03057nam a2200337Ii 4500991003225559707536070806s2003 enka s 001 0 eng d97807506580580750658053b13651559-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Ingegneria Innovazione - Sez. Ingegneria Innovazioneeng670.427522Bailey, David88858Practical SCADA for industry[e-book] /David Bailey, Edwin WrightAmsterdam ;London :Elsevier,2003xiv, 288 p. :ill. ;27 cmIncludes indexBackground to SCADA; SCADA Systems Hardware (and Firmware); SCADA Systems Software and Protocols; Landlines; Local Area Network Systems; Modems; Central Site Computer Facilities; Troubleshooting and Maintenance; Specification of Systems; Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; Appendix B: Interface Standards; Appendix C: CITECT PracticalA SCADA system gathers information, such as where a leak on a pipeline has occurred, transfers the information back to a central site, alerting the home station that the leak has occurred, carrying out necessary analysis and control, such as determining if the leak is critical, and displaying the information in a logical and organized fashion. SCADA systems can be relatively simple, such as one that monitors environmental conditions of a small office building, or incredibly complex, such as a system that monitors all the activity in a nuclear power plant or the activity of a municipal water system. An engineer's introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and their application in monitoring and controlling equipment and industrial plant Essential reading for data acquisition and control professionals in plant engineering, manufacturing, telecommunications, water and waste control, energy, oil and gas refining and transportation Provides the knowledge to analyse, specify and debug SCADA systems, covering the fundamentals of hardware, software and the communications systems that connect SCADA operator stationsElectronic reproduction.Amsterdam :Elsevier Science & Technology,2007.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser.Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 2, 2007).Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutionsAutomatic data collection systemsSupervisory control systemsElectronic books.localWright, Edwin,B.Sc.authorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut311928Original07506580539780750658058(OCoLC)51527083Referexhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750658058An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information.b1365155903-03-2224-01-08991003225559707536Practical SCADA for industry1463914UNISALENTOle02624-01-08m@ -engenk00