[applied_heat]

If grafana supported numeric entry fields and buttons it could easily replace wonderware intouch etc.

Traditional scada systems have such brutal plotting abilities they are ripe for disruption

[leeoniya]

for sure. we're continuously adding capabilities to the Canvas panel to support SCADA-type and flowchart use cases.

https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/panels-visualization...

there's some initial movement towards "press Canvas element -> invoke HTTP api call":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6fg1TpfBUg

we added streaming/websocket data sources a few major versions back.

i'm hoping to make something more standardized and pluggable like data sources.

[applied_heat]

I think OPC-UA uses http, and there are OPC-UA servers to talk to Just about every type of device, so maybe it is already possible.

I was looking at the canvas element to do an electrical single line diagram.