The project covers the full lifecycle of an industrial solution: data acquisition, alarming, historical logging, scripting, visualization, security, and deployment.

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Project Overview

GrainCore is a simulated SCADA solution built on FrameworX representing a small grain storage facility.

What the Project Does

Data Foundation

The solution models a grain silo station with a structured Unified Namespace (UNS) tag hierarchy following the ISA-95 pattern (Enterprise / Site / Equipment / Tag). Data is fed by a ValueSimulator device — a built-in FrameworX protocol that generates realistic simulated values without requiring physical hardware.

Monitored equipment and tags:

A basic operator display (SiloStation_Overview) shows all live tag values updating in real time.

Alarms, Historian & Scripting

The solution adds operational intelligence on top of the data layer:

• Alarms — condition-based alerts on silo temperature, moisture, level, and fan motor current, grouped and configured with acknowledgment requirements.
• Historian — tag values are logged to a SQLite-based historian table (SiloStation_Log) for audit and trending purposes.
• Server Script (C#) — a calculated tag (AerationFan01/Efficiency = Speed / MotorCurrent) is computed every 2 seconds via a scheduled C# server task, written back into the UNS.
• TrendChart — the operator display is extended with a live trend showing Temperature, Moisture, and Efficiency over time.

Displays, Dynamics, Security & Deployment

The solution is finalized as a production-ready HMI:

• Animated operator display — the silo rectangle fills proportionally to grain level, the fan indicator changes color based on running state, and a temperature warning label appears conditionally.
• Display navigation — a multi-screen layout with a Home screen, SiloStation_Overview, and an Alarms_Overview display, all interconnected via buttons.
• Deployment — the solution runs in WPF and in a web browser.

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