ClearSCADA is ideally suited for upstream production and midstream distribution where customers have many remote assets such as flow computers and RTUs. ClearSCADA includes built-in drivers and polling engine for all major equipment manufacturers and can export flow computer data to external reporting packages such as Flowcal, PGas or production accounting systems.
At the heart of the ClearSCADA Server is a real-time database with integrated historian. This data is available and presented on the networked HMI clients including web browser option. These clients can be remote location from the server and offer full control capabilities. The Web client, known as WebX, does not require any graphic conversion from the windows client and is ideal for remote users.
The ClearSCADA server is sized and priced based on the number of tags and starts at 250 points but can scale to over 200,000 for a single PC server if required. This centralised architecture offers reduced maintenance, ensures standardisation and single interface to business systems. Obviously this now becomes a critical component in the system design but you can add extra servers (up to 6) in redundant arrangement to provide increased reliability, including off-site redundant server for disaster recovery or DMZ server outside your firewall for ‘read-only’ remote clients.