Legacy Sessions
Browse through some of the sessions we offered in 2023.
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Cyber resilience is about making a system hard to kill, either by an attacker or by a rogue soda can on a server rack. This crash course will cover how water utilities (and others) can add resilience to their systems in a few months.
Level: All -
This overview of the Alarm Notification System includes the latest 12.1 enhancements. In addition to SMS and email alarm alerts, learn to configure voice alerts over VoIP using Twilio or VoIP-to-analog-phone-line converters (no modem or Internet required).
Level: Intermediate -
One of the underlying principles of software systems is the concept of creating templates to make repetitive tasks easy. VTScada support templates for tags, widgets, and pages. Come for a review on how to use these effectively.
Level: Advanced -
One of the most powerful features of VTScada is Configuration Management. It’s always enabled. Learn to take advantage of it to make your system more robust.
Level: Intermediate -
Sometimes live tables or lists of equipment and their status can be a powerful way to view your system. Learn about the ways this can be done in VTScada to create exceptional user interfaces.
Level: Intermediate -
For those with many PLCs or RTUs and want to get the most from them. Learn to organize your data within the PLC, maximize the update rates, control when devices get polled, and how to load balance drivers across multiple servers.
Level: Advanced -
Cyber-attacks on infrastructure are now commonplace. We develop VTScada in compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 and provide the latest wisdom on hardening systems. Learn general and VTScada-specific advice to help stay one step ahead.
Level: Intermediate -
The VTScada Historian is the only Enterprise database format designed specifically for SCADA. Come learn its capabilities and configuration best practices from its lead architect.
Level: Intermediate -
The International Society of Automation (ISA) develops global standards for SCADA components. This presentation covers how to leverage these standards for HMI system to develop successful SCADA projects.
Level: Intermediate -
Multiple user groups sharing an application (but not data) is a common use of cloud-based systems. Learn to segment your applications using tools like Master / Subordinate apps, Realm Filtering, and Tag Filters (hub & spoke).
Level: Advanced -
When there are multiple VTScada servers, you might need to know which one is the acting server for a particular task. Use the new tools in 12.1, to gain insight into the state of the VTScada and intervene when needed.
Level: Advanced -
See all the new widgets we added to since the last ScadaFest. This includes the latest High-Performance widgets and other cool GUI elements.
Level: Intermediate -
Learn how your organization can take operational efficiency to the next level by pairing AiRCADA’s next-generation augmented reality system with VTScada for a seamless step into the future of industrial operations.
Level: All -
Itanta’s codeless reporting package integrates directly with VTScada. Hear the authors of this software describe how can you get powerful reports.
Level: All -
Among the bag of tricks available for configuring driver redundancy is the DriverMux. Learn how to configure redundant communication paths, parallel com paths, and even a seamless process for migrating to a different protocol.
Level: Advanced -
Get introduced to the powerful set of debugging and diagnostic tools available in VTScada including details on using the Source Debugger and several other related tools included with VTScada.
Level: Advanced -
The Security Manager handles users and their associate privileges. Lean about the various options for managing users and what they have access to.
Level: All -
A follow-on to the “Historian Best Practices”, learn the ways data can be extracted from the historian.
Level: Intermediate -
Learn about the underlying concepts that make VTScada different and why they are so important to making systems fast, flexible and reliable.
Level: All -
VTScada lends itself to running very large applications. There are many options to choose from when deciding how to implement your system. Learn the architectural options available and the advantages of each.
Level: Intermediate -
Modern network security relies heavily on TLS (SSL). If you need to provide secure thin client connections from outside your firewall, set up OPC-UA, or use the VTScada Excel Add-In, this step-by-step guide will demystify the process.
Level: Intermediate -
ave Morse, VP and GM, Industrial Automation at Delta Electronics (Americas), will help you optimize your VFDs to maximize performance, minimize power consumption, and extend motor life. Learn common configuration errors and the top 20 parameters to program.
Level: All -
Learn about the broad range of VTScada license types, their features and how to manage license activation and deactivation.
Level: All -
Cyber-attacks on infrastructure are now commonplace. We develop VTScada in compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 and provide the latest wisdom on hardening systems. Learn general and VTScada-specific advice to help stay one step ahead.
Level: Intermediate