MODBUS Serial RTU + TCP/IP Simulator

July 3rd, 2007

Source code and executables available. Here is a screenshot:

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http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/I-N/network/serialcommunications/article.php/c5401

Modbus written in C#

July 3rd, 2007

This site boasts of a C# 2.0 version of Modbus. Has anyone tried it with any success?

http://www.nmodbus.com/

Linux Home Automation Site

July 1st, 2007

Home automation and control (HA) Software (source code and links mostly) for the home automation devices Insteon PowerLinc V2, CM11A, CM17 (Firecracker), LynX10, WM918, HCS II and CPUXA. Links to other hardware/software packages can be found on these pages also.

Although Home Automation (HA) is not quite SCADA, it comes close. This site is rich in content and deserves a look.

http://www.linuxha.com/ 

Free Modbus Source Code

June 27th, 2007

Since Modbus is the most popular protocol for SCADA systems, I went searching for open source or free Modbus source code. Here is what I have found to date.

ProtoCessor for PIC    www.protocessor.com/tech_support/Free_Modbus_RTU_Source_Code.html

For Windows    http://members.tripod.com/~mbserver/

Consolidated list of Open Source / Free tools to be investigated

June 24th, 2007

This is a general list of links that I intend to research and comment on. If you would like to add your link here, please leave a comment.

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FreeSCADA with working online demo.

June 24th, 2007

FreeSCADA is an open source SCADA system. It looks pretty solid. There is an online demo you can try.

FreeSCADA Online Demo

Puffin SCADA

June 23rd, 2007

First there was PuffinPLC, now Puffin SCADA.

Puffin SCADA is an Open Source software toolkit for building control and automation Applications. It is intended for use by systems integrators and in-plant automation groups for implementing low-cost high-performance solutions.

http://puffinscada.org/

I found and article on this package at

http://www.engineeringtalk.com/news/ctl/ctl103.html

Visual

June 23rd, 2007

Open source SCADA and HMI for Linux

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http://visual.sourceforge.net/new/index.php

Data Master 2003

June 23rd, 2007

This looks like a graphing toolkit.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/Data_Master_2003_19549_p/

Lintouch Open Source HMI

June 23rd, 2007

Lintouch is an opensource HMI software. It lets you design user interfaces for process automation. Lintouch runs on most popular hardware and software platforms, is lightweight and easily extensible. Using Lintouch Editor you can easily build your own HMIs by designing and testing the graphical layout of your screens. Later on you deploy the created Lintouch Project to your target device where it will be executed within the Lintouch Runtime.

http://lintouch.org/