Runtime Software Features

Runtime software features
Feature View Control Server Control Server
loading and running a visualization project
acquisition of data from the communication drivers of the connected devices (i.e. automation/control devices)
project update client (transferring changes made in the project to the runtime software on other computers)
OPC DA client
OPC UA 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
server connection redundancy (redundancy of a client–server connection)
data server redundancy (primary and secondary server)
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 alarms to Maatrix
sending and receiving SMS messages (SMS driver required)
logging diagnostic information to log files
logging diagnostic information to a Syslog server
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 the 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 (defining, modifying, duplicating, deleting, etc.) users, historical trends and reports via visual tools with uniform appearance and control, the 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
creating, editing, and using recipes via Recipe Editor
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
virtual keyboard
support for multiple monitors
logging users on and off (user verification for Reliance, Windows, and Active Directory)
two-factor authentication when verifying users
verifying access rights when performing access right-protected operations
saving user-defined settings to user profiles
built-in Web server
detailed diagnostics on the server Web page
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
support for SSL/TLS for clients connected to the built-in Web server
possibility to exchange data with third-party applications using a Web API (REST, SOAP)
running as a Windows service
OPC DA server
OPC UA server
software keys
time-limited licenses (quick replacement for damaged or stolen keys)
detecting the license through License Service