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1) Paperback Book Practical SCADA for Industry (IDC Technology) by Newnes. I bought this when I first started as a controls engineer, it was awful then, didn´t cover anything that helped me get up to speed faster. I just started reading it again lately 4 years later with experience under my belt, it´s awful now.
I don´t know why they call it practical, because I haven´t learned much from this book that I have ever had to use in practice or in a conversation. It really covers a lot of old school communication details that the average controls engineer doesn´t have to get into much anymore. Then the sections on HMI´s and PLC´s are written for liberal arts majors, meaning there isn´t even close to enough detail to help the average controls engineer... or anybody for that matter.
This book won´t even give you a good overview of SCADA if you are an interested layman. Where there is detail, it is in topics that won´t help you learn SCADA.¤ 2) Paperback Book Practical SCADA for Industry (IDC Technology) by Newnes. This is not bad for a basic overview of hoe SCADA shojuld be used and implemented. It seemed lacking to me since so much of the value in SCADA is in the interactions with the PLC´s, RTU´s and datbases. I felt this book was weak in that area.
I would have liked to see more application examples across industry and some innovative ways to use data bases to drive PLC systems - this is the true strength of a well designed SCADA system. It could be better, but not bad for a starter book.¤ 3) Paperback Book Practical SCADA for Industry (IDC Technology) by Newnes. I liked the book. Very informative, especially if you are familiar with some aspects of control systems, but not necessarily SCADA systems. Some of the stuff was a little geared for engineer types, but most of it was geared for the technical types. I would have liked to have seen more on the PLC´s and RTU´s, but they at least reviewed them pretty well. A LOT of information on communication and network systems.¤ 4) Paperback Book Practical SCADA for Industry (IDC Technology) by Newnes. A SCADA system gathers information, such as where a leak on a pipeline has occurred, transfers the information back to a central site, alerting the home station that the leak has occurred, carrying out necessary analysis and control, such as determining if the leak is critical, and displaying the information in a logical and organized fashion. SCADA systems can be relatively simple, such as one that monitors environmental conditions of a small office building, or incredibly complex, such as a system that monitors all the activity in a nuclear power plant or the activity of a municipal water system.
· An engineer´s introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and their application in monitoring and controlling equipment and industrial plant
· Essential reading for data acquisition and control professionals in plant engineering, manufacturing, telecommunications, water and waste control, energy, oil and gas refining and transportation
· Provides the knowledge to analyse, specify and debug SCADA systems, covering the fundamentals of hardware, software and the communications systems that connect SCADA operator stations¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 22-Nov-2008, 07506580539780750658058, 950-530-280-760-310-781-8 
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