Integrating Information Across the Enterprise

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has announced that VisiconX, an enterprise-wide analytical tool, is now available for Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY. VisiconX enables users to easily obtain and group data from any relational database in the operation and turn it into information that will be valuable to everyone in the organization.

”VisiconX is an add-on component for the Proficy family of industrial automation software solutions that makes database connectivity a snap,” said Gimmi Filice, Product Manager for GE Fanuc’s Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY product. “The tool allows companies to bring information together from disparate systems in minutes versus hours, without writing code. Plus, data can be viewed in a variety of easy to understand formats. Best of all, it saves significant time, effort and money.”

VisiconX controls can access data from a variety of databases, including Microsoft®’s SQL Server and Oracle®. Configuration of database access is quick and easy using the configuration dialog.
VisiconX is an open “Plug and Solve” framework designed on industry standards. It has extensive user flexibility for gathering data, and updating and editing changes to the queried information. Designed originally for Proficy* HMI/SCADA – iFIX*, and is now also available for Proficy HMI/SCADA – CIMPLICITY* made possible by the open and layered architecture of both products.

VisiconX is a set of ActiveX Controls that harness the power of the Microsoft® technology called ADO, or ActiveX Data Objects, and Object Linking and Embedding for Databases (OLE DB). ADO is a standard interface that provides consistent, high-performance access to data, regardless of its location. OLE DB is a set of ActiveX interfaces that provides software applications with uniform access to data stored in disparate databases. Together, this technology gives VisiconX the power to access information residing in virtually any relational database, and display it in a variety of formats in iFIX or CIMPLICITY.

Features of VisiconX include:
• Enables fast, easy access to remote database information
• Reduces development time with query wizards
• Displays data in a variety of easy-to-understand formats
• Features simple point-and-click configuration
• Enables changes and updates to queried information
• Integrates with Windows® Domain security or database security system
• Requires no programming, VBA scripting, or knowledge of SQL
• Supports the ability to update, insert, and delete records in association with stored procedures
• Enhances and extends the functionality of the iFIX Workspace or CIMPLICITY CIMEdit
• Performs multiple ad-hoc queries in run-mode using SQL Wizard
• Display timestamps with millisecond resolution in the grid control

VisiconX is available as a download from GE Fanuc’s Proficy GlobalCare web site. For more information: www.gefanuc.com/globalcare.

About GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE:GE) and FANUC LTD of Japan, is a high-performance technology company and a global provider of hardware, software, services, expertise and experience in automation and embedded computing, with products employed in virtually every industry, including manufacturing automation, defense, automotive, telecommunications, healthcare and aerospace. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is a worldwide company, headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, and is part of GE Enterprise Solutions. For more information, visit www.gefanuc.com.

Courtesy of  GE Fanuc