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Siemens Industry, Inc.
managers to take early preventive actions and avoid
potential equipment downtime, protecting capital
investments. InfoCenter Suite supports these efforts
by:
• Allowing equipment-operating parameters to be
viewed over time, or compared relative to each
other or a baseline, to determine operating
efficiencies.
• Allowing you to detect slight operation changes
that may not result from alarm conditions but
over time will cost the facility additional dollars.
• Using summary point functions within
InfoCenter Suite allowing for more effective
analysis without adding undue computations
thus burdening the control system.
• Automating alarm and statistics analysis.
InfoCenter Suite API installation drivers and ODBC
configuration software is included with the
Infocenter Software. InfoCenter API documentation
has been incorporated into the online Administrator
help. These files were designed to allow software
developers to access the InfoCenter Server
Application Programming Interface (API). With this
software and intermediate/advanced capabilities in
Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications,
programmers or third-party integrators can develop
their own custom InfoCenter Suite client
applications or integrate to third-party applications.
InfoCenter Suite's flexible platform allows Siemens
to efficiently develop client applications that meet
your specific business needs. Whether integration
to other desktop applications or complex statistical
processing, Siemens can develop custom client
applications to meet your specifications.
Customizable options include:
• Custom Microsoft Visual Basic clients
• Integration with Microsoft Office
• Expand import formats for third-party systems
trend data management and reporting options
for the InfoCenter Suite platform
• OPC Data Integration
Supporting Products
The InfoCenter Suite family includes additional
products that provide powerful data analysis,
management and reporting options for the
InfoCenter Suite platform. Additional offerings
include:
• APOGEE GO® for InfoCenter Suite —
APOGEE GO for InfoCenter Suite provides
state-of-the-art, Web-based access to
InfoCenter Suite’s Report Manager and Utility
Cost Manager applications. Specifically, you
can run, schedule and review all report
templates available in these applications and
explicitly review databases for audit trail
information. As part of the APOGEE GO group
of applications, APOGEE GO for InfoCenter
Suite will allow you access to specific
InfoCenter Suite information via the Intranet,
Internet or Extranet using a standard Web
browser.
• APOGEE GO® for Animal Facility Reports —
This is a market specific InfoCenter Suite
application designed to support information
management needs in animal research
facilities. The application is designed around
the animal researchers’ need to ensure efficient
operation. It provides evidence of animal well-
being and supports regulatory requirements
and guidelines. As part of the APOGEE GO
group of applications, APOGEE GO for Animal
Facility Reports allow you access to specific
InfoCenter Suite information via the Intranet,
Internet or Extranet using a standard Web
browser.
• InfoCenter OPC Client — This solution allows
InfoCenter Suite to dynamically receive data
from OPC servers. As an OPC client,
InfoCenter Suite effectively becomes a
“trending” device for data. InfoCenter Suite
continually monitors the Ethernet for specified
OPC servers and collects information for
requested points. Information collection can
occur when the OPC server broadcasts a
change-of-value (COV) or InfoCenter Suite can
poll the OPC servers for point values at regular
intervals.
• InfoCenter Spreadsheet — Microsoft Excel and
InfoCenter Server combine to provide an
effective data analysis and reporting option for
the InfoCenter Suite family of software.
InfoCenter Spreadsheet is an add-in to
Microsoft Excel that allows you to dynamically
query InfoCenter based data.
• Microsoft Cluster Server Support — InfoCenter
Suite supports an optional addition that allows
the InfoCenter Server software to support the
use of Microsoft’s Cluster Technology. This
technology is targeted for installations requiring
high reliability.
• Additional 5 Client Licenses — The InfoCenter
Suite software concurrent connections can be
expanded in 5 license increments.
• Infocenter Critical Environments Report Add-in
— A market specific InfoCenter Suite
Application designed to support information
management needs in Life Science facilities.
The set of reports includes:
o Critical Storage Report — Documents
temperatures and alarms of critical
storage equipment such as
refrigerators, freezers, and incubators.