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Unified Environment and Modular Configuration
FactoryStudio
is a friendly, collaborative environment that uses multi-user and multi-project organization to edit and run multiple projects simultaneously. All modules, from tag editing to display designer, are combined in a simple unified user interface.
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Project Management Features:
FacotyStudio allows easy access to FactoryStudio allows easy accessing and editing of your projects.
Easy Project File Management
FactoryStudio projects are stored in an embedded-encrypted SQL database file, which is included with FactoryStudio at no additional cost. The SQL engine provides more security plus easier maintenance and deployment. By contrast, legacy systems have configuration files spread across multiple folders and files.
Access Projects from Anywhere
Providing flexibility to meet your design and execution requirements, FactoryStudio can be configured to store and run projects from a USB stick, a local hard drive, a network server, or a cloud server.
Synchronization and Import Tools
You can copy/paste any configuration table directly into Excel. Configuration from RockwellTM PLC’s, OSIsoftTM PI Systems, CSV files, XML files, or DLL .NET assemblies can be easily mapped into projects with FactoryStudio's simple synchronization tools.
Concurrent Product Versions
Never again will you need to manage virtual machines or different computers with different versions of development software. FactoryStudio automatically enables the latest edited version of your engineering environment that matches the version last used to edit a project. This prevents you from building something into the an old version of your project that is not no longer supported by the runtime environment, which is from a previous product version..
Intellisense
Tags and all application objects are presented to the user as you type, with full context validation, as the user types, which makes the configuration process much faster and more reliable.
Manage Project Releases
Multiple project versions are easily managed thanks to the metadata information and the built-in management tools. FactoryStudio automatically tracks configuration changes, builds, and project releases.
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Tags and Templates
TAT and Real-time Elements
Tags, Assets, and Templates are not only the start of the Tatsoft company name, they are also the core components to real-time data models modes and are the power of FactoryStudio. Our company name (Tatsoft) has even Tags, Assets, and Templates built into it. The FactoryStudio system has a built-in, real-time, event driven, in-memory database, that manages the tags, assets, and events in the application.
Real-time Tag Types
A typical HMI-SCADA system has only basic tag types, such as numeric and messagesmessage tags. As FactoryStudio also targets aims IT and MES systems, it goes far beyond , supporting basic tag types and supports real-time entities that match all the every SQL types type and many .NET Framework entities, including Images and a complete DataTable in a single real-time tag.
Assets and Categories
Organize your project with categories and assets. An asset is composed of tags and other application objects connected to your process hierarchy. FactoryStudio allows implementation of ISA 95 modeling specifications, which can be essential in large systems.
Templates
Templates are user-defined structures, similar to .NET classes, allowing that allow composition and hierarchy. Besides the built-in basic types, real-time tags can be created based on templates that reflect physical assets, which speed up and simplify the application development.
Dynamic Arrays and References
FactoryStudio was the first, and up to now the only, one and only real-time system time system with built-in support for tri-dimensional dynamic arrays, lists, and type-safe reference tags with dynamic assignments, creating . This creates reusable components on displays, symbols, reports, calculation, and at in any 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, RockwellTM ControlLogix program files, and OPC servers.
SQL Databases and .NET
The built-in tag types allow direct mapping to any SQL database or .NET variables.
Graphical Displays
Advanced Graphical Technology
FactoryStudio is the first complete product where all of the configuration and execution tools are pure Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the latest graphical technology from Microsoft. WPF uses the full potential of the current graphics cards and computers, providing superior quality and performance.
Dynamic 3D Models
Connect real-time tags to control properties in 3D models created with 3DMax or other systems that supports the .3DS extension.
Smart Symbols
Smart Symbols are asset and template based reusable graphical components, with runtime dynamics or static binding and centralized management. The The symbols can keep a live link with the library, so you can which means you only need to modify the symbol only once and it will automatically apply to all displays.
Code Behind and Expressions
Develop code behind , using C# or , VB.NET, or HTML5/Javascript, expressions on dynamic animations and , or client-side event-driven scripts, providing flexible customization.
Touch Panel Applications
Customizable on-screen keyboard, multi-touch support, momentary buttons, and other features deliver rich touch panel systems.
Unique set of Dynamic Animations
Unique new dynamics, such as opacity, shine and skew, combined with move, scale, color change, rotate, and others, applied to any object, provide the most comprehensive set of animations. No more difficult laborious workarounds dealing with drawing tools created on top of legacy graphics systems.
Images, Colors and Transparency
Images are added to the project database for centralized management, low . Low and hi resolution versions of the image are automatically created, optimizing the project. Transparency, alpha color, image brushes, and all designer tools are thereavailable.
Advanced Controls
All Windows controls are included, as well as a web browser, child-displays, doc viewer, and many others. Add WPF controls to extended functionality, such as scheduler controls, Gantt, or live video cameras, can be added to extend functionality. Legacy Active-X controls can also be used for compatibility.
Deployment Scenarios
FactoryStudio is based on a unified-package architecture, so the server is always the standard FactoryStudio software. However, all FactoryStudio modules such as Scripts, Device, Historian, Database, etc. may be placed on different computers, in a distributed system context. The The server computers can run in different Operating Systems, connecting to which connects many options of client visualization stations , allowing and allows flexible deployment scenarios.
