WONDERWARE UNVEILS ARCHESTRA BULK IMPORT UTILITY.Wonderware, Lake Forest, Calif., a business unit of Invensys, has announced the release of the ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility 1.0. The new utility simplifies the conversion of legacy system applications to Wonderware's Industrial Application Server, which is built on the ArchestrA software architecture and improves the productivity and maintenance of industrial information and automation systems. The ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility is available at no charge for use with a Wonderware development license and the Industrial Application Server 2.1 Patch 01 or higher. "The ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility eases the process of integrating information when migrating existing manufacturing systems to those that leverage ArchestrA technology," said Steve Garbrecht, marketing program manager for Wonderware's product infrastructures and platforms. "This new utility enables customers to transform tag definition files from most existing HMIs, historians, PLCs or MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of applications into an Industrial Application Server object-oriented structure. The input files can be in CSV (1) (Comma Separated Value) Same as comma delimited. (2) (Computer System Validation) See software validation. CSV - comma separated values , XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. or InTouch file formats. This enables the migration and integration of existing configuration and application information, which can save our customers considerable engineering time and effort." The ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility tool includes a tag import wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. that helps the user map the new tags to the Industrial Application Server object-oriented structure. This mapping can be performed and saved for non-Wonderware HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. applications, making it an ideal upgrade and migration tool. Also, this mapping is already pre-done for InTouch users that wish to migrate to, or add on an Industrial Application Server to their existing installation. Additional mappings can be created by system integrators See systems integrator. and shared via the ArchestrA Community Web site at http://www.archestra.biz biz n. Informal Business. biz Noun Informal business Noun 1. . The ArchestrA Community Web site is an online collaboration portal for ArchestrA technology. The ArchestrA Bulk Import Utility also contains a filter mechanism to aid in the creation and organization of objects by taking the raw tags and placing them in a structure. The utility then facilitates the assignment of structured tags to existing templates in the Industrial Application Server. For more information, call 949\459-9696, ext. 242 or visit http://www.wonderware.com. |
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