Visualization software adds tools

Charlottesville, Va. —Version 4.0 of Cimplicity HMI introduces Workbench and Power Tool Suite allowing users to monitor and control processes ranging from a single machine to plant-wide supervisory control and data acquisition systems. Workbench is an integrated development environ-ment supporting the Power Tool Suite.

By Staff November 1, 1998

Charlottesville, Va. —Version 4.0 of Cimplicity HMI introduces Workbench and Power Tool Suite allowing users to monitor and control processes ranging from a single machine to plant-wide supervisory control and data acquisition systems. Workbench is an

integrated development environ-ment supporting the Power Tool Suite. It provides drag-and-drop configuration, intelligent defaults, progressive disclosure dialogs, configuration printouts, and pop-up tool tips. Power Tool Suite includes System Sentry that continuously monitors the HMI system; Report Manager which produces easy-to-configure reports; Action Calendar for scheduling events; Quick Trends; XY Plots; SmartObjects built on Component Object Model; Dynamic Measurement Systems, and Point Cross Reference.

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