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Seeking Linux-Friendly SCADA for Wastewater Treatment Automation (self.linux)

submitted 9 months ago by galloFino to c/[email protected]

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Hello, not sure if this is the right place, but here goes. I’m currently involved in automating a wastewater treatment process using a PLC. I’m in need of a SCADA system to control equipment, visualize data, and monitor each step of the process.

I received a recommendation for a Windows-compatible SCADA, but I’m not a fan of Windows due to its slow performance on industrial computers. Are there any free Linux-friendly alternatives or solutions to achieve the same functionality? Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] galloFino 10 points 9 months ago

I am not an automation engineer. I am a chemical engineer specialized in water treatment, but I know little of SCADA. Programming a PLC is supper easy for my applications and usually all I need is to control a valve or two, to control dosing pumps, read modbus data, store it and make reports with it. That is also achievable with influx and grafana in an industrial computer.

But in this particular application I want to control other equipment with human input, thus a SCADA is needed.

I don’t like the proprietary software of Siemens or Schneider. That’s why I was wondering if there is another option.

Maybe I should be thinking in HMI and not a SCADA.