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New SQLData Components |
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Many Supervisory HMI as well as Production and Performance Management
solutions require access to and manipulation of database tables as part
of an effective operator environment.
The new SQLData components make this easier to implement in a production
application. This release provides the functionality to improve the
usability, performance, and robustness when integrating different
SQLData sources and database information with the Wonderware Application
Server and InTouch. The following is delivered as part of this release:
- SQLDataGrid 3.0 (InTouch 10.0) is an InTouch control that is encapsulated by
an ArchestrA symbol. The SQLDataGrid allows InTouch 10 and InTouch for System
Platform 10.0 users to directly manipulate data residing in a SQL database
- SQLData Object 3.0 is an Application Object enhanced with the ability to
select a database table or view for column mapping to ArchestrA attributes. The
object utilizes the connection and transaction management infrastructure
delivered as part of this project. This is an update to the SQLData object 2.1
- SQLData Script Library is a group of scripts that simplifies the setup and
manipulation of database information and takes advantage of the powerful
connection and transaction management capabilities
The script library can be used by any ArchestrA object to connect,
read/write data and execute SQL commands to the following Data Sources:
- Microsoft SQL Server (.NET Data Provider for MS SQL)
- Oracle (.NET Data Provider for Oracle)
- OLEDB (.NET Data Provider for OLEDB)
The SQLData Components are not licensed and are available for use
free of charge, but require the Wonderware System Platform 3.0 with
Wonderware Application Server 3.0 or later and/or InTouch 10.0 or later
to execute. They will be distributed via Wonderware Customer Support
Shipment and the Tech Support Web Site.
Documentation is provided in the form of User Guides for each individual
component and Object Help as a part of the .aaPKG file and a Read Me
file.
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Wonderware Integrates with Echelon i.LON SmartServer |
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Wonderware recently announced the integration of i.LON
SmartServer from Echelon Corp. with the Wonderware System Platform 3.0
software. This integration will greatly increase the ability of System
Platform users to integrate into the equipment used in many building
management/facility management systems.
 Echelon, a leading provider of networking technology, worked in
conjunction with Munich Software in Germany to develop a technology
interface. The interface enables the Wonderware and Echelon applications
to work in conjunction to address energy conservation management
activities across a wide range of commercial and industrial facilities.
The integration of i.LON SmartServer with the Wonderware System Platform
3.0 delivers a single software platform for real-time operations
management functions. It enables customers to achieve energy savings,
improved safety and reduced maintenance costs.
 Energy management is important in every industry and the pairing of
Echelons leading control products and Wonderware's user-friendly
supervisory software solutions will simplify energy management for
end-users. It has never been so easy to create robust, quickly deployed
control networks for improved efficiency and productivity in industries
such as facilities management, building automation, retail and
convenience stores and quick service restaurants.
The iLON Smart Server integration package from Munich Software
significantly optimizes the development process of supervisory
applications for use with the i.LON SmartServer. It supports
installation and remote deployment, and enables users to leverage the
wide range of features of the Wonderware System Platform 3.0 software.
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Why choose Wonderware? |
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 Wonderware achieved another significant milestone with its customers
actively deploying more than 500,000 software licenses around the globe.
This means that approximately one-third of the world’s plants run
Wonderware software solutions. Software licenses have been sold to more
than 100,000 plants/facilities worldwide, which accounts for 33 percent
of the world’s 305,544 plants with 20 or more employees.
Coming on the heals of this accomplishment, Wonderware again garnered
top honors from Control Engineering and Frost & Sullivan as we took home
the Engineer's Choice Award and Product of the Year (for the 5th
consecutive year).
Control Engineering: Engineer's Choice Award
Wonderware InTouch 10.0 software has been selected by
Control Engineering readers for the magazin e’s “Engineers’ Choice Award”
for the HMI software category. Winners were selected based on product
service to the industry, technological advancement and market impact.
