VTScada

VTScada is a SCADA software suite designed by Trihedral Engineering Limited for creating industrial monitoring and control applications. According to the vendor, the software provides a reliable, flexible, and feature-rich interface for a wide variety of industries. It is suitable for companies of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. The software caters to professionals and industries such as water and wastewater, oil and gas applications, power generation and distribution, broadcasting, and manufacturing.

Key Features

Fully Integrated Alarm Notifications: According to the vendor, users can easily manage alarms from anywhere via email, SMS, or text-to-speech over any phone. The software allows setting up contact rosters based on alarm response or time. The alarm notifications feature is claimed to be fully integrated for the life of the system.

Reports: The software offers the option to choose from pre-defined report types or easily generate scheduled or ad-hoc reports. According to the vendor, third-party software can also pull data from VTScada's Historian. The vendor collaborates with leading manufacturers like XLReporter® and Dream Report® to create direct interfaces to their software.

An Instantly Intuitive Operators Interface: VTScada is described by the vendor as a complete SCADA software suite that offers an intuitive interface. It bundles intuitive maps, trends, reports, operator notes, and alarm management tools into one simple install and license agreement.

Operator-Created Trends: According to the vendor, users can click any widget or right-click tags and alarms to trend their values in the built-in Historical Data Viewer. The software also allows saving trend groups for quick reference.

Encrypted Blog-Style Operator Notebooks: The vendor claims that VTScada offers encrypted blog-style operator notebooks, allowing users to attach notes to alarms or trends. These encrypted notes cannot be deleted or altered.

ISA 18.2 Alarm Management: According to the vendor, VTScada's Alarms Manager helps effectively manage alarms using integrated reports, shelving, and filtering. The vendor emphasizes that alarms management is a critical aspect of SCADA.

Unlimited Scalability: The software is said to offer easy scalability, allowing users to scale from 50 I/O on a laptop to a multi-million tag distributed system.

Thin Clients: VTScada provides options to suit different devices and data plans, enabling users to monitor and control their systems from anywhere, as per the vendor's claims.

Powerful Simplicity: The vendor states that VTScada offers integrated application version control, allowing developers to roll back their applications at any time without restarting. The software provides transparency by showing exactly who changed what and where.

Edit Tags with Excel, Access, or SQL Server: In addition to VTScada's Tag Browser, the vendor claims that users can create and edit tags with their favorite spreadsheet program. The software also facilitates easy export of the tag database using a built-in utility, with the ability to re-import changes when done.