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Device Configuration (DCB) Block
The Device Configuration Block allows you to store information about devices in your plant (such as pumps, valves, etc.) within the iFIX Process Database (PDB) and use these values to animate your SCADA mimics.
Historically, process engineers have labelled equipment on SCADA mimics using static text. If a label needs to be changed, the mimic needed to be modified and distributed around the client nodes manually.
The DCB block allows the labels to be changed in the PDB on the fly, without having to stop your iFIX SCADA node and all client displays will be updated instantly. | | |
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iFIX Developer Portal
The iFIX Developer Portal is a powerful multi-threaded web services server engine that delivers fast and reliable real-time and historical data to any application or system without drivers or regard for operating system or platform compatibility. The iFIX Developer Portal is a stand alone software solution that runs without the need for IIS, IT or server support; simply install and run on any iFIX SCADA or View Node. From anywhere within the network generate Excel reports and give all your B2M, enterprise and web systems access to SCADA real-time and historical data without the need for drivers, client licensing and SCADA data structure knowledge. See iFixDeveloperPortal for further information.
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Loadable Blocks
Loadable blocks (also known as Database Dynamos) provide a mechanism to increase the functionality of the iFIX Process Database (PDB) by developing custom database blocks which perform specific tasks relevant to your application. The blocks are processed by SAC just like any other regular database block (AI, AA, DI, etc.) and multiple instances of a loadable block can be added to your PDB to suit the needs of you application (subject to the size of your SCADA tag count).
It is possible to develop both primary and secondary blocks to provide a plethora of additional functionality to your iFIX solutions. Because the blocks are processed by SAC, they offer a much more deterministic solution than writing event or timer schedules.
System integrators and machine builders can reduce the effort required to develop a new system by wrapping functionality in loadable blocks that can be deployed on every project.
Common examples of loadable blocks include:-
- A block which provides an enumerated list of text values for a corresponding integer value.
- A block which can provide the average value over a number of values or over a period of time.
- An SQL Stored Procedure block that allows you to execute stored procedures in a single block and with improved performance over the SQT and SQD blocks.
Astec have extensive experience of developing loadable blocks for many different applications. Please click here for more information on these blocks or contact us if you have a loadable block requiremement. | | |
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Multi-Level Alarm (MLA) Block
The MLA block is an iFIX database dynamo (loadable block) that extends the capabilities of the iFIX Process Database (PDB) by providing custom alarm functionality from enumerated values.
In normal iFIX applications, alarms are generated from discrete values via the Digital Input (DI) or Digital Alarm (DA) blocks or from analog values via the Analog Input (AI) or Analog Alarm (AA) blocks.
These blocks allow you to generate an alarm in your iFIX system when a specific digital value is present or a change of state occurs, or when your current process value goes above or below a target analog value.
The MLA block allows you to generate an alarm on any given value, either discrete, analog or text. When a value is matched, the block generates an alarm. This is particularly useful when you wish to alarm on enumerated non-contiguous values, such as 1, 5, 22 and 76. | | |
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SCADA Portal
Read and write to the process database of GE Fanuc iFIX (or FIX32) from anywhere on your network.
The SCADA Portal provides a single gateway to the real-time information stored within your iFIX/FIX32 SCADA system by leveraging the flexibility of its web server.
A huge variety of applications or custom code located anywhere on your network can read and write real-time data by consuming simple XML data sets via http.
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Solartron IMP OPC Server
The Solartron IMP OPC Server is a standalone OPC Server that provides OPC connectivity to Solarton IMP devices on an existing S-NET network. The IMP OPC Server was developed to satisfy the requirements of control, visualisation and MES customers at all levels. Click here for more information. | | |
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SQL Stored Procedure (SSP) Block
The SQL Stored Procedure Block allows you to pass parameters directky to a SQL Stored Procedure and then execute that stored procedure without having to use separate SQL Trigger (SQT) and SQL Data (SQD) blocks in the iFIX Process Database.
The parameters passed to the stored procedure can be the values of other iFIX tags from the Process database, static numeric values or static string values.
The block connects to the SQL Server database via a standard DSN and is capable of passing up to 16 parameters to the stored procedure. The performance of the block allows upto 100 transactions per second to be processed which is far greater than can be acheived when using the standard SQT/SQD blocks. | | |
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