“The Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice awards are significant
because they are determined by engineers who work in the control
industry and are experts as to what types of tools they need to
successfully do their jobs,” said Marc Moschetto, Control Engineering
editorial director. “In selecting the products for each category, our
readers were asked to consider factors that impact their day-to-day
responsibilities. Wonderware InTouch 10.0 HMI was determined to be the
most exceptional or noteworthy HMI software product introduced in 2007.”
Since 2000, Wonderware has received six magazine awards for a variety of
industry-leading products and technology innovations. This marks the
third consecutive year that Wonderware has received a top award from the
magazine.
Frost & Sullivan: Product Of The Year
For the fifth consecutive year, Wonderware
has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 “Pro duct
Of The Year” in the
human-machine interface (HMI) category. Wonderware InTouch 10.0 and
System Platform 3.0 software also were recognized for their ability to
assist manufacturers in achieving operational excellence by maximizing
equipment utilization and operational effectiveness.
In writing the award, Frost and Sullivan said that customers using
InTouch 10.0 HMI and System Platform 3.0 software identified several
outstanding features including ease-of-use offered by ArchestrA
graphics, scalability via object-based creation, interoperability with
other hardware and robust customer support. These factors were cited as
key to reducing engineering time and lowering overall lifecycle costs.
According to Frost & Sullivan, Wonderware InTouch 10.0 HMI and System
Platform 3.0 software solutions are likely to emerge as a benchmark for
innovative approaches to real-time operational challenges faced by
customers in the discrete, hybrid and process industries. The global
growth consulting company also noted that InTouch 10.0 HMI and System
Platform 3.0 software provide the necessary tools to help companies
build applications that address the business complexities of the entire
enterprise. Instead of different software for supervisory control,
predictive maintenance, quality control, batch processing, product
genealogy, recipe management and downtime analysis, Frost & Sullivan
said customers benefit from the single integrated solution.
InTouch 10.0 HMI and System Platform 3.0 software also were recognized
for interoperability which enables manufacturers with plants worldwide
to easily integrate global operations. Wonderware solutions can be used
to develop the required tools to effectively view plant and business
performance, enabling customers to improve execution and quality,
streamline business strategy and provide performance analysis to
increase competitiveness through greater speed, efficiency and
innovation.
For the past five years, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Wonderware
software's innovative product design and development. In 2007,
Wonderware received Frost & Sullivan’s North American Company of the
Year Award for outstanding software solutions. In 2006, Frost & Sullivan
named Wonderware - Company of the Year for its pioneering work in the
human-machine interface (HMI) and manufacturing software technology
market segments. Wonderware InTouch HMI software received the 2005
Product Innovation Award. In addition, in 2004, Wonderware received the
Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award.
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STRONGARM Industrial Displays and Touchscreens |
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STRONGARM’s Flat Panel Displays are designed to survive the most
demanding industrial applications. Because the display elements are
built into precision-milled, solid aluminum or stainless steel bezels,
they remain secure and free from stress. The possibility of
life-shortening display deformation is significantly reduced when
installed in a panel cut-out. Unlike most other display offerings,
STRONGARM displays are updated to the current technology immediately.
You can be sure that the STRONGARM display you purchase today is not
yesterday's trailing edge. STRONGARM displays come in 15.1", 17.1",
19.1" and 21.3" display sizes and have the following specifications:
- Precision-milled, heavy-duty bezels ensure longer display life
- 3/8 " thick-viewing windows are bulletproof and scratch-resistant
- NEMA 4X Polished Stainless Steel Bezels are precision-milled from ¼" plate
- NEMA 4/12 Powder-coated 3/8 " Thick Aluminum Bezels are extremely durable
and maintain appearance
- NEW! HiBrite 17.1" and 19.1" displays offer superior viewing characteristics
for outdoor use
Additionally, STRONGARM displays are available with many different
touchscreen technologies depending on your application.
