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eXPert SCADA

The ultimate expression of the power of SDI for total control.

eXPert SCADA is the SCADA product from SDI’s eXPert Ecosystem, designed to provide efficient and secure remote management of industrial plants. With a modular and scalable architecture, eXPert SCADA guarantees reliability, security, and total connectivity, adapting to any industrial need.

Thanks to its intuitive interface and advanced features, it allows for optimal monitoring and control of processes in real time. Integration with third-party systems and compatibility with numerous protocols ensure unparalleled flexibility, making eXPert SCADA an ideal choice for companies that seek maximum efficiency in their operations.

The supply of SDI’s eXPert SCADA is provided by adopting, in agreement with the client, cybersecurity policies at both the application and architecture levels that take into account risk assessments, referencing regulations adopted in the country hosting the plant under supervision and control (such as ISO 27001, the recently adopted Cyber Resilience Act in Europe, NIST in the United States, various countries in Latin America, as well as other international and local frameworks and standards in other parts of the world).

Insight

  1. Modular structure: ensures easy integration with existing systems, reducing implementation costs.
  2. Scalable architecture: supports system growth without the need for expensive replacements.
  3. Adoption of key standard protocols: allows seamless integration with existing systems (data acquisition/sharing).
  4. Intuitive eXPert HMI oE interfaces: assist operators in interpreting process status.
  5. eXPert Portal Business Analysis Module: provides advanced process analysis based on KPIs, facilitating strategic management over extended time horizons.

Why eXPert SCADA?

Ease of use thanks to the intuitive interface

Security against external threats

Business continuity even in critical conditions

Reduced operating costs

Sustainability of management over the long term

Optimal system customization

Fields of Application

eXPert SCADA is SDI’s solution for those seeking a powerful, flexible, and reliable tool to acquire any type of field data, visualize plant status, and control it efficiently and effectively remotely. Additionally, it provides the enabling tools to optimize processes and ensure continuous improvement, thereby contributing to more sustainable and profitable operational management.

Benefits

High availability and security

eXPert SCADA integrates advanced redundancy management and cybersecurity architectures and features, ensuring high levels of availability and data integrity, crucial for business continuity.

eXPert SCADA’s modular architecture allows it to adapt to the needs of various industries, supporting databases with more than 1,500,000 tags and geographically distributed multilevel configurations.

delivery of eXPert SCADA is available on separate physical machines or on virtualized architecture, which enhances its flexibility and scalability, enabling optimal utilization of hardware resources, simplified maintenance, and enhanced security, as well as providing efficient disaster recovery strategies and support for mixed environments.
supports different types of networks (telephone, LAN, WAN, hardwired and wireless, cloud connectivity) and enables integration with third-party systems, ensuring continuous and reliable communication between system components and field equipment, as well as enterprise management functions
eXPert SCADA interfaces with RTUs and third-party systems via standard protocols such as IEC 870.5.101-104, IEC 61850, MODBUS. OPC UA and DNP3, including even encrypted versions, ensuring unparalleled compatibility and integration.
innovative user interface, awarded the IF DESIGN AWARD in 2021, offers a highly flexible operating experience, accessible on desktop, web, and mobile devices, with display capabilities on high-resolution video walls, optimizing interaction with the system.
eXPert Engineering Station enables centralized and rapid customization of all system functionality, making it suitable for both small- to medium-scale installations and complex large-scale solutions.

Other technical specifications

• eXPert SCADA in single or redundant configuration, on separate physical machines or virtualized architecture
• Disaster Recovery architectures
• HMI oE for operator workstations or videowalls in high resolution, on desktop, web and mobile clients
• Engineering station
• Storage stations
• Field peripheral interfacing modules.
• Interface external systems via standard normed protocols (IEC 870-5-101, IEC 870-5- 104, IEC 61850, MODBUS, DNP3, OPC UA etc.) also in encrypted versions
• Hardwired and Wireless communications manager
• Telecontrol peripherals (RTUs) of SDI, including the compact eXPert cSTAR and the extended eXPert STAR DualBus, with the ability to interface with existing third-party RTUs
• Intelligent I/O interfaces
• Fieldbus interfaces
• Sequence of Events (SOE) time-stamped recording of events to the millisecond
• Asset Management
• Simulation and optimization modules

Related products and modules of the eXPert Ecosystem

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