Case Study: Integrating SCADA and IoT
Heritage Petroleum, the largest oil producer in the Caribbean, used Cogent DataHub software in a recent project to modernize their SCADA systems and integrate new IoT-enabled well-monitoring devices. The project integrated HiberHilo sensor data equipment with AVEVA™ InTouch, Historian, and Web Client over LoRaWAN networking.
The project team at TOSL Automation and Technology Limited (TATL) collaborated closely with AVEVA partner Incentro S.A. for software support and Soati for system integration expertise. Using DataHub software, they performed a system-wide upgrade instead of rip-and-replace, which dramatically cut hardware costs and saved months of time.
“This project was unique,” said Aneesa Mohammed, ICE Engineer at TATL. “It wasn’t just plug and play. The data coming in from the gateways was in different JSON formats for several different types of sensors and devices. The DataHub software had to take this information, process it, and send it to InTouch in a way that would make sense. The Skkynet support team helped us build out custom scripts for JSON conversions.”
In addition to seamless MQTT connectivity, the TATL team used the DataHub MQTT Smart Broker to enable sophisticated redundancy switchovers based on MQTT quality of service.
“Heritage was looking for modernized dashboards, increased availability, user friendliness, stability, and security. The MQTT connections improved analytics, alarm management, integration with third party applications, and the ability to scale and add more devices. All of this was achieved by using DataHub software,” said Mohammed.