Resistive Touchscreen (for 90% of all touchscreen applications):
The resistive touchscreen uses a glass panel overlay with a uniform
resistive coating. A polyester coversheet is tightly suspended over the
top of the glass, separated by small, transparent insulating dots. The
coversheet has a hard durable coating on the outer side and a conductive
coating on the inner side. When the screen is touched, the conductive
coating makes electrical contact with the coating on the glass. The
voltages produced are the analog representation of the position touched.
The controller digitizes these voltages and transmits them to the
computer for processing. Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) (good for
hazardous environments):
The Surface Acoustic Wave touchscreen has a glass overlay with a grid of
transmitting and receiving piezoelectric transducers. The touchscreen
controller sends a 5 mHz electrical signal to the transmitting
transducer, which converts the signal into ultrasonic waves within the
glass. When the screen is touched, a portion of the wave traveling
across it is absorbed, thus changing the received signal. The signal is
then compared to a stored reference signal, the change recognized, and a
coordinate calculated. The process happens independently for both the X
and Y axes. By measuring the amount of the signal that is absorbed, a
Z-axis is determined. Infrared (good for hazardous environments or
rough environments):
The Infrared touchscreen relies on the interruption of an IR light grid
in front of the display screen. Integrated into the display bezel is an
opto-matrix frame that contains a row of IR-light emitting diodes (LEDs)
and photo transistors, each mounted on two opposite sides to create a
grid of invisible infrared light. The opto-matrix frame is isolated from
the outside environment by an IR transparent barrier. The IR controller
sequentially pulses the LEDs to create a grid of IR light beams. When a
stylus, such as a finger, enters the grid, it obstructs the beams. One
or more of the phototransistors detects the absence of light and
transmits a signal that is the X and Y coordinates. Because the infrared
scanning is done in front of the display, a bulletproof, 3/8" thick
polycarbonate window is installed between the IR grid and the display
itself. This window provides a level of environmental protection for the
electronics that is unique to the infrared touchscreen technology.
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Introducing Marathon |
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Wonderware NorthEast is happy to announce a new relationship with
Marathon Technologies - the leader in fault-tolerant, high-availability
disaster recovery software. Marathon's unique solution is a
fantastic complement to many of our existing offerings and provides a
seamless method for creating a fault-tolerant, high-availability
platform on which to run other mission critical applications (ex. The
Wonderware Historian).
Founded in 1993, Marathon Technologies is the only provider of
fault-tolerant, automated, high availability and disaster recovery
software for physical and virtual servers. Marathon’s everRun software
prevents outages and data loss – without IT intervention - in Microsoft
Windows Server and Citrix XenServer infrastructures.
Marathon provides software solutions that enable essentially any two
standard Windows servers to operate as a single, fully redundant Windows
environment, protecting applications from costly downtime due to
failures within the hardware, network, and data. The software creates a
virtual Windows environment on top of the two physical servers (and
their installed Windows operating environments) upon which your
applications are installed and run. With everRun FT, the virtual layer
enabl es the two servers to operate in “lockstep” – executing identical
instruction paths at the exact same time to ensure the application never
suffers downtime or loss of data due to a device or even complete server
failure. To the outside world, the network and the system administrator,
there is only one Windows server running your applications, a virtual
server that comprises redundant hardware under the control of the
Marathon software.
It’s no different than managing an application on a normal Windows
server. The system administrator interacts with the virtual Windows
environment – he or she sees a normal Windows desktop, where
applications are installed and managed, where users are added, modified
or deleted – basically, all tasks are the same as with a normal Windows
server. Thus, there is no special training needed to manage applications
in a FTvirtual Server environment. Marathon provides
fault-tolerant, high-availability capability using industry-standard
hardware, application software and OS. Marathon software is unique in
the marketplace. It delivers the highest level of availability for the
lowest total system cost. Unlike clusters, there is zero downtime, even
in the event of a server failure. You not only get uninterrupted
application availability, you also get complete data protection—for both
stored data and even data in memory (“in-flight” or “in-transit”
transactions). In the Marathon architecture, there are no single points
of failure.
