Advantech GeniDAQ Advantech GeniDAQ, referred to as “GeniDAQ”, application software takes advantage of Microsoft’s Windows graphical interface, offering fast and intuitive configuration of human-machine interfaces and data acquisition applications. The GeniDAQ application software combines easy-to-use graphical development and the flexibility of BasicScript, a powerful programming tool. With GeniDAQ, you can easily develop both simple and complex applications. Types of applications include process and utility monitoring, data acquisition and control, factory automation, and testing and measurement. Multitasking for Optimal Performance TCP/IP Networking for Easy Remote Advantech GeniDAQ takes maximum advantage of Windows multi- Access tasking capabilities to enhance your system performance. No matter Advantech GeniDAQ’s networking capability allows a computer in the how complex your display is, it speeds up task scanning by control room to display data being collected by computers on the separating time-consuming display drawing from I/O scanning and factory floor, or vice versa. This means that data and field process by raising the scan priority of a task. In addition, it provides parallel can be viewed or monitored in real time from anywhere on your scanning for each task. This results in more efficient task scanning network. GeniDAQ software implements a network system that for independent I/Os such as COM port devices with long response supports peer-to-peer communication using TCP/IP protocol. It times. Moreover, because of independent task scanning, GeniDAQ allows network status to be logged and viewed, for complete will not affect the system safety if one task fails. You can also prioritize networking monitoring and maintenance. your tasks to meet time-critical operation. Finally, as a multitasking design, GeniDAQ will not block off the task scanning or display update when operating your user interface. All this provides you with One Software Package for All Models a secure and real-time environment for your industrial applications. Advantech provides a range of platform sizes for your HMI applications, from 5.7" to 15". No matter what size your HMI platform OPC For Connecting and Integrating is, GeniDAQ is the only tool needed to build your front panel interface. In addition, GeniDAQ allows you to develop your application System on Windows NT or Windows98/95, and then run it on Windows NT, You may already have some devices other than Advantech I/Os in Windows 95/98 and Windows CE. With GeniDAQ, you do not have to your plant or system. Advantech GeniDAQ leverages the industry OPC buy and learn different application software for different models. This standard to provide the plug-and-play connectivity with your devices can significantly reduce your development efforts and costs. such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Most of major PLC vendors provide the OPC servers for their hardware. With OPC, you can easily create a human-machine interface (HMI) application that encompasses all your equipment, not just Advantech devices. Application Software 12-12 OPC-enabled Industrial Data Acquisition Software Four Steps to Complete an Application Step 1: Select the icons Step 2: Connect the icons Step 4: Run Step 3: Configure the icons Advantech GeniDAQ provides an intuitive object-based graphical user Modularized and Prioritized Task interface (GUI) that simplifies control strategy and display setup. You simply select icon blocks from the toolbox, connect them, configure Design the parameters, and draw your dynamic display without any GeniDAQ development environment allows you to decompose your programming. A library of function block icons representing industry system into several smaller modules or tasks. The modular design is standard data acquisition, control, mathematical and display very useful to develop and maintain a large and complicated system functions, lies at your fingertips. more easily. Each modular or task has its own properties, such as scan rate, start/stop method, and priority etc. With 32-bit Windows’ Graphical Panel Configuration multi-tasking capability, all tasks run simultaneously at runtime. Moreover, GeniDAQ allows you to prioritize your tasks to increase GeniDAQ provides a wide variety of graphical wizards, allowing users overall performance. to quickly create an intuitive user interface. The built-in display objects include bar graph, button, indicator, real-time trending, historical trending, knob, guage, slider, imported bitmap, numeric Graphics Toolbox display and control. In addition to built-in display objects, GeniDAQ GeniDAQ’s graphic toolbox provides an object-based development features drawing tools to customize and create vivid user interfaces. environment that allows you to create your operator display panel intuitively. You can create a panel that is similar to industrial process Intuitive Data Flow Programming 12 displays or test equipment. You can also attach a bitmap background to customize your display. The operator display allows you to GeniDAQ uses a data flow programming model to describe your task monitor, supervise, and control your process during runtime. When and control strategy. You intuitively construct and connect the complete, the panel can resemble indicators, numeric display, bar function block icons to build your system. In addition, GeniDAQ graphics, imported bitmaps, messages, analog meters, fixed texts, features block sequence arrangement functions that determine the real-time trends, XY graphs and group boxes. Control objects include order of execution of blocks in a task. Users can change the binary buttons, conditional buttons, menu buttons, numeric