COURSE OVERVIEW

 

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learned will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Fundamentals, System Maintenance and Troubleshooting of SCADA System. It covers the purpose, components and applications of SCADA systems in various industries; the SCADA system architecture, data acquisition and sensors, communication protocols in SCADA, human-machine interface (HMI) and cybersecurity in SCADA; the system design and planning and hardware installation; and installing SCADA software, configuring data acquisition parameters, creating tags and databases and setting up user roles and permissions. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the set-up of network infrastructure, configuring IP addresses and subnets, ensuring reliable and redundant communication and testing network connections; integrating SCADA with existing systems, configuring communication protocols, testing data flow between components and addressing compatibility issues; verifying hardware-software integration and initial data acquisition tests; checking HMI displays and alarms and documenting and resolving issues; developing maintenance schedules, cleaning and inspecting hardware components and verifying communication lines; and using diagnostic tools for PLCs and RTUs. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the hardware failures, faulty components and backup hardware maintenance; keeping software up-to-date and the database maintenance, alarm and event management and system documentation updates; the common issues of SCADA systems and troubleshooting communication failures, hardware issues, and software and HMI issues; the root cause analysis, emergency response procedures, advanced cybersecurity measures and system performance optimization; setting-up automated backups, testing recovery procedures, ensuring redundancy in critical components and developing\ comprehensive disaster recovery plan; and the future trends in SCADA covering integration with IOT and industry 4.0, cloud-based SCADA solutions, advances in machine learning and analytics and emerging protocols and standards.