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 Stores all of the data all of
the time
Data accessible to entire
organization
Embedded industry standard; relational database |
Information Manager
- Captures and stores all plant data
- Realtime and historical plant information accessible
to entire organization
- Minimises storage space and controls volume of data
retrieved
- Embedded Microsoft SQL Server™ provides standard
access via SQL queries
- Eurotherm Suite Link ALIN protocol with in-built
Server Security
- Totally integrated with Project Developer Database
- Integration with relational alarm database
- Client ActiveX™ windows to provide easy to use
access to
the information
- Add-on to EXCEL and WORD available
- Part of the Eurotherm Suite Software Solutions
- Based on Wonderware IndustrialSQL Server™
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System Architecture
The Eurotherm Suite Information Manager provides
system connectivity between the ALIN control network
and the plant Ethernet. Clients systems can be
distributed across multiple geographical and
organizational boundaries, whilst maintaining access
to any process value via the Operations Server as
Information Manager. This structure allows
applications to be distributed across the network
and
removes the need to duplicate data within each node.
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High Performance Real-Time Relation Database
The Information Manager
combines the power and flexibility
of a relational database with the
speed and compression of a realtime
historian package, allowing
integration between office and
plant floor. The Information
Server embeds Microsoft SQL
Server™, providing universal data
access, a powerful relational
engine and tight integration with
other Microsoft applications.
All plant data is acquired and
stored at full resolution e.g.
- Real-Time data – current plant
values
- Historic data – long-term
historian
- Event data – operator changes
- Alarm data – plant and system
alarms
- Summary data – e.g. hourly
averages, maximum and
minimum
The Information Manager is up to
300 times faster than a
conventional relational database
but only uses 2% of the disk space
normally required by a
conventional relational data base.
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Universal Data Access
Engineers, maintenance managers and plant operators can
view, analyze and present real-time, historical and alarm
information using either purpose designed supplied displays,
or commercial software such as Microsoft Office™ or other
custom tools using SQL or ODBC interfaces. |
Auto-build Database
The database, applications and displays are automatically
installed requiring no prior knowledge of relational databases
or SQL.
The Information Manager incorporates
powerful, pre-defined
queries enabling users to search and find data in order.
This
facilitates the understanding of the complex relationships
and
correlations between physical plant, manufacturing operating
conditions, process events, product quality and production
efficiency.
Why use Information Manager?
- Relational databases are used
extensively within the IT
sector and provide well understand integration paths
- Plant data is available via SQL
queries and therefore can
easily be accessed by a wide range of manufacturing
software
- Many reporting packages can be used
to generate simple
scheduled reports up to advanced data processing
techniques
- Provides the environment to analyze
plant data allowing
improvement of plant efficiency, analysis of plant
shutdowns
and generation of data for regulatory bodies
- Flexibility to extend relational
database to add additional
data tables
- Central storage of plant data
simplifies data backup and
recovery strategies
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Client Applications For Information Manager
Application tools are provided to allow users to view,
analyze
and report on the plant and the products it produces, quickly
and effectively. Information needed by engineers, maintenance
staff, managers and operators includes plant trend variables,
values of plant variables and analysis of data. This can be
presented with easy-to-use and focused applications which hide
the complexity of the data structures and interfaces. |
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