Schneider Electric CitectHistorian V4.30 and Vijeo Historian V4.30
27 December, 2011 byThe CitectHistorian V4.30 and Vijeo Historian V4.30 are now compatible with the latest Microsoft technology platforms, helping boost overall performance and responsiveness of the system.
MathWorks OPC Toolbox with OPC-HDA support
03 October, 2011 byMathWorks has announced a major update of its OPC Toolbox product, offering support for the OPC Foundation Historical Data Access (HDA) standard. MATLAB users in the power, utility, chemical, oil and gas industries can now access and visualise historical process data from an OPC HDA server, identify trends and perform root cause analysis to help continually improve their operations.
Schneider Electric Australia certified by MESA
24 May, 2011Schneider Electric is the first vendor in Australia to achieve the Certificate of Competency with the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA).
GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Troubleshooter and Proficy Cause+ V5
25 February, 2011 byGE Intelligent Platforms has announced the availability of the latest version of Proficy Troubleshooter and Proficy Cause+ Version 5.0. The solution enables an intelligent form of causal analysis, proactive alarming and decision support so users can react faster and correct issues before a problem occurs.
Get closer to history with OPC
18 November, 2010Offline analysis of historical process data is an integral part of process optimisation and production tracking. OPC helps maximise the return on process history investments by providing a standardised mechanism for collection of real-time process data and by enabling scalable multivendor and distributed historical analysis solutions.
Honeywell Experion R400
22 June, 2010 bySeveral enhancements to the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) help process manufacturers more easily and cost-effectively manage their automation and control systems. Experion R400 includes advancements that lower the cost of open system ownership, with features such as an extended support life, flexible, direct on-process migration paths, virtualisation and easier installation and migration. These elements are intended to allow industrial facilities to focus on leveraging open systems benefits to improve business instead of managing the challenges with systems themselves.
Invensys Wonderware Information Server v4.0 software
21 June, 2010 byInvensys Operations Management has released Wonderware Information Server version 4.0 software for web-based graphical visualisation, reporting and analysis of real-time plant operations data, designed to help drive productivity improvements across organisations. The version features: support for ArchestrA graphics, critical for those using the company’s Wonderware systems platform and InTouch HMI products; enhanced operating system support; and improved web-based graphics built on Microsoft Silverlight technology.
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian ME
10 June, 2010FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition (ME) is a machine-level historian that collects data directly from the backplane of the controller. This solid-state, embedded historian module is hardened for on-machine data collection and features a limited software footprint, no moving parts and reduced risk of data loss due to network or other system interruption.
Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System gains virtualisation
24 March, 2010 byHoneywell has announced it is providing virtualisation technology for its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS). This technology can help manufacturers streamline Experion system management and lower the total cost of ownership by up to 30%.
GE Intelligent Platforms Industrial Gateway Server (IGS) 7.5 drivers
15 February, 2010 byGE Intelligent Platforms has announced Industrial Gateway Server (IGS) 7.5 drivers for the company’s Proficy software. The enhanced offering, utilising industry-standard Kepware KEPServerEX and driver technology, includes more than 100 protocols, which are claimed to enable connectivity to thousands of different control hardware and instruments.
OPC bridging transfers data between industrial automation systems
17 December, 2009Integrators frequently use OPC technology to connect one industrial automation or process control system with another so that data can be shared between the two systems. Because OPC technology is based on a client-server architecture, the challenge is that two OPC servers cannot communicate with each other directly.
Workflow software for food and packaged goods
26 October, 2009 byGE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has released Proficy Workflow for Food & Beverage/Consumer Packaged Goods. By leveraging electronic work instructions and exception management, this software solution is designed to help food and beverage and packaged goods manufacturers reduce variation in performance, cost and quality.
Batch control software
26 October, 2009 byGE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the latest version of its batch control software, Proficy Batch Execution 5.5.
A recipe for success — How recipe solutions can improve a company’s bottom line
02 October, 2009Today’s manufacturing companies face many pressures, including rising costs for raw materials, labour and distribution, not to mention customer demands for higher quality at lower prices. Yet these significant challenges can be used to spark new opportunities to improve the way businesses are run.
Combined video and trend historian
21 September, 2009 byThe Longwatch Video Historian now offers Canary Labs Trend Historian and Trend Link software that enables users to link video with plant data. Together, the two systems archive all the relevant information - video and real-time data - from a process or automation system, making it much easier for plant operators and engineers to analyse events, alarms and actions.
