Case Study: Lantori SCADA Fault Diagnosis System

Short form

A proof of concept that helps electricians diagnose faults in large-scale SCADA and DCS automation environments, where a single system fault can cost thirty thousand dollars or more.

The challenge

In large-scale SCADA or DCS automation environments, think production lines, freight ships and automated ports, downtime is measured in thousands of dollars per minute, and a single system fault can cost thirty thousand dollars or more. The monitoring software says “there is a problem” — but diagnosis is still paper-based: a technician wading through hundreds of A1 and A0 wiring diagrams with everyone breathing down their neck, and every minute spent searching is a minute the whole environment stays down.

What we built

We built a proof of concept platform that lets engineers diagnose faults by clicking through the wiring diagrams themselves, following how the impact of a fault would show up across the system. It turns diagnosis from something held in an expert's head into something that can be worked through step by step on screen.

The outcome

Lantori provides the missing link between the alarm and the specific component on the correct diagram, and tracks the fixes made over time so the knowledge compounds. The platform can cut thirty to forty-five minutes from an average diagnosis time, which in these environments is a direct saving on every fault. It also gave Lantori something concrete to take to their market and their investors, and a way to validate the concepts inside the solution before committing to a full build.

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Suggested image

An industrial electrician tracing a wiring diagram on a rugged laptop beside a control cabinet in a Melbourne plant, warm work light, real cabling in the background. Documentary style, no lightning bolts or abstract circuitry.