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News Release from: Wizcon Systems ? Elutions Europe | Subject: ControlMaestro
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 December 2007
ControlMaestro, SCADA software for site
automation
The new automation software development platform, ControlMaestro, supports Windows Vista and offers web-enabled productivity, user mobility, security and integration into Enterprise systems
Elutions, the world's premier provider of enterprise asset, automation and energy management solutions, has announced the launch of ControlMaestro 2008, its new Site-level Automation Software Platform ControlMaestro is a state-of-the-art software platform for site-wide automation that is open, complete and scalable
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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ControlMaestro leverages customer investments already made in over 60,000 deployed Wizcon Supervisor applications through a seamless migration path.
ControlMaestro 2008 is a state-of-the-art SCADA software platform for site-wide automation that is open, complete and scalable.
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A high degree of productivity is achieved using an object-oriented approach to creating an application - the developer can avoid repetitive time-consuming, labour-intensive and error-prone tasks and instead think in logical terms of how real-life objects, devices and processes interact.
This frees-up time to focus on user friendliness and mobility, or security for mission-critical applications.
Beyond traditional supervisory visualisation, communication and control functionality, ControlMaestro also provides advanced performance web-enabled remote access, secured enterprise architecture, enhanced engineering development productivity, user mobility, and wide-area wireless control to reduce costs and improve services.
This new site-level automation platform enables seamless migration from the large installed base of Wizcon Supervisor applications worldwide.
ControlMaestro addresses some of the key concerns of developers of modern SCADA applications, namely rapid application development, portability and maintenance.
It deals with real-world structures by using an object-oriented approach to building an application and the developer doesn't need to worry about low-level details, such as how communication is established.
As many types of object templates as required can be defined.
Once the template has been created, menial tasks can easily be repeated and any number of examples of these objects can be replicated into the application and easily differentiated, via standard functionality.
Any object or property can be accessed, modified and displayed from anywhere in the application.
This significantly reduces the time to build, deploy and propagate applications, drastically lowering the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a ControlMaestro-based application.
With the Audit Tool, ControlMaestro's cross-reference utility, new developers will find it easier to take over and analyse existing ControlMaestro applications, improving both engineering and project efficiency.
This helps provide comprehensive information on the structure of an application, and generate personalised reports of the application structure.
The Audit Tool makes it easy to find all the objects used in the application, or to find in which module a particular object is used.
Common benefits include easy upgrade of an application that was developed by someone else, simpler maintenance, optimised engineering and project efficiency, accelerated development time while minimising the opportunity for human error, as well as reduced development costs.
With the ControlMaestro advanced web platform, Supervision and Control can be performed from anywhere through an internet connection.
No specific development is needed to deploy a web application that includes for example Control Panels, Charts and Event viewers.
This modern, high-performance web functionality is based on the latest Java technology, and functions across multiple platforms and browsers, while offering security from viruses and data corruption.
Most of the web features are available on PDAs, Smartphones and Panel PCs with the help of the Elutions mobility kit.
With the Mobile Application Manager, customers can select the elements that they want to see on a PDA and configure each of them, for example setting the element size.
Clicking the Launch button enables direct visualisation of the application rendering on a PDA.
ControlMaestro allows secured enterprise architectures.
System security for mission-critical processes can be achieved by using biometric or smartcard-based positive user identification.
This can be combined with a link to an enterprise Active Directory for the added security of centralised user management.
Process traceability is enabled with the audit trail, allowing full application compliance with strict FDA 21CFR Part11 regulations.
Data integrity is protected using sophisticated encryption algorithms to prevent unauthorised manipulations of the core historical database.
And video surveillance can be fully integrated in the SCADA console for perimeter security in buildings, large infrastructure facilities, utilities, or industrial compounds.
ControlMaestro uniquely combines information, communication and automation systems to enable superior services, security, productivity, and user mobility across a site-wide level.
With a click of a mouse, using a simple built-in import tool, it is easily accessible to all current installed Wizcon applications.
Availability ControlMaestro 2008 will be available in early January 2008 from Elutions Europe and its authorized distributors worldwide.
Existing Wizcon Supervisor software will continue to be sold and supported for Windows XP systems, including the recent version 9.4 released last September.
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