Control and visualisation of illumination and irrigation processes

The paper presents the design of the integrated illumination and irrigation system using a PLC and its visualisation. In the introduction, the history of PLCs and the SCADA software was briefly described. It was followed by the presentation of the design intent, the description of its operation and components. The control algorithm created especially for this design, the programme for the selected controller and visualisation prepared in VijeoCitect software were also described. The last part of the paper contains the summary of the design and the trends for its development.