Facilities Monitoring & Management System Integrated System wide Element Management System that combines aspects of comprehensive system monitoring including:
- SCADA – Alarm Management & Control
- Electrical Supply Performance Monitoring (Power Qualities Issues – A basis to discuss with utility)
- Energy and Load mapping (Energy & Cost Management / Energy Audit)
- Facilities and Environment Condition Monitoring (Temperature & Humidity)
- Thermographic Scanning
- Security & Surveillance ( Door Access And CCTV)
- Inventory Management
SCADA stands for Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition. The products are multi-tasking and are based upon a real-time database (RTDB) located in one or more servers.
The benefits one can expect from adopting a SCADA system for the control of experimental physics facilities can be summarized as follows:
- A rich functionality and extensive development facilities. The amount of effort invested in SCADA product amounts to 50 to 100 p-years!
- The amount of specific development that needs to be performed by the end-user is limited, especially with suitable engineering.
- Reliability and robustness. These systems are used for mission critical industrial processes where reliability and performance are paramount.
- Technical support and maintenance by the vendor.
