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SCADA systems

ThingsBoard-based SCADA solutions provide complete control and real-time analytics, making the management of industrial processes simpler and more efficient.

The main advantage of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems is their ability to monitor production processes in real time and respond quickly to deviations. ThingsBoard provides comprehensive tools to collect, process, and visualize data from SCADA components, such as PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) and RCUs (Remote Control Units), enabling seamless integration with various industrial processes.

To illustrate the flexibility of ThingsBoard's SCADA integration, we have developed the Swimming Pool Management System template. This solution demonstrates how SCADA symbols—such as pipes, valves, motors, filters, flow meters, tanks, and leak sensors—can be utilized to create simple yet powerful process control systems. It enables any production process to be visualized on a dashboard, allowing for real-time monitoring of equipment operation and timely detection of alarm signals.

Solution structure

SCADA solution structure

PLCs and RTUs

Seamlessly integrate your SCADA system with PLCs and RTUs using ThingsBoard integrations and IoT Gateway. Support for Modbus, OPC-UA, BACnet, and other popular protocols ensures reliable real-time data collection and control.

IoT gateway

ThingsBoard’s IoT Gateway bridges the gap between legacy SCADA devices and modern IoT platforms. It ensures data reliability with built-in local data storage during network outages and supports efficient protocol conversion, secure data transmission, and centralized device management.

Data processing

Unlock actionable insights with ThingsBoard’s robust data processing tools. Perform real-time transformations, apply complex rules, and automate workflows with built-in rule chains and scriptable integrations.

Alarm system

Enhance operational awareness with ThingsBoard’s advanced alarm system. Manage incident workflows with features like alarm acknowledgment, clearing, commenting, and configurable escalation rules.

Notification system

Stay informed with ThingsBoard’s flexible notification system, delivering alerts via email, SMS, Slack, or custom webhooks. Automate critical notifications based on configurable conditions and thresholds.

IoT dashboards

Visualize your SCADA data with ThingsBoard’s real-time IoT dashboards. Design interactive views using SCADA symbols, customizable widgets, and dynamic updates to monitor and control processes seamlessly.

Key functions of SCADA systems for fluid management

Pipe monitoring and leakage sensors

Drain pipe symbols help visualize areas where potential liquid leaks might occur. In SCADA systems, this solution can be integrated with sensors to immediately alert operators to any issues.

Three examples of pipe monitoring and leakage sensors as dashboard symbols

Pump monitoring and management

A range of pump symbols (centrifugal, heat, motor pumps) allows for monitoring the performance and efficiency of pump systems. This solution is particularly important for regulating pressure and liquid volumes.

Three examples of pump monitoring and management dashboard symbols

Tank level monitoring

Tank level meter and reservoir symbols enable operators to monitor liquid levels within the system, preventing both overflow and depletion—critical for water supply and chemical processes.

Three examples of tank level monitoring dashboard symbols

Flow regulation

Flow meter and valve symbols allow precise control of fluid flow through pipelines, which is essential for filtration, cooling, and water supply systems.

Three examples of flow regulation dashboard symbols

Fluid filtration

Filter symbols provide visualization and control over filtration processes, ensuring the cleanliness and safety of the liquids being used in the system.

Three examples of fluid filtration dashboard symbols

Dashboard structure

Applications of SCADA systems

Water and wastewater management

Ensuring continuous water supply and efficient wastewater treatment is made easier through precise control and management of systems.

Food industry

Product quality control is achieved through precise management of processes like mixing, heating, and cooling of liquids.

Energy and heating

Optimization of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems becomes more efficient with accurate control of flows and temperatures.

Water valve
Oil pump
Food conveyor
Chemical plant
Power plant

Oil and gas industry

From extraction to refining, SCADA symbols help manage complex processes, ensuring the safety and efficiency of operations.

Chemical industry

Filter symbols provide visualization and control over filtration processes, ensuring the cleanliness and safety of the liquids being used in the system.

Water valve

Water and wastewater management

Ensuring continuous water supply and efficient wastewater treatment is made easier through precise control and management of systems.

Food industry

Product quality control is achieved through precise management of processes like mixing, heating, and cooling of liquids.

Oil pump
Food conveyor

Energy and heating

Optimization of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems becomes more efficient with accurate control of flows and temperatures.

Oil and gas industry

From extraction to refining, SCADA symbols help manage complex processes, ensuring the safety and efficiency of operations.

Chemical plant
Power plant

Chemical industry

Filter symbols provide visualization and control over filtration processes, ensuring the cleanliness and safety of the liquids being used in the system.

ThingsBoard advantages

Security
Security

ThingsBoard protects your data with industry-standard encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA. Secure communication is ensured via TLS (TCP) and DTLS (UDP), with added support for SCADA-specific protocols like OPC-UA encryption and authentication. Role-based access control and audit logs further enhance platform security.

Data visualization
Data visualization

Visualize your data effortlessly with ThingsBoard’s rich, interactive dashboards. Create multi-state, real-time dashboards using built-in widgets like charts, gauges, maps, and tables—no coding required. Customize layouts or develop custom widgets for complete flexibility. WebSocket support ensures low-latency updates.

Connectivity
Connectivity

Connect devices directly to ThingsBoard using protocols like HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, SNMP, LoRaWAN, and NB-IoT. For local networks, ThingsBoard Gateway bridges the cloud via Modbus, BLE, BACnet, OPC-UA, and more. Advanced protocol translation and offline data buffering ensure reliable communication even in challenging conditions.

Scalability and high availability
Scalability and high availability

ThingsBoard supports high-availability deployments on cloud and on-premises data centers using K8S or bare-metal deployments. Platform components are horizontally scalable. ThingsBoard has production deployments supporting more then 18 000 vehicles and 500 000 devices connected.

Data processing
Data processing

ThingsBoard allows you to define application logic with drag-n-drop rule chain designer. The Rule Engine is a robust and scalable processing framework that leverages industry-standard message queue implementations like Apache Kafka or AWS SQS to ensure data durability and guarantee data processing. You are free to process data with the Rule engine or push it to further processing in external systems.

Multi-tenancy
Multi-tenancy

ThingsBoard provides UI and API to manage tenants, customers, users, devices, and assets. Single tenant may have multiple tenant administrators and millions of devices and customers. It also offers out-of-the-box support of OTA updates for your smart meters.

LoRaWAN and SigFox support
LoRaWAN & SigFox support

Connect LoRaWAN devices via integrations with standard network servers like TTN, LORIOT, ChirpStack, Actility, etc. Connect SigFox devices via integrations with the SigFox backend.

Mobile application
Mobile application

Build your own IoT mobile application with minimum coding efforts using ThingsBoard Mobile Application, an open-source project based on Flutter. Leverage a built-in set of mobile actions to take a photo, scan QR code, update location, and more directly within the dashboard.