Wonderware
Wonderware is a major player in the SCADA world. We find that
it is a very well rounded package that suits many needs, however
it
is not specifically affiliated with a particular PLC platform.
Although this sometimes hinders their market presence, the fact
that they
have designed their product to work well with all major PLC vendors
means that they have a unique design perspective and system philosophy
that seems to work well in most applications.
Wonderware is a leading supplier of industrial automation and
information software, legendary for its ease of use and for providing
exceptional integration benefits. Because Wonderware® software
transforms data into vital plant information, Wonderware powers
intelligent plant decisions in real time. Wonderware has approximately
325,000 software licenses in approximately 100,000 plants worldwide,
which is about 30 percent of the world's 335,000 plants with 20
or more employees.
RSView Supervisory Edition
Rockwell Automation shows up here in the SCADA classification
with their Supervisory Edition of RSView. It is intended to
take the customer
into the SCADA realm at the point where the Machine Edition leaves
off. As with the Machine Edition, we have worked significantly
with
this product,
and are familiar with its pros and cons. Since Rockwell Automation
owns Allen-Bradley, there is sometimes a bias towards using
this software with AB PLCs.
RSView® Supervisory Edition is one of two components of the
RSView Enterprise Series. The RSView Enterprise Series bridges the
gap between machine-level and supervisory-level systems to give users
a more efficient, productive, and cost-efficient solution at all
levels of the enterprise. Designed for scalability and integration
between machine and supervisory levels, Enterprise Series products
are designed with a common look, feel, and navigation to speed development
and training time while reducing your total cost of ownership. RSView
Supervisory Edition (SE) is an HMI for supervisory-level monitoring
and control applications. It has a distributed and scalable architecture
that supports distributed-server/multi-user applications, giving
maximum control over information everywhere you want it. This highly-scalable
architecture can be applied to a stand-alone one-server/one-user
application or to multiple users interfacing with multiple servers.
RSView Supervisory Edition is targeted at supervisory-level monitoring
and control applications that need a distributed and scalable architecture.
Supervisory Edition includes runtime servers and clients, allowing
customers to develop and deploy a multi-server/multi-client application.
Such applications are developed with the RSView® Studio development
tool.
iFix
iFix is a product that is part of the GE Fanuc Proficy HMI/SCADA
product line and therefore might be considered directly affiliated
with their line of PLCs and controllers. However, this software
package, like all the others, may be used with just about any
controller hardware. iFix definitely has its advantages over
other packages
in certain aspects, but at the same time is not always the best
solution for a customer's needs.
iFIX offers scan based operation, ideally suited to applications
requiring consistent performance and known response times. Process
automation, in particular regulated industries, must be able to depend
on the quality of their data, along with operator audit trails in
order to maintain a tight control over their operation. Proficy HMI/SCADA
- iFIX delivers this powerful process visualization, data acquisition
and supervisory control. Based on Client/Sever distributed and open
architecture, it easily and quickly integrates with your existing
operation and offers a broad range of additional features.
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