Simulation-first automation

Build confidence before commissioning.

SCADAmatic helps engineering teams simulate PLCs, industrial networks, and device communications before deployment, reducing commissioning risk and costly downtime.

SimServe
Virtual PLC 01
Virtual PLC 02
Virtual PLC 03
SCADA
IO Server
HMI
Historian
Alarm Pager
The problem

Control systems hit production with parts that have never worked together.

Hardware components meet for the first time on the plant floor. The result: delayed startups, unexpected change orders, and emergency callouts.

$260K

average cost of a single day of unplanned downtime

6–12 weeks

typical commissioning window for a mid-size industrial project

70%

of critical defects are found on-site, after go-live

The Problem · Startup Day 3
timeprisourcemessagestate
14:02:11almIOSERVER-01Lost comm to PLC-01unack
14:04:47almHMI-02Lost comm to SCADA-01unack
14:07:22almHMI-02Tag alias FT_311.FLOW not resolved in PLC-04unack
14:12:03almPLC-02Lost heartbeat from PLC-01unack
14:15:38almIOSERVER-01Modbus response timeout from PLC-03unack
14:18:12almIOSERVER-02Ethernet/IP timeout from PLC-01unack
14:21:45almPLC-04Bad tag quality for PT_234.PRES from PLC-01unack
14:24:09almHISTORIAN-01Bad tag quality for TT_501.TEMPunack
14:27:33almPLC-01Leg down on redundant ring for remote I/Ounack
14:31:17almHMI-01Bad data quality for tag PT_312.PRESunack
14:02:11almIOSERVER-01Lost comm to PLC-01unack
14:04:47almHMI-02Lost comm to SCADA-01unack
14:07:22almHMI-02Tag alias FT_311.FLOW not resolved in PLC-04unack
14:12:03almPLC-02Lost heartbeat from PLC-01unack
14:15:38almIOSERVER-01Modbus response timeout from PLC-03unack
14:18:12almIOSERVER-02Ethernet/IP timeout from PLC-01unack
14:21:45almPLC-04Bad tag quality for PT_234.PRES from PLC-01unack
14:24:09almHISTORIAN-01Bad tag quality for TT_501.TEMPunack
14:27:33almPLC-01Leg down on redundant ring for remote I/Ounack
14:31:17almHMI-01Bad data quality for tag PT_312.PRESunack
Project Impact
3 Change Orders + 5 Days of Startup Delay
Case study

Huntington Beach cut ~$700K in test hardware with SimServe.

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“Now we can validate communications in development and deploy with far more confidence.”— Stewart Griffin, Utilities Technology Supervisor
Current industry process

The traditional path leaves everything to the last mile.

Design decisions made months ago meet real hardware for the first time on the plant floor. That's where surprises turn into overtime.

Today
Design
Develop
Component Testing
Commission
Integrated Testing
Production Fixes
Operate

Integration and testing waits for hardware installation and wiring on site. Every bug found on-site requires a workforce shuffle, new hardware ordered, or a missed startup date.

With SimServe
Design
Develop
Component & Integration Testing
Commission
Operate

Component integration is exercised digitally from day one. The plant floor becomes the last confirmation, not the first test.

Signature explainer

How a modern SCADA system works.

Click any component to see what it does, in plain English and in engineering detail.

In plain English
A central system that collects data from the whole plant, shows it to operators, records history, and forwards commands back down to the equipment.
Technical view
The SCADA server aggregates tag data from PLCs over industrial protocols (EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA), maintains a real-time database, drives HMI clients, logs to a historian, and coordinates alarm management.
Examples
  • Ignition, iFIX, Wonderware, Citect
  • Runs on on-premise or cloud servers
  • Contains historian and analytics software
Why it matters
If the SCADA server has stale data, wrong tags, or broken alarms, the whole plant runs blind. Bad SCADA integration is the single most common cause of commissioning delays.
How SimServe interacts
SimServe is vital for any test platform that strives to provide your team with accurate screen data, alarms, and historian points long before the real PLCs come online.
Introducing SimServe

A field replica for your control system, before a single wire is pulled.

SimServe recreates your PLCs and network in a virtual environment so your team can validate everything in advance.

Virtual PLC memory

Replicate the memory of a PLC, no hardware required.

Simulated networks

Model Modbus and EtherNet/IP traffic end-to-end.

Live field data

Stream tags, alarms, and events to the HMI operators already use.

How it works

Model. Simulate. Deploy.

Identical workflows between development and production systems.

01

Model

Configure SimServe with PLC tag lists, protocol converters, and network topology. SimServe presents a field replica for your control system.

02

Simulate

Conduct testing on your development system with realistic process behavior in scenarios your team defines.

03

Deploy

Rehearse commissioning end-to-end. Push validated changes to production with testing your team can trust.

Industries

For the systems that keep the world running.

From municipal water treatment to specialty chemical and GxP pharmaceutical production.

Commission with confidence, not crossed fingers.

A 30-minute walkthrough tailored to your control system, from PLC to SCADA.