What is FreeSCADA?
FreeSCADA is an open-source Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software system for monitoring and controlling industrial processes. It provides a graphical interface to visualize your system or process and control and monitor equipment such as PLCs, sensors, valves, motors, and more.
Some key features of FreeSCADA include:
- Cross-platform compatibility - Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Client-server architecture
- Advanced graphical editing tools
- Scripting support
- Alarms, events, and trend logs
- Drivers for many PLCs and hardware devices
- REST API for integration with other systems
- User authentication and access controls
- Data reporting tools
- Supports redundancy and fail-over
FreeSCADA is commonly used in industrial facilities, infrastructure, manufacturing plants, energy systems, building automation, and other applications that require visualization and control of complex processes. It can scale from small systems to very large distributed SCADA implementations. The open-source model provides free use and modification of the software.