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Has anybody experience with SCADA software running on Linux?

Can you give any references?

Hello,

We use for over twenty years the "aprol" software (http://www.aprol.com) with the SUSE Linux distribution. No Problems! ...and we have a lot of fun.

KW

I'm running a SCADA application (my own program) on Linux. It communicates with 15 PLCs, tens of barcode readers, 6 inspection cameras, and many printers. That machine also run Apache WEBserver for HMI and SQLite for database and archiving. The machine has been installed 18 months ago and it is running 24X7, real-time. I never rebooted the Linux server.

To conclude, I can't recommend a SCADA application but I can say that Linux is an excellent platform for robust applications.

We are useing pvbrowser.

It is very dynamic and we run the server on VMS and linux. The client is used on linux and windows.

First we used it for simple hmi's with labels, buttons, tables and xy graphics.
But now pvbrowser is capable of useing SVG graphics. We now are also useing autocad drawings and convert them to SVG. The SVG's are then animated from our simulation models and our process variables.

Here is an example of using http://pvbrowser.org
for automation of biogas plants.

http://www.awite.com
http://www.awite.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=83
http://www.awite.de/cms/upload/downloads/AUT/ALLG/Awicontrol_Teil_3 _Bsp_BGA-2006-08-07.pdf

> Here is an example of using
> http://pvbrowser.org
> for automation of biogas plants.

now, at 2012 Pvbrowser for me is wonderful, we have already tested it with modbus RTU ant TCP and works smoothly.

and has a very active community.
very nice project, yeah

It is very interesting!!! We are trying to propose it as a solution but I I don't have specific information about hw...

Do you benchmark?

Best Regards,
Emilio

>> Here is an example of using http://pvbrowser.org for automation of biogas plants.

> now, at 2012 Pvbrowser for me is wonderful, we have already tested it
> with modbus RTU ant TCP and works smoothly.

In which protocols are you interested in?

http://pvbrowser.org/pvbrowser/index.php?menu=4&left=8

WinCC OA supports Windows, Linux and Solaris.

One of the great advantages of WinCC OA is the fact that WinCC OA is completely platform neutral.

You decide which is the best operating system for your special needs. And you can mix platforms within your project:

Run Eventmanager on Linux, Userinterfaces on Windows or in any other combination.

Yes, for the past decade too. There are servers running in major paper companies, oil and gas, metals and a full system based on Linux for electrical utilities in China. Basically a replacement for DCS/PLC and includes the HMI via X-Windows.

http://www.automationX.ca

Regards,

Paul Jager

Ignition from Inductive Automation runs on Java and is fully Linux compatible.

You can install with apt-get on Ubuntu or with the command line.

http://inductiveautomation.com/scada-software

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Nathan Boeger
"Design Simplicity Cures Engineered Complexity
http://notanotherindustrialblog.blogspot.com

Kinesix (http://www.kinesix.com) has HMI software named Sammi that natively runs on several Linux platforms.