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Arista's New Workhorse Thin Client |
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The ACP Enabled MicroBox 7824 is the next in a line of proven
Industrial Thin Client solutions from Arist a.
Featuring a more
powerful configuration, the Microbox 7824 has the muscle you require to
handle mission critical applications for your manufacturing environment.
To learn more about thin clients and Arista, please do not hesitate to
call Wonderware NorthEast.
Fanless Design:
The MicroBox 7824 features the AMD LX800 Microprocessor running at
500MHz. This high power, energy efficient chipset produces lower
operating temperatures allowing for a robust fanless design.ion critical
operations.
Dual 10/100 Ethernet:
The MicroBox 7824A-ACP features redundant Dual
10/100 Ethernet Ports. If one server or network connection fails, the
unit automatically switches to the second active connection. This
redundancy minimizes downtime while increasing stability, reliability
and productivity.
Widescreen Support:
The MicroBox 7824A-ACP supports widescreen monitor
applications. With a maximum resolution of
1920 x 1440, the unit can handle 19”, 21”, 22” widescreens and beyond.
Connectability:
Achieve industry leading connectability in a compact
form factor. The MicroBox 7824A-ACP features four USB 2.0 ports, three
RS-232 ports, one RE232/422/485 port, one PS/2 port, one PC/104 port, a
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Wonderware Patchfixes, Device Integration Releases & Tech Notes |
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Registered Wonderware Customer Support subscribers can download the
following Wonderware device integration releases:
(www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):
- ABCIP DAServer (v4.0)
- SuiteLink Update 2.0 Patch 1
- DAServer Runtime Components Upgrade 2.0 Service Pack 3
- Wonderware Enterprise Integrator (WEI) 2.1 Service Pack 1
Registered users can now download the following Wonderware software
patchfix releases (www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):
- Wonderware Application Server 3.0 Patch 02
- ArchestrA Symbol Analysis and Repair Utility
The following Tech Notes and Tech Alerts are now available:
- Tech Alert 106: SuiteLink® Security Vulnerability
- Tech Alert 107: Potential Safety Issue When Using ArchestrA Symbols Embedded
in InTouch® 10.0 Applications
- Tech Note 540: Migrating to SQLData Object 3.0
- Tech Note 539: Trend WebPart Does Not Connect to Remote IndustrialSQL Servers
on Different Domains
- Tech Note 538: InTouch© TSE version 10.0 Application Configuration: Managed,
Published and Standalone Methods
- Tech Note 537: Creating an Application Object Script Using GRAccess
- Tech Note 534: 1784PKTX Hardware Compatibility Issue with DASABDHPlus
- Tech Note 533: Application Object Containment Practices for Wonderware
Application Server
- Tech Note 532: Troubleshooting Communication Issues Between Historian InSQL
Server and Remote IDAS
- Tech Note 531: Changing the Tooltip of a 3rd Party Composite .NET Control
- Tech Note 530: Manually Creating a Factelligence Proxy
- Tech Note 529: InTouch® Language Switching for Windows and Alarms
- Tech Note 528: Automating Object Configuration Tasks Using GRAccess: Creating
and Configuring Field Attributes
- Tech Note 527: Generating an ActiveFactory Workbook Report within InTouch®
- Tech Note 526: Automating Object Configuration Tasks Using GRAccess:
Configuring the OPCClient DIObject
- Tech Note 525: Re-creating the Factelligence Middleware COM+ Application when
the Server Name is Changed
- Tech Note 524: Resolving the 'URL cannot be resolved or accessed or does not
reference an XML document' Error in Wonderware® Information Server
- Tech Note 523: IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 Security Cleaning Utility
- Tech Note 522: Moving ActiveFactory Web 9.2 to Another Drive Location
- Tech Note 521: Connecting Monitors to Panel and Box PCs
- Tech Note 520: Upgrading InBatch Legacy Applications
Registered users can view and download these and other Tech Notes
from the
Wonderware Technical Support website. |
