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System Platform provides a unified environment for supervisory control, data acquisition, and industrial operations management.

Supports object-oriented templates for reusable HMI, process, and equipment models.

Enables real-time data visualization, alarming, and historian integration.

Integrates seamlessly with industrial devices, PLCs, and enterprise systems.

Widely used in manufacturing, energy, water/wastewater, and process industries.

ArchestrA Galaxy - central configuration and deployment environment

InTouch HMI integration for visualization

Alarm management and event logging

Data historian for real-time and historical data storage

Scripting and workflow automation via built-in scripting tools

Galaxy - central repository and configuration environment

Objects - reusable templates for equipment or process units

Applications - composed of objects and workflows

ArchestrA IDE - development interface for building applications

Nodes - runtime instances that execute applications

Galaxy database - object templates and configuration

Application packages - runtime deployments

HMI visualization - InTouch displays and dashboards

Historian - time-series and event data

Nodes - execution engines and client interfaces

Define Galaxy and object templates

Create applications by assembling objects

Configure HMI screens and dashboards

Set up alarms, historian logging, and events

Deploy and monitor runtime nodes across sites

Beginner: Simple visualization of a single PLC process

Intermediate: Template-based object modeling and HMI screens

Advanced: Multi-site SCADA with historian and alarms

Expert: Integrated MES and KPI dashboards with analytics

Architect: Enterprise-wide, redundant, and high-availability deployments

System Platform vs InTouch HMI: Platform provides full SCADA/IoT capabilities, not just visualization

System Platform vs Ignition SCADA: Platform is AVEVA-centric with object-oriented templates

System Platform vs PLC programming: Focused on supervisory and operational management

System Platform vs FactoryTalk: Comparable enterprise SCADA/HMI solution

System Platform vs Custom dashboards: Provides integrated alarms, historian, and enterprise connectivity

1992 - Initial Wonderware HMI release

1998 - System Platform concept introduced

2005 - Galaxy architecture established for scalable applications

2012 - Enhanced object templates and MES integration

2018 - Cloud and IoT capabilities added

2025 - Modern AVEVA System Platform with full enterprise integration

Galaxy - Central repository for configuration and objects

Object - Template representing equipment, process, or unit

Node - Runtime instance executing objects

Historian - Stores time-series and event data

Alarm - Event or condition requiring operator attention