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"Evolution, Not Revolution" Advantage Announces iFix 4.0 Release from GE
Fanuc
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Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX 4.0 "Breaking New Ground in HMI/SCADA
Functionality"
Increased sophistication and availability of graphics, greater
connectivity with other plant floor devices and a wide range of
functionality enhancements have brought HMI/SCADA users to new
levels of efficiency and productivity in their operations.
iFix 4.0 New Features
Discovery and automated configuration
This new tool enables users to browse data sources (PLCs and/or PLC Programs),
identify variables and data structures, then automatically configure a driver
for communications.
Version management and disaster recovery Application Files are
checked in and out of the Proficy Change Management server quickly and easily
through the iFIX Workspace System Tree.
BioMetric: The most secure environment yet Peer to peer networking
is now handled over encrypted communications and can co-exist with legacy nodes.
Applications leveraging the electronic signature features of iFIX will benefit
from integration with biometric devices, i.e. fingerprint readers, retina
scanners, etc. Biometric devices enabling the tight integration of iFIX Signing
Dialogs with third party biometrics infrastructures.
The power of Proficy Real-Time Information Portal delivered to an iFIX
display A new ActiveX Control delivers the ability to automatically host
Real-Time Information Portal displays. This “embedding” of technologies delivers
a “view everywhere” capability, maximizing your ability to deliver the right
data to anyone, anywhere at any time.
Connectivity to Relational Databases couldn’t be easier
VisiconX, a set of ActiveX controls for database connectivity, can now read and
write to relational databases. Both Update and Insert are supported, integrated
with iFIX security and electronic signature.
Terminal services on a SCADA node
Terminal Services typically requires a separate and dedicated server to support
remote clients. Version 4.0 now offers a Terminal Services Option for a single
remote user or up to 3 remote users on a SCADA server.
New right click capabilities deliver instant operator productivity
Right click and drill into tag details. Right click and instantly trend an alarm
variable. Highlight several variables and view them in a Tag Control Panel.
These new capabilities are available out of the box.
Host of Additional Benefits
- Dynamic language switching
- Evolution: FIX Desktop improvements
- Alarms and Event A&E Viewer ActiveX Control
- VBA has been updated to Microsoft's Latest version 6.4
- Windows XP Tablet Edition
- Alarm priorities have been expanded
- iFIX graphics are more powerful than ever through the introduction of CAD
style tools
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Learn more and take the guided tour today
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Click Here To Take The Flash Guided Tour
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Whitepaper
download: Evolution, Not Revolution: The GE Fanuc HMI/SCADA Customer
Protection Strategy (pdf)
Info
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For more information, please contact
Tony Smith at |
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Advantage Industrial Automation
4775 River Green Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30096
770-447-4474
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Advantage Industrial Automation provides manufacturing solutions
by adding value to the leading vendors of factory automation,
information and control products, and manufacturing execution
systems. We help our customers improve productivity and quality,
reduce downtime and waste, and increase efficiency and safety.
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