Tata Steel - OPC, iFIX, SCADA Training Manual

The aim of this manual is to introduce principles of processes, which are commonly used during automation of production and manufacturing lines.

For that purpose, we will concentrate on processes in HRP, Process Control, Mill Block. It will describe and guide trough principles of used a network architecture, ways of communication between PC and external devices, PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) programming and the interface development using SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).

This document requires at least basic knowledge in network architecture, in any programming language and principle in understanding of binary, hexadecimal and decimal numbers and conversions between them.