a system used to electronically monitor (including the ability to trend data and generate regulatory reports) and control remote operations from a central point. For example, SCADA can be used to control and monitor the status of a remote pumping facility from a water or wastewater facility. A SCADA system consists of five major components: master computer, software, communication link, remote terminal and input/output devices. The key component is the communication link that can be dial up telephone, cellular telephone or radio frequency. Additional equipment is chosen based on compatibility with the communication link.
A procedure accomplished in an industrial setting by means of a microcomputer in which a data highway (or DCS) provides set-point control through a multi-variable software system.
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a common process control application that collects data from sensors on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control.
a computer system that allows an electric system operator to remotely monitor and control elements of an electric system
The systems used by the system operator to collect and display information on how the system is operating on a moment-by-moment basis.