Scalable SCADA and MQTT Were Crucial to Achieving Ambitious Goals 5 min video / 5 minute read Download PDF Cirrus Link Solutions is an industry leader providing software to connect OT data to SCADA systems and IT enterprise applications. For SCADA, NGL chose Ignition by Inductive Automation®. Ignition is an industrial application platform with numerous tools for building solutions in SCADA, human-machine interface (HMI), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). No Limits NGL now has a deeper look into its saltwater disposal operations thanks to the Ignition implementation from TAS. “When they have trucks coming in, they don’t have to reject any water, because they’re able to move that water to a facility that has capacity to take it,” said Brad Byrum, president of TAS. MQTT a Crucial Piece To help with the MQTT aspects, NGL and TAS brought in the unique expertise of Cirrus Link Solutions. Arlen Nipper, president and CTO of Cirrus Link, co-invented MQTT with Andy Stanford-Clark. “NGL wanted to use MQTT to do some pretty disruptive stuff in their SCADA system,” said Nipper. “Not only did they want more secure, redundant, and reliable communications into the central Ignition gateway, but they also wanted to accomplish peer-to-peer communications.” Setting up the peer-to-peer required customization of Cirrus Link’s MQTT modules, but everyone worked together to produce the needed solution. Fast Work Texas Automation Systems is based near Dallas, and provides best-in-class services in automation system design, integration, programming, and commissioning. For more information, visit txautosys.com. Last Updated on: May 10, 2022 Inductive Automation All rights reserved