Eclipse NeoSCADA (formerly ''Eclipse SCADA'') is an
Eclipse
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Incubator project created in July 2013, that aims at providing a full state-of-the-art, open-source
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors and ...
system that can be used out of the box or as a platform for creating a custom solution. Eclipse SCADA emerged from the openSCADA project, which now provides additional functionality on top of Eclipse SCADA.
The initial release (0.1.0) is based on the source code of openSCADA 1.2.0 and has been focusing on the relocation of the project to the Eclipse Foundation, like changing package names and namespaces.
The Eclipse NeoSCADA project is part of the Eclipse
IoT
The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other com ...
Industry Working Group initiative.
As of August 28, 2014 Eclipse SCADA is filed under the Eclipse IoT top level project.
Supported protocols
The following protocols are directly supported by Eclipse NeoSCADA:
* Command Line Applications
*
JDBC
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*
Modbus
Modbus is a data communications protocol originally published by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Modbus has become a ''de facto'' standard communication protocol and is now a commonl ...
TCP and RTU
*
Simatic S7 PLC
Other protocols can be implemented by writing driver modules using the Eclipse SCADA API. There are a few driver modules currently available outside of Eclipse SCADA:
[
* OPC
* ]SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behaviour. Devices that typically ...
References
External links
Eclipse NeoSCADA project page
Project Proposal
Eclipse (software)
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