From Standalone to World-Wide
The FactoryStudio family of products is uniquely designed to provide the most reliable, flexible, and powerful application development platform. Whether you are building You can build an application to run on a small device small device with very limited amount of I/O, to run on a production line or a commercial building, or looking to you can provide information across the globe to those that need it, on any device, anywhere.
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Data Aggregation from multiple locations
FactoryStudio is the perfect platform to collect data from multiple locations to and access it at a centralized location. Hundreds to thousands of distributed FactoryStudio nodes , provide the process data acquisition , and publish the collected data to a cloud server , or to the a corporate office.
Multiple User Security
User security Users can use Application Security, Windows Authentication (Active-Directory), or WS-Federation concurrently, mapping which all map to the same application server.
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Security and Redundancy
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Group and User Permissions
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.
Runtime Users
Dynamically create users and store credentials in SQL databases. Get users from Active-Directory or third-party system for integrated security or unified login.
User Policies
Identification policies, session duration, control, automated logoff, e-sign, audit-trail, and a complete set of user management features are available.
FDA and NERC Regulated Applications
FactoryStudio allows delivering applications in conformance compliance 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 at the Core Level
Security must be implemented at the core, not applied externally. FactoryStudio modules have built-in security related components designed from the core.
Hot-standby Fault-tolerant Servers
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.
Database Redundancy
The Alarm and Historian database can be assigned to a third-party external cluster or replicated automatically when running on the FactoryStudio servers.
Project Configuration Synchronization
Engineering tools provide features to simplify configuration and updates in redundant scenarios.
Hot-swapping
Redundant or stand-alone servers allows allow dynamic switching of project versions, without interrupting service for connected clients and keeping the real-time database loaded.
Redundancy at the Core Level
Real-Time tags, Devices, Alarms, Historian, Scripts, Clients, all FactoryStudio’s modules, were designed from the ground up to meet redundancy and hot-swapping requirements.
Trend and Historian
FactoryStudio offers a complete solution for plotting data, using historian information, displaying trend charts, and more. This module includes:
- Storage and Replication
- Store and Forward
- Universal Time and Daylight Saving
- Process Analysis and Batch Systems
- Vertical and XY plots available
- Annotations and Alarms Overlay
- Real-time Online Charts
- Customize and Save at Runtime
- Snapshots, Tables, and Reports of all trend charts
- OSIsoftTM PI System Database
- Data Quality and Timestamp
Device and Interfaces
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Native Communication Drivers
Connectivity is a key FactoryStudio feature, therefore many native communication drivers to a . We include a wide variety of industry standard protocols, and PLCs are includedwe enable built-in communications with PLCs, historians, databases, and other devices. New drivers are continuously being added to the standard distribution of FactoryStudio, and our SDK makes it easy to add any additional drivers that may not already be included.
OPC Client and Server Support
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.
Remote Data Servers
Data acquisition and driversDrivers, native or OPC, and data acquisition can run on remote computers , for instance to get to do things like retrieving data from RS-232 devices or to eliminate eliminating the requirement for DCOM OPC configuration.
OPC Data Server FactoryStudio Station
FactoryStudio can be deployed as a stand-alone OPC Data Server , using the that uses native protocols and providing provides data to other systems though through its OPC Server interface.
Automatic Synchronization
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.
Process Isolation and Multi-threading
Data communication runs in its own .NET domain, with a WCF layer to isolate the drivers from the main real-time database. Multiple For maximum performance, multiple threads are created to for each protocol and device node for maximum performance.
Diagnostics Tools
Complete A complete set of testing, deployment, and diagnostics tools provides fast and reliable application development and installation.
Built-in Performance Monitoring
Statistics on are generated to help with troubleshooting and the fine tuning of high-performance applications. Some of the performance related statistics gathered include system messages, success and error messages, dynamic blocks createdblock creation, and cycle time and execution time on each block are generated to allow the fine tuning of high performance applications.
Dynamic Addressing
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 Standard applications can be created that have the runtime setup to the specific conditions for where it is being deployed.
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Alarms and Events
Real-time Alarm Processing
- Audit Trail and Alarm Areas
- Multi-platform Alarm Visualization Component
- Notification Subscription
- Store and Forward
- Automated translations
- Storage and Replication in local and remote databases
- OSIsoftTM PI EFTM Event Frames
- Universal Time and Daylight Saving always considered , for accurate time-stamps
Reporting and Data Access
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Reports can be saved in multiple formats:Text Text (ASCII or Unicode), HTML, XPS, XPS and PDFand PDF! |
Built-in Report Designer
FactoryStudio includes a user-friendly, simple Report report layout editor integrated with within 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.
Runtime Display Snapshots
The runtime Runtime displays can be opened in the 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 a disk.
Report Append and Text Data Logging
The report generator's 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.
Dynamic Graphical Symbols
Any symbol from the real-time displays can be included in the a Report. The dynamic behavior of the a symbol, such as color, text output, and rotation, are all updated using the current tag values when generating the a report. User controls, like Trend and Bar charts, can be added as well.
Tables and Queries
The contents content of database tables and queries can be added to the reports. The queries Query and report generation execute are executed in isolated processes, not interfering with the ; they do not interfere with real-time processing.
Data Access Toolkit
A complete .NET Data Access library is available to create for the creation of custom reporting solutions or to integrate with for integration with Microsoft Office, SQL server reporting services, or other vendors vendor tools. A COM model API is also available to be used for use from Excel VBA and JavaScript applications.
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