Integration with MES and ERP systems in SCADA systems - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Integration with MES and ERP systems

📖 Scenario: You work in a factory that uses a SCADA system to monitor machines. The factory also uses MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software to manage production and inventory. Your job is to create a simple data integration script that prepares machine data for MES and ERP systems.

🎯 Goal: Build a script that creates machine data, sets a configuration for data filtering, processes the data to select only machines with high temperature, and outputs the filtered data ready for MES and ERP integration.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary with machine names and their temperature readings

Add a temperature threshold variable for filtering

Filter the dictionary to keep only machines with temperature above the threshold

Print the filtered dictionary as the final output

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Factories use SCADA systems to monitor machines and MES/ERP systems to manage production and inventory. Integrating data between these systems helps automate decisions and improve efficiency.

💼 Career

DevOps engineers often write scripts to connect different software systems, ensuring smooth data flow and automation in industrial environments.

1

Create machine temperature data

Create a dictionary called machine_temps with these exact entries: 'MachineA': 75, 'MachineB': 60, 'MachineC': 85, 'MachineD': 55

SCADA systems

# Create the machine_temps dictionary with exact values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create a dictionary. Each machine name is a key, and its temperature is the value.

2

Set temperature threshold for filtering

Create a variable called temp_threshold and set it to 70 to filter machines with temperature above this value

SCADA systems

machine_temps = {'MachineA': 75, 'MachineB': 60, 'MachineC': 85, 'MachineD': 55}
# Create temp_threshold variable and set it to 70
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Just assign the number 70 to the variable named temp_threshold.

3

Filter machines with temperature above threshold

Create a new dictionary called high_temp_machines that contains only the machines from machine_temps with temperature greater than temp_threshold. Use a dictionary comprehension with for machine, temp in machine_temps.items() and a condition.

SCADA systems

machine_temps = {'MachineA': 75, 'MachineB': 60, 'MachineC': 85, 'MachineD': 55}
temp_threshold = 70
# Create high_temp_machines dictionary with machines having temp > temp_threshold
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary comprehension with a condition to filter the machines.

4

Print the filtered machine data

Write a print statement to display the high_temp_machines dictionary

SCADA systems

machine_temps = {'MachineA': 75, 'MachineB': 60, 'MachineC': 85, 'MachineD': 55}
temp_threshold = 70
high_temp_machines = {machine: temp for machine, temp in machine_temps.items() if temp > temp_threshold}
# Print the high_temp_machines dictionary
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use print(high_temp_machines) to show the filtered dictionary.