inputs, execution order of the blocks according to the needs of the system. knobs and sliders. These objects can be controlled using a mouse or a keyboard. In addition, GeniDAQ also provides graphic tools to draw rectangles, circles, segments, and polygons. These objects or cells can be linked to a tag value. They can change color according to the tag value. They can also be grouped together to make a single object. You can use them to draw pumps, valves or other industrial symbols. GeniDAQ also provide historical trending display that allows you to scroll backward/forward, go to a specific time, search a specific value, and convert historical data to a text file. Application Software www.advantech.com 12-13 Application Software Advantech GeniDAQ Powerful BasisScript Scripting Peer-to-peer Networking for Remote Language to Customize Your Needs Access Advantech GeniDAQ is easy to use, but do not sacrifice flexibility. It Advantech GeniDAQ’s networking capability allows a computer in the fully integrates BasisScript language in its kernel to meet your specific control room to display data being collected by computers on the needs. Over 600 commands are available to perform almost any factory floor, or vice versa. This means that data and field process function you can imagine, including calculations, reading and writing can be viewed or monitored in real time from anywhere on your files, DDE, and ODBC. It allows you to access and share data with network. GeniDAQ software implements a network system that other applications, such as Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. supports peer-to-peer communication using TCP/IP protocol. It allows network status to be logged and viewed for network With BasisScript scripting language, it allows you to reuse existing monitoring and maintenance. codes and build your applications faster and easier. Plug-and-Play Connectivity Through OPC Industry Standard Unlike Dynamic data exchange (DDE), OPC is specifically designed for process control. OPC eliminates many of the limitations inherent in Open Architecture for Integrating DDE, such as performance and data type. Advantech also provides MODbus OPC servers for devices that support MODbus protocol, Other Applications such as Advantech’s ADAM-5511. Through the OPC interface, Company-wide access to your process data is essential in today’s GeniDAQ can access ADAM-5511 real-time data. The list of devices competitive business environment. Advantech GeniDAQ builds in an and networks that are supported by OPC drivers is long and growing. open real-time data center. Using DDE or OLE sutomation, you can Refer to the OPC Foundation website for the latest information: easily integrate your application with other applications. For database www.opcfoundation.org connectivity, there are embedded ODBC functions for SQL access to a wide range of databases. VB, Delphi, VC, GeniDAQ Excel Applications DDE OLE Automation Interface Interface Data Center Application Software 12-14 OPC-enabled Industrial Data Acquisition Software Advantech GeniDAQ provides an easy, open and comprehensive development environment for your application. A brief summary of the functionality available in GeniDAQ development systems is shown below, to give you an idea of what GeniDAQ can do for you. Alarming Panel Configuration Alarm logging Graphic Wizard Alarm printing Alarm viewing window Analog meter display Bar display TCP/IP Networking Conditional bitmap display Password Security Conditional text display Group box display Connectivity Support Numeric display OLE automation/ODBC/DDE Indicator display Text string display BasicScript Programming Real-time trend graph Editing: Cut, copy, and paste XY graph Debugging: Single step, breakpoint Rectangle drawing display BasicScript commands Rounded rectangle drawing display GeniDAQ commands: Tag, task, display, and system Oval drawing display Note: Windows CE version not supported Polygon drawing display Line drawing display System Requirements Button control ® • IBM compatible PC (200 MHz Pentium or higher) Condition button control • 64 MB RAM Knob control • Windows 95/98/NT, or Windows CE (runtime only) Numeric control • 20 MB hard disk space (minimum) Slider control • CD-ROM drive for installation Historical Trending • Color monitor Scroll back/forward • Mouse for development Go to date/time Advantech Hardware Supported Convert to text file • Plug-in DA&C cards Task Configuration PCI-1710/HG, PCI-1713, PCI-1720, PCI-1750, PCI-1751, PCI-1760, PCI-1753/E, PCI-1731, PCI-1711, PCL-1800, Software Function Wizard PCL-711S, PCL-720, PCL-722, PCL-724, PCL-725, PCL-726, Moving average PCL-727, PCL-728, PCL-730, PCL-731, PCL-733, PCL-735, Event counter PCL-812PG, PCL-813B, PCL-816, PCL-818, On/Off control PCL-818H/HD/HG/L/LS, PCL-833, PCL-836 PID control • ADAM-4000 series modules Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division • ADAM-5000 series modules for 485, DeviceNet File I/O • ADAM-5511 12 Ramp • MIC-2000 series modules Timer MIC-2718, MIC-2728, MIC-2730, MIC-2732, MIC-2750, Time stamp MIC-2752 Conditional wave file • PCM series modules Speaker PCM-3718H/HG, 3724, 3730 Data Acquisition Ordering Information Analog input Analog output Advantech GeniDAQ OPC-enabled Industrial Data Acquisition Software Digital input � PCLS-GNI-W32: 32-bit Advantech GeniDAQ Development Edition Digital output � PCLS-GNI-W32/RT: 32-bit Advantech GeniDAQ Runtime Hardware event/frequency/pulse Edition Temperature measurement � PCLS-GNI-W32/UP: 32-bit Advantech GeniDAQ Upgrade Hardware alarm Edition RS-232 � PCLS-GNI-WCE: Advantech GeniDAQ Windows CE OPC client Development Edition Application Software www.advantech.com 12-15 Application Software