WEBfactory 2010 everywhere - What's new

A comparison of the versions WEBfactory 2010 and 2006

Supply of an individual editor

• Internally developed editor with highly performing functions
• Optimised for the design of Silverlight based visualisations with WEBfactory 2010
• Support for reusable templates
• Innovative state-control-logistics
• Native integration of extensive control libraries  
• Reduced training duration due to the intuitive user interface
• No Microsoft license required

Support of Windows Embedded

• Optimisation of the server algorithm for the use under Windows Embedded 2009
• Native integration of the Microsoft SQL server 2008 Embedded

Extension of server functionality

• Extended alarm management delayed alarm recognition through dead-time,
• (De-)activation of run-time alarms trend data recording of numeric and alfa-numeric data
• Full multi-processor support for runtime based projects
• Improved reporting for alarm events to the line printer

Optimised data base organisation

• Master data and process data in separate databases
• New process data support by optimisation of data flow for access to archived data
• Removal of the 4-GB limit for data base projects when using the Microsoft SQL Server  2008 Express
• Support of 4 GB per recorded data point
• Event-based recording of   

• user activities (Login, Logout, write operations)
• Alarm status modification (active, inactive, acknowledgment) 
• System events (Start-up, Shut-down)

Supply of new native connectors

• Native BACnet integration with support of the data sharing services 
• Native connector for the RK512 protocol
• Native connector for the Modbus protocol
• Native connector for various inverters

Processing and optimisation of the control libraries

• All controls are based on the current Silverlight runtime version
• Support of the Out-of-Browser functionality
• Extension of the existing symbol libraries  
• All control systems are included in the scope of delivery 
• Trending control system

• Support of several Y axes
• continuous zooming and scrolling  
• Unit switch for individual signal values  
• Time zone switching
• Support of various interpolation procedures  
• Cursor-functionality
• extended configuration options
• for the legend, to be saved and corresponding reusable configurations 
• Print of the trending curves for import and export of XML files  
• Enquiry and evaluation of all historical results such as user activities, alarm status modifications and system events via a common control system flexible user interface can also be designed only for alarm-offline respectively for user activity
• High capacity filter functions

• Operation Diary Control

Flexible licence

• There are various set-up levels available for all the available models, to be combined at will