You can store and update runtime data from your plant floor in a database external to Citect SCADA. You can also use Citect SCADA to send information from the database (such as a recipe) to I/O Devices in your plant.
Citect SCADA supports two types of 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.
Citect SCADA provides two methods of communication with a database:
Devices are most useful when the automatic reporting and logging features of Citect SCADA are used.
Published June 2018