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Learn ScadaBench in ten minutes.

Six short lessons. The app also opens a guided tour on first start; reopen it any time from Help.

Video 1Coming soon
01 · 1 min

Getting started in one minute

  1. Install ScadaBench and start the free trial.
  2. Follow the short tour that opens on first start; it shows the four places: Diagram, Devices, Test and Settings.
  3. Devices › Add a sample IED, then press Run. The IED answers on 127.50.0.2, port 102.
Video 2Coming soon
02 · 2 min

Import an SCD and build the diagram

  1. Devices › Import CID / SCD and choose your file. Tick the IEDs you want and press Import.
  2. Diagram › Build from SCD › Preview, then Apply to diagram. Busbars and bays come from the Substation section.
  3. Press Tidy up for a clean single-line diagram. One Undo puts the old layout back.
Video 3Coming soon
03 · 2 min

Run IEDs and change values

  1. Press Run. Every IED gets its own address; copy it from the IED Overview for your SCADA or client.
  2. Test › Test points: add the alarms, statuses and measurements you change often, then change them live.
  3. Test › Sequences: set and check values on a timeline, or play back a CSV trace.
Video 4Coming soon
04 · 2 min

GOOSE and the lab network

  1. Install the free Npcap driver from npcap.com with its default options.
  2. Settings › Network › Set up lab network: pick an adapter, review every Windows change, then Apply.
  3. Press Run. Simulated IEDs publish their GOOSE; Network & GOOSE shows every stream and any mismatch with the SCD.
Video 5Coming soon
05 · 2 min

Real IEDs and station health

  1. On an IED choose Real device and enter its address. ScadaBench connects read-only.
  2. It reads the model, compares it with the SCD and uses only free report blocks.
  3. Devices › Health check gives one verdict per IED; export it as CSV or an HTML report.
Video 6Coming soon
06 · 1 min

Activate, move or go offline

  1. Paste your key on the activation screen and press Activate this computer.
  2. New PC? Enter the key there and choose Move the key here (twice a year, self-service).
  3. No internet? Copy the Machine ID, get a license file at license.scadabench.com/activate and load it.

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