Drivers enable Citect SCADA to communicate with the devices in your system. Every communication setup in Citect SCADA needs drivers to implement the protocol and transport. Often this means two separate drivers, but in some cases both are combined into one driver – termed a ‘board’ driver.
Citect SCADA has over 140 device drivers available, enabling communication with a vast array of production devices across several communication types. These include generic drivers that support industry-standard protocols such as OPC and Modbus.
The driver you will need to communicate with a particular device is determined by:
To add a particular device to your Citect SCADA project, you will need to determine the driver necessary to support it. If the particular driver is not installed with your current version of Citect SCADA, you will have to obtain a driver pack and install it separately.
Note: The word ‘driver’ is often used when referring to communications. A driver is a component piece of software that implements a protocol or transport (or both). Drivers are modular, such that new drivers can be easily ‘plugged-in’ to existing systems.
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Published June 2018