What Is SCADA?

• SCADA is formed from the first letters of "Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition"
• SCADA is the technology that enables a user to:
  • Collect data on Process & Equipment (data acquisition (DAQ)).
  • Monitor & Supervise Process at one or more geographically scattered
    distant facilities (Remote Terminal Units (RTUs))
• • Send limited control instructions to those facilities from central location
    (Master Terminal Unit (MTU)).
  
• SCADA System include three parts:
  • Master terminal unit (MTU) ****** Central Control Room(SCADA Software).
  • Remote terminal units (RTUs) ***** collect data from equipments (SCADA Hardware) .
• • Communications.