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Industrial Application Server
Unifying Disparate Systems
Cost-Effectively Integrate Manufacturing Systems
These days, it's hard to justify the funding required to change out an entire control system and yet systems must be continually upgraded in order to meet market demands. Because of the steep hardware costs and downtime risks, replacing production equipment and the control hardware that runs the process is simply is not financially feasible for most manufacturers.
Furthermore, the changing needs of industrial environments are often best addressed by installing software such as the Industrial Application Server on top of the control system. You can use these Industrial Application Server-based software solutions to make improvements in the areas of asset management, ERP integration, plant-wide optimization and production reporting.
Because Wonderware's Industrial Application Server can integrate the data residing in multiple systems with minimal engineering effort and with robust communications security, it is very well-suited as a single unifying application integration platform.
Keep Your Options Open with Flexible, Hardware-Independent Software Solutions
Wonderware offers an impressive selection of DA Servers and I/O Servers for hundreds of the most popular control devices, programmable logic control (PLC) systems, remote terminal units (RTUs) and distributed control systems (DCSs) on the market — including those offered by Foxboro, Rockwell, Siemens, General Electric, Schneider, Fisher-Rosemount and many more. Wonderware software is also designed to be compatible with all of the latest device communications protocols.
As a result of this remarkably open connectivity, Wonderware's customers can use or keep the hardware from the vendor of their choice and still reap the benefits of Wonderware's powerful and flexible software solutions.
Extend Your Existing Investments in InTouch Applications with the Latest Process Visualization Capabilities
The Industrial Application Server uses Wonderware's leading InTouch® HMI for process visualization. InTouch software can be configured to leverage the Industrial Application Server's security model, component architecture, application logic, scalability, diagnostics and networked namespace.
In addition, the Industrial Application Server protects and extends previous InTouch engineering investments with the capability to re-use scripts, tags and communications from existing InTouch applications, providing for powerful co-existence.
Improve Your Reaction Time with Consolidated Reporting
The powerful combination of Wonderware's Industrial Application Server and IndustrialSQL Server™ (InSQL™) real-time plant historian can help you improve your reaction time as follows:
- The Industrial Application Server consolidates and aggregates data from multiple manufacturing lines, plants or operations;
- The InSQL software stores the real-time and historical data in an accessible, well-organized location; and
- Employees can then run reports on that data and deliver them to personnel throughout the organization in a consistent and therefore time-saving fashion.
Save Engineering Time with Reusable Objects and a Common Namespace
In addition, The Industrial Application Server provides significant engineering cost savings through the use of an object-based plant model and common namespace. Reusable and extensible objects representing typical plant assets can be created, customized and organized following the physical or logical structure of your plant. Once deployed, these objects can furnish data to the IndustrialSQL Server real-time plant historian as well as InTouch HMI windows.
Furthermore, configuration of the IndustrialSQL Server historian is greatly simplified by Industrial Application Server objects. For example, history extensions for object parameters are predefined, allowing for one-click history archive configuration without additional setup or configuration. The entire plant model -- incorporating data tags and logical organizational elements such as plant, area and equipment -- is automatically uploaded into the IndustrialSQL Server historian. The result is a unified view of the entire plant's history, which can greatly simplify troubleshooting and process improvement efforts.
Respond Faster to Critical Plant Events with Automatic Event Detection and Notification
What's more, the Industrial Application Server expands on the event-monitoring capabilities of the IndustrialSQL Server by configuring objects that capture and distribute information to and from multiple data sources. For example, when an event occurs, the Industrial Application Server can capture the necessary information to describe the event and associate that description with the existing data in the InSQL historian. These objects can be configured to handle the upload and download of information needed by ERP systems and business applications. The Industrial Application Server can also write directly to set points in PLCs and other control-related hardware, empowering you to take immediate action on information derived from InSQL history.
Integrate Manufacturing Data with Business Applications Using the Wonderware Enterprise Integration Application
Built using the Industrial Application Server, Wonderware's Enterprise Integration Application facilitates the integration of real-time manufacturing data with business applications. Wonderware's Enterprise Integration Application can integrate plant data with applications from SAP, Oracle Applications and J.D. Edwards and other vendors by leveraging:
- An innovative software architecture that can integrate virtually any automation system;
- Microsoft's .NET, XML and BizTalk Server 2004 technology;
- OPC technology, which provides real-time data connectivity; and
- SQL/OLE DB support for open database integration.
Get more information on the Wonderware Enterprise Integration Application