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Tools: How to Set Up a Free SCADA System in 5 Minutes (No Installation Required) (2026)

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Tools: How to Set Up a Free SCADA System in 5 Minutes (No Installation Required) (2026)

The Problem

Step 1: Download awtSCADA

Step 2: Start the Gateway

Step 3: Open the SCADA

Step 4: Connect Real Equipment

Modbus TCP (Most PLCs and sensors)

OPC UA (Siemens S7-1500, Beckhoff, etc.)

MQTT (IoT sensors)

Step 5: Build Your HMI

Real-World Use Cases Setting up a SCADA system for a small water treatment plant or solar farm usually means: What if you could just open a file in your browser? The gateway connects your browser to real industrial equipment. Gateway starts on port 8080 with a web dashboard showing all protocol connections. Just open SCADA_IEC61850_v8.html in Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. That's it. The demo project loads automatically with a built-in equipment emulator so you can see everything working without real hardware. In the Gateway config, add your device: The built-in editor has 65 drag-and-drop elements: Plus 53 function blocks for logic: Small Water Treatment Plant (~200 tags): Solar Farm Monitoring (~500 tags): Digital Substation (~1000 tags): Questions? Drop a comment below or open a Discussion on GitHub. Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse

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# Download the demo (20 MB) -weight: 500;">wget https://github.com/larionovavi-stack/awtscada/releases/download/v1.0-en/awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # Extract unzip awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # Download the demo (20 MB) -weight: 500;">wget https://github.com/larionovavi-stack/awtscada/releases/download/v1.0-en/awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # Extract unzip awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # Download the demo (20 MB) -weight: 500;">wget https://github.com/larionovavi-stack/awtscada/releases/download/v1.0-en/awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # Extract unzip awtSCADA_Demo_EN.zip # On macOS/Linux chmod +x SCADA_Gateway_macOS ./SCADA_Gateway_macOS # On Windows SCADA_Gateway.exe # On macOS/Linux chmod +x SCADA_Gateway_macOS ./SCADA_Gateway_macOS # On Windows SCADA_Gateway.exe # On macOS/Linux chmod +x SCADA_Gateway_macOS ./SCADA_Gateway_macOS # On Windows SCADA_Gateway.exe modbus: - name: "Power Meter" host: 192.168.1.100 port: 502 unit_id: 1 modbus: - name: "Power Meter" host: 192.168.1.100 port: 502 unit_id: 1 modbus: - name: "Power Meter" host: 192.168.1.100 port: 502 unit_id: 1 opcua: - name: "S7-1500" url: "opc.tcp://192.168.1.50:4840" opcua: - name: "S7-1500" url: "opc.tcp://192.168.1.50:4840" opcua: - name: "S7-1500" url: "opc.tcp://192.168.1.50:4840" mqtt: broker: "192.168.1.1" port: 1883 topics: - "sensors/#" mqtt: broker: "192.168.1.1" port: 1883 topics: - "sensors/#" mqtt: broker: "192.168.1.1" port: 1883 topics: - "sensors/#" - Spending $10K-$50K on software licenses - Dedicating a Windows server - Hiring a specialist for weeks of configuration - Ongoing maintenance fees - SCADA_IEC61850_v8.html - the SCADA application - SCADA_Gateway - binaries for Win/Mac/Linux - Demo_Project.json - sample project - Pumps, valves, motors with animation - Tanks with level indication - Gauges, indicators, trend charts - Pipes with flow direction - PID controllers - Timers and counters - Math and comparison - Interlocks and alarms - 3 pumps, 2 chemical dosing, 5 level sensors - Modbus TCP connection - Alarm management + operator log - Total setup time: 2 hours - 10 inverters via Modbus - Weather station via MQTT - Energy production trends - Total setup time: 4 hours - Protection relays via IEC 61850 - Circuit breaker control via GOOSE - Measurement via Sampled Values - Total setup time: 1 day - Live Demo - try without downloading - GitHub - star if useful! - Full Documentation

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