Use External Databases

You can store and update runtime data from your plant floor in a database external to Plant SCADA. You can also use Plant SCADA to send information from the database (such as a recipe) to I/O Devices in your plant.

Plant SCADA supports two types of databases:

• dBASE Databases

• SQL Databases

By using an external application to read and write the same database records, you can effectively interface to an external application through, for example, a relational database.

Plant SCADA provides two methods of communication with a database:

• using Devices

• using the Use Structured Query Language.

Devices are most useful when the automatic reporting and logging features of Plant SCADA are used.