New User-Defined Object
for Easier Device Configuration
The new User-Defined
Object is fully compatible with existing applications,
but adds functionality that many ado
pters
of the Wonderware® Industrial Application Server have
requested. This new and improved User-Defined Object
incorporates many object attributes that accomplish
functions that previously would have been implemented as
User-Defined Attributes (UDAs) or via scripting or
object containment. The net result is less work and
effort for Wonderware customers to implement equivalent
functionality for reading, scaling, and manipulation of
analog and discrete devices in the ArchestrA® Integrated
Development Environment (IDE). This new User-Defined
Object supplements the engineering savings already
provided by the Industrial Application Server’s
underlying ArchestrA architecture, and improves the
usability of the IDE as a development tool.
Enhancements for Simpler Alarm
Configuration and Maintenance
The Industrial Application
Server provides excellent capabilities to manage a group of
HMI (InTouch) visualization nodes as a background service.
For example, it can consolidate alarm definition and
detection inside the ArchestrA IDE. These new enhancements
simplify the development and maintenance of system-wide
alarms and operator notification, and reduce the amount of
configuration required to accomplish these tasks.
Internationalization Support
for Worldwide Markets
In addition to supporting
English-language Microsoft platforms, Industrial Application
Server 2.1 now supports Japanese, Chinese, French and German
versions of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, Windows
Server 2003 and SQL Server database software.
Industrial Application
Server 2.1 and IndustrialSQL Server 9.0 Historian
Enhanced Integration
A major feature added to
the IndustrialSQL Server™ (InSQL™) historian 9.0 is the
ability to browse the Industrial Application Server’s
namespace (the Model View in the IDE) from the
ActiveFactory™ Tag Picker. Users can now select
attributes from ArchestrA Objects, using the same
techniques they would use to pick InSQL tags, for use in
trend displays or reports. This new capability
facilitates more consistent usability between the
Industrial Application Server and InSQL historian.
Industrial Application
Server 2.1 and InTouch 9.5 Enhanced Integration
In previous versions of
the Industrial Application Server, alarms could only be
queried through the Object Areas defined in the Model
View section of the ArchestrA IDE. Therefore, users had
to assign specific objects to an area for the sole
purpose of alarming. Now, InTouch® 9.5 software provides
more flexibility, as users can query a single or
multiple object instances directly from the InTouch HMI
and take advantage of the Area Definition in the IDE for
other purposes. The result is additional flexibility in
modeling applications that more accurately represent the
plant or operational layout.
