Applications: (What Can OPC Time Monitor & Server Consolidator Do for You) OPC DA Server Consolidation/Funneling Maintenance Management Providing operators with key operating indicators without doing any programming Regulatory compliance & exception reporting Quality monitoring Machine uptime & operational monitoring Asset Management Tool & Die utilization

The OPC Time Monitor & Server Consolidator is a single, cost-effective software product that lets you:

• Consolidate and funnel connections from multiple OPC Data Access Servers into a single OPC server data source for OPC clients that are limited in the number of OPC servers they can connect to.
• Limit Request Rates to Servers - Through our consolidating and funnelling capabilities, control the data rate at which data is gathered from OPC servers - this prevents a single OPC client from overwhelming the OPC server with data rates that are faster than the server can handle.
• Add Value to Data - Turn raw data from your PLCs and process controllers into valuable information for business decisions.
• Simplify tag names for upstream clients. Every item configured can have a name that you define, thus channel1.device1.controllogix.globaldata.pid04.pv can become pid04.pv if you want.
• Improve your business
• Improve your manufacturing efficiency and profitability in a wide range of applications.
• Provide valuable input for real time performance management and asset utilization applications
• Click for example applications to see how OPC Time Monitor could help you.
• Why buy just a funneler when you can have much more!

The OPC Time Monitor & Server Consolidator is unique because it can integrate with any system that utilizes the industry standard OPC interfaces and requires no programming or complicated setup. Plug in the OPC Time Monitor and Server Consolidator between your OPC Data Access Server and HMI/SCADA or Process Control System and start getting valuable process intelligence quickly.

Key Features (more details)

• OPC Time Monitor Provides your HMI/SCADA/MES/ERP System with
   
• Cycle counts
• # of times in/out of compliance limit
• Average time in and out of compliance limit
• Max time in and out of compliance limit
• Total time in and out of compliance limit
   
• Automatically generate exceptions to advise your Process Control System or HMI/SCADA system of process problems
   
• Can be used to "filter" what tags are available to other OPC Clients and control the update rate requested from OPC Servers or as a Server Consolidator
   
• No programming required, simple setup
   
• No scripting or special setups needed in your HMI or process control system
   
• Runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003
   
• OPC Certified! - Data Access Compliance & Interoperability Tested
   
• Connect to any number of OPC Servers simultaneously for data input into the OPC Time Monitor application
   

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