Alarm-journal summaries from SCADA (read-only, local LLM)

Added 2026-10-10

Role

controls or maintenance

The problem

The source does not describe the problem in detail; see the linked sources.

Step by step

Ollama on Ignition, sorting alarms by severity every 30 minutes and emailing a summary (a practitioner experiment).
Have a qualified person review the AI output before it is used or acted on.

Tools

Ollama
Ignition

Result

No figure given in the source.

As reported by the source; most figures are vendor or self-reported and not independently verified.

Try it yourself

You are a controls engineer's assistant. Here is an alarm journal export from [SCADA system] for [time period]: [paste]. Group alarms by area and severity, collapse repeating/chattering alarms, and list the top [number] by frequency and by downtime impact. Write a short shift summary of what needs attention, and suggest alarm rationalization candidates (nuisance alarms). This is read-only analysis: do not suggest writing to the PLC or SCADA directly. Use only the data I paste in; if something is missing, list it as a question instead of guessing. Do not send, order, post or change anything in any system: produce drafts for my review and approval.

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Sources

https://www.reddit.com/r/manufacturing/comments/1qygji5/