standard HTML5 technology and develops based on B/S architecture. It supports 2D/3D graphic configuration and MQTT protocol interface. enter. The configuration interface can be released separately and can be seamlessly integrated with the enterprise's own platform. Sovit2D has a wide range of design functions, and provides a rich library of industry standard components and multi-industry templates and components. It can complete convenient human-computer interaction on the browser side, and can complete the layout and design of visual pages by simply dragging and dropping. It can quickly build modern SCADA, HMI, instrument panels, IIOT systems, etc., and is widely used in industries, water conservancy, electric power, energy, oil and gas, environment, parks, transportation and other fields.
HT for Web
HT for Web is a Web configuration editor website, created by Xiamen Tupu Software Technology Co., Ltd.; HT for Web has a rich JavaScript interface class library, which can provide a complete HTML5-based graphical interface component library. Can build modern enterprise applications across desktop and mobile terminals. Provide monitoring visualization solutions, which can be used for rapid creation and deployment, highly customizable, and applications such as topological graphics and dial charts with powerful interactive functions. HT for Web is suitable for the interface presentation of real-time monitoring systems, and is widely used in telecommunications network topology and equipment management, as well as industrial automation (HMI/SCADA) fields such as electric power and gas.
Mcgs
Mcgs, developed by Beijing Kunlun Tongtai Automation Software Technology Co., Ltd., is a Windows-based configuration software system used to quickly construct and generate host computer monitoring systems. Mcgs includes three versions: network version, general version and embedded version. Mcgs has the outstanding features of easy operation, good visibility, complete functions and strong maintainability; by combining with other related hardware devices, it can quickly and conveniently develop various devices for on-site acquisition, data processing and control.
Controx
ControX is the mainstream industrial control configuration software in China, and it is an industrial monitoring system support software running on the Windows operating system. As an HMI/SCADA tool software, it adopts a real Client/Sever architecture, supports real-time data sharing and distributed historical database; the interface fully complies with OPC international standards, and provides convenient and high-performance I/O drivers. On the platform provided by the software, complex control screens and control strategies can be constructed, and timely and accurate reports can be obtained. It is a real network version of industrial automation control system.