B-Scada
| Public | |
| Traded as | SCDA |
| Industry | Software |
| Headquarters | Crystal River, FL, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ronald DeSerranno (CEO) Brian Thornton (VP) Josephine Nemmers (CFO)[1] |
| Products | Status Device Cloud, Status Enterprise, Status Machine |
| Website |
B-Scada (or Beyond–Scada) is a company based in Crystal River, Florida. B-Scada says it is one of the first companies to use data modeling in SCADA to create virtual representations of real world physical assets.
Data Modeling
Data modeling is a technique for defining business requirements for a database.[2]
B-Scada uses these data models as the basis of end users toolkits. These end users toolkits allow representations of assets with immediate interactions. One advantage of this concept is “templating” where a data model is created for a type of object instead of for a specific object. Conventional Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) products bind data from programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or other data sources directly to the graphics. Data modeling in HMI/SCADA[3] allows the virtualized model of assets to be bound to the HMI/SCADA screens. The PLC or OPC Server memory addresses plus any additional associated information can then be referenced at run time, allowing one generic data model template to be used for many different specific assets.
References
- ↑ http://quotes.wsj.com/SCDA/company-people
- ↑ authors, Whitten, Jeffrey L.; Lonnie D. Bentley, Kevin C. Dittman (2004). Systems Analysis and Design Methods. ISBN 0-256-19906-X.
- ↑ Rich Hunzinger. "All About SCADA - Data Modeling - Building a Smarter, More Organized SCADA System". b-scada.com. Retrieved May 29, 2015.