Features & Benefits of Reliance 4

visual development of applications (visualization projects)

adding ready-to-use components (i.e. visual objects) selected from the Component palette into visualization windows

managing components placed into visualization windows, visual configuration of components' properties, modifying properties of any number of components at a time (even for components of different types), rotating components, duplicating components, intelligent component alignment and layout, visually linking components to tags (Drag & Drop), grouping components, moving components onto another layer

defining and using (selecting, locking, showing, hiding) layers in visualization windows

duplicating visualization windows with optional substitution of components' links to tags

managing visualization windows

managing pictures imported into a visualization project

managing (defining, modifying, duplicating, deleting, etc.) objects of different types (devices, database tables, etc.) via visual tools with uniform appearance and control, so-called Managers; arranging objects into folders (optional), modifying properties of any number of objects at a time, duplicating objects, substitution of objects' links to other objects when duplicating, exporting/importing objects to/from a CSV file

managing a visualization project's structure (control areas, computers, users, devices, database tables, etc.), configuring computer-specific properties, configuring the behavior and functionality of the runtime environment for individual computers

managing data structures (structured data types)

managing devices, tags (both simple and structured), communication zones and alarms/events

managing database tables and database fields

centrally managing the list of SQL servers

managing historical trends to display historical data

managing real-time trends to display most recent data

managing historical reports to display historical data

managing custom reports based on templates in TXT, HTML or internal format (based on XML)

managing recipes for recipe-based control

managing scripts written in VB Script, checking script syntax, code templates

managing centrally defined actions

managing users

defining access rights

securing access to specific operations by access rights

assigning users a specific set of access rights and restrictions

defining unlimited number of languages (including Asian) in a visualization project, Unicode support, managing text strings and translating them into defined languages)

creating window templates and embedding them into regular visualization windows using the Container component

support for room control modules IRC manufactured by Teco

components for working with the system of INELS/Teco

components for working with IP cameras (AXIS and Vivotek)

support for embedding ActiveX controls in visualization windows, linking an ActiveX control's property to a project-defined tag, linking an ActiveX control's event to a project-defined script

visualization project diagnostics (detecting invalid and missing links to objects, invalid and missing property values, invalid paths to files and directories, invalid data types, checking project consistency)

creating a visualization project's backup

locking (encrypting) a visualization project

exporting a visualization project for remote users, i.e. to the format designed for thin clients

development of network applications with TCP/IP communications between computers, including support for redundancy; defining server connections (primary and standby) and a list of devices whose data and alarms/events should be transferred through the connections

loading and running a visualization project

acquisition of data from the communication drivers of the connected devices (i.e. automation/control devices)

OPC client

DDE client

DDE server

generating and processing alarms/events

logging data and alarms/events to databases

direct access to SQL databases

network (TCP/IP) communications to other instances of the runtime software through server connections, including support for redundancy

acquisition of data and alarms/events (real-time and historical) from other instances of the runtime software through server connections

providing other instances of the runtime software with data and alarms/events (real-time and historical) through server connections

executing scripts

processing recipes

sending e-mail messages

sending and receiving SMS messages (SMS driver required)

multi-language support

changing language during running a visualization project

logging Postmort records (recording changes in real-time data and logging them into special data files)

passing commands for devices to communication drivers

passing commands for devices to other instances of the runtime software through server connections

executing commands for devices received from other instances of the runtime software through server connections

controlling the industrial process through the visualization

displaying visualization windows with real-time data

displaying and acknowledging current alarms/events, filtering alarms/events by a device (optional), user-definable sorting

displaying, printing and exporting historical alarms/events, user-definable filtering and sorting

displaying most recent data as real-time trends

displaying and printing historical data as historical trends

displaying, printing and exporting historical data as historical reports

displaying, printing and exporting data (real-time and/or historical) as print reports

replaying and stepping Postmort records (replaying the visualization of the industrial process and stepping data changes)

managing users

managing (defining, modifying, duplicating, deleting, etc.) objects of different types (historical trends and reports) via visual tools with uniform appearance and control, so-called Managers; arranging objects into folders (optional), modifying properties of any number of objects at a time, duplicating objects, substitution of objects' links to other objects when duplicating, exporting/importing objects to/from a CSV file

managing a visualization project (displaying the list of all project-defined objects including their properties, displaying the current status for objects of certain types, displaying the dump of communication packets for objects of type Communication channel)

managing historical reports to display historical data

logging users on and off the program

verifying access rights when performing access right-protected operations

saving user-defined settings to user profiles

built-in Web server

generating historical and custom reports (in HTML and PDF format) for clients

data server for thin clients

providing thin clients with data and alarms/events (real-time and historical)

executing commands for devices received from thin clients

verifying users logging on to thin clients

possibility to exchange data with third-party applications using the SOAP protocol

running as a Windows Service

loading and running a visualization project in the format designed for thin clients

network (TCP/IP) communication to a data server (Reliance Server or Reliance Control Server)

acquisition of data and alarms/events (real-time and historical) from a data server

controlling the industrial process through the visualization and passing commands for devices to a data server (optional feature configured when exporting the visualization project for remote users)

displaying visualization windows with real-time data (supported components)

displaying and acknowledging current alarms/events

displaying historical alarms/events, filtering alarms/events by a device (optional)

displaying most recent data as real-time trends

displaying historical data as historical trends

logging users on and off the program

verifying access rights when performing access right-protected operations

saving user-defined settings to user profiles

multi-language support (including switching language at runtime)

independent of operating system (support for Windows, Linux, Unix, MacOS, etc.)

independent of Web browser (support for IE, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Konqueror, etc.)

intelligent automatic update of program files and project files

displaying project-defined historical and custom reports

loading and running a visualization project in the format designed for thin clients

network (TCP/IP) communication to a data server (Reliance Server or Reliance Control Server)

acquisition of data and alarms/events (real-time and historical) from a data server

controlling the industrial process through the visualization and passing commands for devices to a data server (optional feature configured when exporting the visualization project for remote users)

displaying visualization windows with real-time data (supported components)

displaying and acknowledging current alarms/events

displaying historical alarms/events, filtering alarms/events by a device (optional)

displaying most recent data as real-time trends

displaying historical data as historical trends

logging users on and off the program

verifying access rights when performing access right-protected operations

saving user-defined settings to user profiles

multi-language support (including switching language at runtime)

Teco

Tecomat, Tecoreg, Tecoreg IRC, Tecomax

Modbus

devices supporting the Modicon - Modbus communication protocol (serial link, Ethernet)

Sauter EY2400

EY2400

Rittmeyer wsr3000

wsr3000

Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls

SMS

GSM modems Siemens M20, TC35, MC35, Wavecom WMOD2B

External Communicator

devices supporting communication via a serial link; the actual communication must be programmed in scripts (communication protocol knowledge required)