As an international-standard public facility, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (Bali Airport) manages extensive infrastructure with rigorous global service standards. A vital aspect of their daily operations is maintaining optimal temperature stability via advanced cooling systems (chillers), ensuring passenger comfort and equipment reliability.
However, significant challenges arose when the legacy SCADA system reached its technical end-oflife, ceasing all vendor support and updates. This obsolescence exposed vulnerabilities in real-time monitoring, disrupting smooth airport operations at one of Indonesia’s key aviation hubs.
This obsolete system hindered the integration between existing chiller units and the new network of temperature sensors intended for implementation. Compatibility gaps prevented unified data flow, complicating efforts to modernize infrastructure at the airport. Without a centralized SCADA monitoring platform, the technical team resorted to manual checks, physically visiting each device location. This labor-intensive process proved highly time-inefficient, especially in a 24/7 high-traffic environment like Bali Airport.
Beyond inefficiency, manual methods made it nearly impossible to gather synchronized, actionable data for proactive maintenance. The airport urgently required a more open, modular SCADA solution to consolidate sensors, diverse gateways, and chillers into a single, reliable system.