Wizcon System is a fully integrated, PC-based automation software suite.
A complete Internet-based solution for control and visualization.
Wizcon Supervisor™ is software that allows users to manage and control processes in real time with maximum security, from a PC or remotely via the Internet using a standard web browser. Its interface facilitates user operation, facilitating real-time decision-making. Wizcon Supervisor is a suite of control and monitoring products for industrial automation.
Wizcon provides a set of tools for exchanging data with other applications. Database connectivity, custom generation, and data interface standards are all addressed by WizSQL & ODBC.
The WizSQL Connection module provides highly flexible connections to the popular application database through the Microsoft ODBC interface. This allows for easy configuration of data exchange with other applications and databases, including Microsoft's SQL Server, Sybase, and Oracle.
The WizSQL module allows the user to create SQL or ODBC events, queries for real-time data from database tables, and write real-time and historical WizSQL data with SQL tables. WizSQL allows the user to define SQL commands with tag values and embedded parameters. Each command is assigned to a trigger that controls when a command is executed.
In addition to downloading tables, WizSQL allows users to retrieve information from the common database and save it to a Wizcon container. This type of data transfer allows users to send production orders from business systems directly to the factory floor.
Open APIs for developing customizable programs:
The Wizcon Software Developer’s Toolkit (SDK) provides a rich set of APIs, allowing users to develop custom events in Visual Basic or C++.
Wizcon supports OPC client and server interfaces, allowing Wizcon applications to instantly connect to a wide variety of OPC servers, providing data to OPC clients. As an OPC client, Wizcon can connect to any OPC server. As an OPC server, Wizcon can provide data to client applications. This can be a simple, user-written Visual Basic application or a commercial calculation package. Furthermore, Wizcon supports OPC, the most advanced OPC Toolkit that supports OPC data access, as well as alarms and events.
Wizcon is fully compliant with OPC Data Access V2.0 standards. OPC standard definitions such as server browsing and time stamping are included. Wizcon's support for OPC client and server interfaces ensures that the user can connect to an OPC-enabled application.
DDE is a data exchange protocol between independent applications. The application sends updates to each application only when new data is available. DDE allows users to process data from other applications using tools from other applications. Through Wizcon's DDE support, users can manipulate data in common business applications, such as spreadsheets, database systems, and static packages. Wizcon supports DDE operations and Block DDE operations as a client or server.
On the internet, adherence to standards such as HTML for publishing web documents and Java applications for applications allows Wizcon to easily integrate factory data with corporate information systems. Users can now combine SCADA with inventory data, production schedules, and order status, giving users a real-time snapshot of the entire organization from a common and familiar interface.
Wizcon's millisecond time-stamping allows users to trace events exactly as they occur in the field. This allows the operator to easily separate different events and identify the first alarm detected. For large processes with large amounts of data, the time stamp can be performed by the PLC and returned by Wizcon with the exact PLC time stamp.
Wizcon's built-in mechanisms allow Wizcon to receive and send not only variable updates from Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), but also the exact time of an update. This sophisticated, transparent mechanism integrates time-stamped data accumulated by the RTU or logging data accumulated by the RTUs or data devices and data archives. The logging data devices send Wizcon to record events with accurate time-stamped data.
The communication driver collects, analyzes, and transfers events to WizPro (the Wizcon kernel), which merges these events into its historical database. This unique mechanism allows Wizcon to plot remote events with resolution greater than 1 millisecond.
Users can easily build SCADA applications without knowledge of HTML or Java. Use the Wizcon Wizard to convert existing Wizcon applications into HTML pages that include Java applets for object images, alarm summaries, and online maps. Then publish your HTML files to a web server, allowing users to interact with the application via the web.
Using the browser, authorized users can interact with data from anywhere. Remote users can change setpoints, monitor process behavior through map graphs, and set alarms. Archived alarms and statistical graphs are also available to remote users. All you need is a standard web browser and a TCP/IP connection to the Wizcon station via the corporate network, a router or gateway, or a simple dial-in modem.
Creating HTML pages from a Wizcon is simple. To get started, specify parameters for the Viewers (Applets) you want to display. Enter a name for the HTML file and save it to the list. Click on the page to view it in the browser.
A graphic viewer provides graphical representations of processes in the browser. Users can choose which graphic they want, view it when an HTML page is opened, and select one of the projects in the graphic files.
Picture files are automatically generated and saved with a .wnp extension when zones are created in an image. A single picture file is created for each defined zone in an image.
Users can create Events Summary Viewers by generalizing HTML pages from an Events Summary Profile defined with Wizcon, and publishing the resulting pages to the Web.
A Statistics Viewer provides past and current online activities recorded by Wizcon according to specific maps defined in the Statistics Profile. This additional benefit is for remote control applications and applications requiring frequent access. For these applications, viewing historical data is critical. In each application, an operator checks their applications and can see what happened at the end of the day.
Advanced users can create HTML pages manually and customize them to their needs.
Width and extent specifies the pixel size of the Applet generated on an HTML page.
Wizcon for Windows and the Internet can be paired with a variety of server standards to instantly publish information to the Web. Wizcon can be integrated into an existing Internet/Intranet corporate strategy, or it can use standard Windows-based servers for standalone applications.
