The high-level software environment of automated process control systems requires reproducible and predictable maintenance. This article outlines the requirements for automation tools that ensure a consistent execution environment and independence of procedures from its current state. An assessment of the architectural characteristics of common solutions is provided. The joint use of Terraform and Ansible is justified as the foundation of a formalized maintenance model.

Keywords: software environment, automated control system, maintenance, reproducibility, configuration, automation, life cycle, computing environment, change management, programming language.

The article discusses approaches to the systematic analysis of historical data collected from water treatment facilities. By using tools from mathematical statistics, machine learning methods, and visual analysis techniques, the article proposes a formalized approach to assessing the efficiency of water treatment equipment. This approach makes it possible to identify hidden patterns in the data, build robust models of interdependencies, and develop recommendations for optimizing the technological process.

Keywords: water treatment, telemetry data, time series analysis, machine learning, equipment efficiency

This article explores a method for executing data collection systems based on the widely-used industrial protocol, Modbus TCP. In this configuration, the server is a program emulating the Modbus TCP protocol.To implement the client an algorithm and furnished a practical Python programming illustration that employs a lower-level socket library.

Keywords: python, socket, modbus