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Introduction
Using our platform, you can create Real-Time data models, complete with Tags, DataTemplates and Enumerations. With Tag Providers, you can establish dynamic connectivity with external systems on demand, without the need to create local variables or mappings. Asset Tree editor allows you to construct a hierarchical view of the data.
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Key Functionalities
The Unified Namespace offers you a cohesive and structured data framework. This improves data comprehension by providing context and enables users to easily grasp the information they need.
TAT and Real-time Elements
Tags, Assets, and Templates
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are essential components of real-time data
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models within our platform. The
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system
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includes a built-in, event-driven, real-time,
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in-memory database that effectively manages tags, assets, and events in the application.
Tags
In the context of this platform, the term "tag" refer to real-time variables and their associated historical data.
Tags are accessible for read, write and subscription by the various Modules. For example, the Devices Module can map the value of the Tag with field equipments , such as PLC registers; or the Datasets Module can connect tags with SQL databases tables and queries; or the Scripts Module can perform calculation and analytics with the tags. The graphical Operator Displays shows values mapping to the Tags, independently of the data source for its value.
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Assets Tree
Assets represent the physical equipment in the production environment and are linked to groups of Tags that reflect the real-time status of that equipment. Defining Assets in the data model is straightforward: you create tags based on Templates, ensuring they share a common definition for a set of variables. You can also use folders to organize Tags and Assets in the Unified Namespace, creating a hierarchical representation of your process.
Unified Namespace editor
Our Unified Namespace editor integrates Tags, Asset folders, and Data Sources configuration tools into a single user interface, simplifying the management of both Local Tags and Remote data sources.
Real-time Tag Types
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While most HMI-SCADA
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systems stick to basic tag types
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like numeric and
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messages, our platform expands its scope to include IT and MES systems,
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offering support for a wide range of real-time entities
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. It covers all SQL types and numerous .NET Framework entities,
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even accommodating images and
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complete
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DataTables within a single real-time tag.
Templates
Similar to .NET classes, templates serve as customizable structures, enabling composition and hierarchy. In addition to the built-in basic types, real-time tags can be generated based on templates that mirror physical assets. This approach accelerates and streamlines your application development.
Dynamic Arrays and References
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Our platform
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stands out as the sole provider of real-time
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systems equipped with built-in support for
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tri-dimensional dynamic arrays, lists, and type-safe reference tags
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featuring dynamic assignments. This
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unique capability allows for the creation of reusable components
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across displays, symbols, reports, calculations, and
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any other part of your project.
Import and Synchronize
Tags and templates can be imported and automatically synchronized from various data sources, including XML and CSV files, OSIsoftTM PI SystemTM and PI AFTM, Rockwell™ ControlLogix program files, and OPC servers.
SQL Databases and .NET
Built-in tag types allow direct mapping to any SQL database or .NET variables.
Assets
The Tags in the projects can be organized in a tree structure, allowing to group variables that are related in the same folder, creating an hierarchical representation of the process. The term asset also refers also to the physical equipments in the production environment, that equipment will relate with a group of Tags, or a Template, that represents the real-time state of that equipment.
Assets and Categories
Organize your project with categories and assets. An asset has tags and other application objects connected to your process hierarchy. The platform allows the implementation of ISA 95 modeling specifications, which can be essential in large systems.
Templates
Templates are user defined data structures, also known as UDTs (User Data Types).
Typically, the equipments on the field will have various variables for realtime monitoring. Instead of creating one Tag to each variable, it is possible to create a Template with those variables, then create one Tag with that Template type.
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Enumeration Sets
Enumerations establish a set of possible values or ranges for a variable, associating each state with specific messages and colors. When linked to a Tag, the enumeration's value enhances data comprehension by providing context to the various states the variable can represent.
ExternalTags
Our ExternalTags feature lets you tap into Data Model definitions from external systems, enabling direct use of variables and structures in any of our platform’s modules without the need to create local Tag definitions within your Solution. This functionality is applicable to the following:
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