Product category:
Plantwide control
News Release from: Citect | Subject: Plant2Business
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 September 2004
Solution improves acquisition and
reporting
Citect's entry level Plant2Business solution provides users of CitectScada and other systems with the means to connect disparate systems and achieve better decision making.
Citect's entry level Plant2Business solution at just GBP 995, - including a free historian - is designed to provide users of CitectScada and other well-known Scada and PLC systems with the means to connect disparate systems and achieve better decision making through improved data acquisition and reporting Seamless connectivity and advanced cross platform integration features enable Citect's entry level Plant2Business solution to connect directly to leading Scada packages including, CitectScada, Mitsubishi MX4, MX32 and MX2000, Intellution FIX32 and iFIX, Wonderware - Intouch
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 29 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, plant managers and even IT personnel are able to access operational data directly and immediately to assist in timely decision making.
The integrity and continuity of data acquired with the Plant2Business system is virtually guaranteed, even when computers or networks fail, thanks to a free integrated historian function.
This allows data to be stored locally, within the historian itself, or transferred simply to an MS-SQL database using the connector provided.
Interfacing seamlessly to the Plant2Business Historian or business database is Citect's Plant2Net web server, with its five (concurrent) browser client application licences.
Plant2Net allows data to be viewed and analysed using the Excel and Crystal report templates within the browser clients.
Access to the data is controlled by a security system, which defines user privilege and password protection.
"Plant2Business is the ideal compliment to our CitectScada and to many other Scada systems on the market", said Paul Hurst, MD of Citect UK.
"At just GBP 995 for an entry- level system, Plant2Business offers users the benefits of an open and scaleable management platform".
"It allows manufacturers to access and interface with all plant floor data including production, control and maintenance".
"This enables them to make better-informed decisions, leading to increased productivity and return of investment (ROI)". Request a free brochure from Citect ...
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