Our platform's versatility knows no bounds, thanks to its lightning-fast application development tools and a
robust suite of integrated
functionalities. Designed to meet the needs of a wide range of industrial applications,
from Edge computing to SCADA, HMI, and Enterprise systems, it's the complete package you've been searching for.
Each module encapsulates unique functionalities, such as the creation of real-time data models, storing and retrieving time-series data, managing security access control, and more. Enjoy the convenience of over 50 native communication protocol drivers, robust scripting capabilities, powerful diagnostic tools, and a state-of-the-art drawing tool for UI creation.
This section offers a comprehensive look at these integrated modules, their capabilities, and how they work together to create a unified development framework in FactoryStudio, streamlining your automation and control projects while enhancing adaptability.
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Modular Architecture
The platform's modular architecture enables you to develop in a single environment and deploy the necessary components from the server to the edge, based on your requirements. The modular architecture provides a more flexible and scalable solution for automation and control applications, allowing faster development, simplified maintenance, and enhanced adaptability to changing requirements.
The platform has a complete set of Rapid Application Development tools.
Platform Components
Our platform relies on the three components described below. It supports distributed architectures, which means that each one of these software components may be running on one computer, exchanging data with the modules on other computers.
1. Solutions Manager (Solution Management)
Our platform enables you to create industrial applications for any platform - you can run it on Windows, Linux, Mac, Routers and Universal Robots. This is the first interface you'll see when running the software and it showcases all the solution files you have. You can create, edit, manage and run solutions from here.
2. Designer (Solution Configuration)
The Designer Workspace allows you to edit solutions’ displays and tags, as well as modules such as Devices, Alarms, Scripts, Datasets and Historian.
3. Runtime (Solution Execution)
When you run your solution, the first UI you'll be presented with is the TStartup, which is responsible for loading everything the solution needs. This includes the TServer, which enables communications with databases, and the modules that will act behind the scenes to display the information the user sees. It will also open the User Interface, which can be either Windows or Web Clients.
Modules
Unified Namespace And Tags
Build real-time data models, like Tags and Templates. Connect seamlessly to external systems using Dynamic ExternalTags for on-demand data connectivity. Asset modeling allows for
Included Modules
Modules are organized to deliver a simple way to encapsulate all the functionalities required when creating real-time industrial applications, from Edge to SCADA HMI and Enterprise systems.
Tags, Assets and Templates
Creates Real-Time data models, including Tags and Templates. Dynamic tagless on-demand data connectivity with an external system is possible with the Dynamic TagProvider. Asset modeling enables the creation of a hierarchical view of the data.
Historian
Stores Easily store and retrieves access time-series data. The Our platform has includes an SQL historian engine with , Canary Historian, at no extra charge. Seamless integration cost. It seamlessly integrates with other historian tools , such as like OSIsoft PI and InfluxDB. OutPlus, it offers out-of-the-box - store-and-forward functionality.
Security
Manages Control access control to the project configuration and security model to the user of the running project. User security allows user security effortlessly. Enable FDA compliance applications, integrate with Active Directory integration, LDAP, and more . Easily define which display/objects are accessible based on the user profile for user security. Define access to displays and objects based on user profiles and security groups with ease.
Devices
Includes more than 50 Access over 60 native communication protocol drivers for PLCPLCs, transmitters, and field devices effortlessly. Supports Our platform fully supports OPC UA and DA , for both server , and client execution, and new industry along with emerging standards like MQTT SparkPlug B.
Alarms
Organizes the Easily organize Tags around into Groups and Areas , allowing easy for setting for Alarm conditions, Audit-Trail, and notifications via email or , SMS, or voice notification, . Visualize alarms online and in the historian alarms visualization. Agnostic storage . Store data agnostically on any selected Database provider.
Datasets
Manages Effortlessly handle multiple simultaneous connections with SQL databasedatabases, customize processes with queries, and tailor tables customized for the values of real-time tagstag values. Manages Manage recipes and data files in ASCII, UNICODE, or XML formats with ease.
Scripts
Delivers high-performance Enable powerful server-side and client-side scripting capabilitywith high performance. Programming Use languages include like C#, VB .NET, Python, and JavaScript. Easily create develop multi-threading applications with parallel execution for the task and add references to externally developed classes.
Reports
Creates Generate Text (Plain, XML or JSON), PDF, or HTML5 reports without the need of any external tool.directly without relying on external tools. Additionally, utilize web services to interact with external applications or systems. Access, manipulate, and share data using standardized communication protocols like HTTP and RESTful APIs. This facilitates integration with various software systems such as ERP, BI tools, and custom applications, enhancing data sharing and collaboration.
Displays
Effortlessly design User Interface Displays using our advanced drawing tool, featuring a wide range of
Displays
State-of-the-art drawing tool used to create User Interface Displays, with an extensive set of fully customizable Symbols and Graphical components. Create Whether you need a Responsive Dashboard and , a traditional Process Diagram, or high-performance SCADA High-Performance GraphicsGraphics, we've got you covered. Deploy the your displays seamlessly in HTML5 , or secure .NET SmartClient , to desktop, mobile, or web clients. Extend the Enhance user experience with advanced features , including like Language Localization, dynamic conversion of Engineering Units conversion, and Displays' dynamic scheme of Theme colors.
Diagnostics Tools
Delivers tools specifically designed to assist in the commissioning of applications, long-term maintenance, and development tests. Leverage three decades of experience in start-up and factory-floor real-time systems.
dynamic theme color schemes.
Data Explorer
Perform data mining and monitoring from various data sources, including MQTT Brokers, OPC-UA, PLCs and SQL databases.
Track Changes
Automatically maintain a log of Solution configuration changes, cross-reference tables, and Version Control Information.
Modules Namespaces
Object Model
In most systems, you usually have to go through the hassle of creating Tags or Variables and writing code to display information about what's happening in your application, like how much CPU is being used by the latest task.
Using our platform, things are way simpler. All those things you need to keep track of, like Tags, AlarmGroups, and ScriptTasks, are actually classes that extend from .NET classes. This means that when you configure your project, you get to use all the properties and methods created by our platform, as well as those already built into the .NET classes.
Take the Tag DateTime, for example. In other systems, you'd need to write code and methods to convert strings to DateTime formats or figure out what day of the week a specific date falls on. But with our platform, the DateTime Tag is just an instance of the .NET class DateTime. That means your project can easily tap into all the properties and methods that come with it, right out of the box.
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ExamplesFinding the weekday of date time event: simply access the property Finding the amount of CPU used the last time a calculation was executed: simply access the property |
Namespaces
All the Modules, tools and objects used in a project are organized in accessible namespaces. Some of main namespaces are:
Tags: Group of variables of the real-time database
Alarms: Provides access to all information about the management of Alarms.
Devices: Includes information on all field devices and its communication status.
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