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Designed to deliver world-class mission-critical applications
Redundancy switch time and high volume data was tested to meet rigorous offshore requirements.
Total flexibility to define privileges based on groups or specific users. Permissions can be global or tied to a specific display, object or input action.
Dynamically create users and store credentials in SQL databases. Get users from Active-Directory or third party system for integrated security or unified login.
Identification policies, session duration, control, automated logoff, e-sign, audit-trail and a complete set of user management features are available.
FactoryStudio allows delivering applications in conformance with Title 21 CFR Part 11 and it was designed following the applicable recommendations from NERC, such as the CIP- 007-1-Cyber Security-System Management.
Security must be implemented at the core, not applied externally. FactoryStudio modules have built-in security related components designed from the core.
Reliable, easily configurable redundancy, for seamless failover; FactoryStudio automatically initializes and continues to synchronize the primary and secondary server. The Device communication channels are also easily setup for redundant physical networks and redundant PLC nodes.
The Alarm and Historian database can be assigned to a third-party external cluster or replicated automatically when running on the FactoryStudio servers.
Engineering tools provide features to simplify configuration and updates in redundant scenarios.
Redundant or stand-alone servers allows dynamic switching of project versions, without interrupting service for connected clients and keeping the real-time database loaded.
Real-Time tags, Devices, Alarms, Historian, Scripts, Clients, all modules were designed from the ground up to meet redundancy and hot-swapping requirements.
Infrastructure designed from the Core
FactoryStudio performs real- time optimization, blocking addresses to maximize the use of the communication channel.
Connectivity is a key FactoryStudio feature, therefore many native communication drivers to a variety of industry standard protocols and PLCs are included. New drivers are continuously added to the standard distribution of FactoryStudio.
FactoryStudio is in full compliance with the OPC Server and Client specifications. For any protocol not included with the product, the OPC client provides all the necessary integration.
Data acquisition and drivers, native or OPC, can run on remote computers, for instance to get data from RS-232 devices or to eliminate the requirement for DCOM OPC configuration.
FactoryStudio can be deployed as a stand- alone OPC Data Server, using the native protocols and providing data to other systems though its OPC Server interface.
A Tag Import Wizard and automatic definition synchronization is provided for OPC Servers, Rockwell ControlLogix L5K files, CSV files, Beckhoff TwinCAT, OSIsoftTM PI System and PI AFTM; new wizards are continuously being added.
Data communication runs in its own .NET domain, with a WCF layer to isolate the drivers from the main real-time database. Multiple threads are created to each protocol and device node for maximum performance.
Complete set of testing, deployment and diagnostics tools provides fast and reliable application development and installation.
Statistics on system messages, success and error messages, dynamic blocks created, cycle time and execution time on each block are generated to allow the fine tuning of high performance applications.
Everything in the driver configuration, from the station node IP to the address and tag mapping can be changed online using the project script itself. Create standard applications capable of having the runtime setup to the specific conditions where it is being deployed.
Partial list of supported manufacturers and protocols
ABB,
Altus,
BACnet,
DNP 3.0,
Ecom/KOYO,
Fatek/Facon,
GE,
IEC-61850,
IEC-870-5-101 and 104,
Matsushita,
Mitsubishi,
Modbuss,
MQTT,
National Instruments Omron,
Reliance,
Rockwell,
Siemens,
Simatic/TI 505,
Smar,
SNMP,
TwinCAT/Beckhoff,
Unity Pro,
WITS,
and more.
Built-in tools and open interfaces for custom solutions
Reports can be saved in multiple formats: Text (ASCII or Unicode), HTML, XPS and PDF!
FactoryStudio includes a user-friendly simple Report layout editor integrated with the engineering workspace. The rich text format uses underlying XAML flow document technology from WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation; that enables the inclusion of graphics and flexible formatting.
The runtime displays can be opened in background or saved to image files, allowing you to create rich graphic snapshot reports. Current displays and layouts also can be printed or saved as an image to disk.
The report generator ability to append files, based on the project configuration and real- time tags, can be used to create CSV and text logging files for scenarios that require the information to be created as time goes by, such as batch reports and shift reports.
Any symbol from the real-time displays can be included in the Report. The dynamic behavior of the symbol, such as color, text output, and rotation, are all updated using the current tag values when generating the report. User controls, like Trend and Bar charts can be added as well.
The contents of database tables and queries can be added to the reports. The queries and report generation execute in isolated processes, not interfering with the real-time processing.
A complete .NET Data Access library is available to create custom reporting solutions or to integrate with Microsoft Office, SQL server reporting services or other vendors tools. A COM model API is also available to be used from Excel VBA and JavaScript applications.