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Topics - Data Sources
 @aGlance/IT
• @aGlance/IT Data Sources - The List
• Base Products, Architecture
• Application Specific Products,
Architectures
• Supported Methods by A.S.P.
 Web@Glance
• Methods Used by Component
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@aGlance/IT Data Sources
COMPANY
PRODUCT
STATUS
ABB
Advant, Mod 300
INFI 90 Open, DCI System Six
SETCIM, InfoPLUS-X, Infoplus,
SETCON, CIM/21, InfoPlus.21, IP.21
PMIS, PMIS++
VXL
CRISP32
INFI 90 Open, DCI System Six
Wizcon
PROVOX Process Data Server (PDS)
CIMPLICITY
from Stevenaget
embedded
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Under Development
Shipping
Shipping-
G2
D/3, S/3 (Valmet)
SCAN 3000
FIX-32, iFIX
CENTUM CS
PI
AIM Supervisor, AIM \AT
Simatic PCS, PCS 7
InTouch, InSQL
OPC Connection
Shipping
Shipping-VMS, NT
Shipping-SCO
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping-VMS, NT
Shipping-VMS, NT
Shipping, Shipping
Shipping
Shipping
Aspen Technology
.
Bradley Ward Systems
Control Systems International
Crisp Automation
Elsag Bailey
eMation
Fisher Rosemount
GE Fanuc
VMS,Unix,NT
Gensym
GSE Systems.
Honeywell IAC
Intellution (eMation)
Johnson-Yokogawa
OSI Inc. (eMation)
Siebe
Siemens Automation & Drives
WonderWare (eMation)
OPC (eMation)
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@aGlance/IT Plug ‘n Play
 Clients can access multiple servers
 Servers can serve multiple clients
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PI
PC: Excel
Spreadsheet
InfoPlus.21
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@aGlance/IT Platforms
Servers
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 9x
OpenVMS
HPUX
AIX, SCO,IRIX,
Solaris
Clients
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 9x
OpenVMS
HPUX
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@aGlance/IT Products
 Connection Suite
 Standard Edition - DDE Bridge, Excel
Addin, Wizard, OCX (runtime)
 Professional Edition - SE + Client
Development
 System Development Kit - development
of servers & clients
 Full-Function RunTime enables both
@aGlance/IT Server & Client APIs
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Products x Platform
SDK
FFRT
O-VMS
X
X
Unix
X
X
Win 9x
X
Win NT
Win2000
SE
PE
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
CS
Win 3.1
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@aGlance/IT
Concepts & Capabilities
 @aGlance/IT specifies a data model and
a set of methods based on ISA SP72
 @aGlance/IT provides a development
kit to facilitate “wrapping” a server
application
 An @aGlance/IT client application has
plug-’n-play interoperability with
conforming server applications
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@aGlance/IT
Client Functions
 Get tags, attributes, list servers
(Directory)
 Get list / table
 Put list / table
 Get compressed history, uncompressed
history, history statistics, Put History
 Monitor, Monitor Event
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@aGlance/IT Data Model
Current
Process
Value
Current ASCII High Low
Setpoint Descrip Alarm Alarm
tion
Temp
Indica
tor 37
Flow
Indica
tor 22
Level
Indica
tor 99
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Rate of High Low Engineering
Change Dead Dead Units.
Alarm band band
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Servers & Server Hosts
 Each client maintains a list of Server
Hosts
• Every host is contacted whenever a
connection is established
 Each server registers itself with its local
@aGlance/IT Name Server during server
initialization (Services)
 AAG Admin Utility for Administration
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@aGlance/IT uses
ONC/RPC
Client Application
@aGlance/IT API
Proxy
Server Stub
@aGlance / Wrapper
@aGlance/IT Server Callbacks
Proprietary API
DCS / SCADA / Historian
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Name
Server
@aGlance/IT Performance
100000
9100
17000
10000
1670
1000
Excel
200
VB
100
10
Points
per sec
1
10
100
Points per Request
Reads of 8 byte floats
PC Client, Unix Server
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@aGlance Security
 User Groups share a Common Proxy
Account
 Specific Permissions Are Given to User
Group
 AAG Specific Permissions
 AAG Admin for Administration
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AAG Admin
 Assign Users to Groups (Proxy
Accounts)
 Assign Permissions to User Groups
 Define Server Hosts
 List Hosts, Servers, Sessions
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Application Products
 Server for OSI PI(VMS)
 Connection Suite
•
•
•
•
•
Servers for WonderWare InTouch, InSQL
Server(s) for Intellution FIX/32, iFIX
Server for PI Data Archive (NT)
Server for OPC (OPC Connection)
Server-Server Bridge
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Connection Suite
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Web@aGlance Automation Server
@aG OPC
Connection
ONC/RPC
DCOM
ONC/RPC
@aG Srvr
NetDDE
InTouch
ONC/RPC
@aG Srvr
ADO
InSQL
ONC/RPC
@aG Srvr
EDA
iFIX
ONC/RPC
OPC Conn
COM
RS/Links
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DCOM
OPC Srvr
API
PLC,DCS
Server-Server Bridge
 Moves data from one @aGlance/IT
server to another
 Both timed & triggered polling groups
S2S Bridge, an
@aG client app.
Aspen IP.21
iFix
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Server for InTouch
 InTouch V6 and V7
 Must have accessible project files
for tags, attrs
 Server, InTouch may be on
separate nodes
FlowStream, G2...
@aGlance/IT RunTime
@aGlance/IT Server
InTouch
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DDE
Server for Industrial SQL
 Compatible with Factory Suite
2000 & later
 Obtains data from both real time
and historical tables
Web@aGlance
@aGlance/IT RunTime
@aGlance/IT Server
Industrial SQL
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ADO
Server for FIX/32, iFix
 Compatible with FIX/32 V6, V7 and
iFIX
 Must be co-located with FIX node
 Lite version of Server bundled
with FIXWeb & iWEB
XL, FlowStream,
Web@aGlance
@aGlance/IT RunTime
@aGlance/IT Server
FIX/32 or iFix
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EDA
Server for OSI PI
 Available for PI Data Archive on
Windows NT
 PI V2.1 on OpenVMS VAX and AXP
XL, Web@aGlance
@aGlance/IT RunTime
@aGlance/IT Server
PI
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Server for OPC
 OPC Version 2 Specification
 Uses the custom interface to the
OPC server
 Not all OPC servers support
directory methods
Web@aGlance
@aGlance/IT RunTime
@aGlance/IT Server
OPC Server
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COM or DCOM
Servers from eMation
OSI PI
InTouch
InSQL
FIX
OPC
Get Tags
Y
Y
Y
Y
Server
Specific
Get Attrs
Y
Y
Y
Y
Server
Specific
Get/Put Data
Y
Y
Y/N
Y
Y
Monitor
Y
Y
y
N
Y
Act History
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Int History
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
History Stats
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
VMS – Y
WNT – N
N
N
N
N
Put History
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Web@aGlance Component
Needs
Anim
a tion
List tags &
attrs
Get Table
Look
Back
Anim
Editor
Strip
Chart
Bar
Chart
Actual
History
Interval
History
X
X
Chart Wiz
X
X
X
Put Table
Monitor
X
Interval
History
X
Actual
History
X
X
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OPC Methods by Server
Think &
Do
WinAC
WinCC
Simatic
Net
RSLinks
RSView
DeltaV
Tag
browse
X
X
X
X
?
?
?
Asynch
Interface
X
X
X
X
?
?
?
History
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