X-Force Alarm Information Management System (X-Force AIMS) is complete alarm, messages,
event and report handling package. It provides complete solution for alarm management
and user collaboration over various messaging system. Its in-depth and straight
forward analysis reports makes problem analysis a simple task.
General
- It replaces Alarm and Log Report Printer by PC based system.
- Present only logical alarm information to the plant operator in case of unit start-up
and upset condition.
- It records Alarms, Reports, Events, Warnings and all messages printed on printer.
- It stores data in Relational database server either MS-SQL Server or Oracle Database.
- It provides ODBC connectivity.
- It can be installed on windows based operating system; X-FORCE AIMP co-exists with
other applications that will run simultaneously on same computer.
- It can be configured to capture reports like shift report, day report etc and it
is integrated to save as file on local or network computer or send by mail.
- By-Pass Mode - It is capable to bypass Alarm Server to print screen capture directly
to printer connected on parallel or serial port of PC.
- It holds unlimited alarms only restricted by Hard Disk space available.
- It displays all alarms from all nodes on same window.
- On Line Mode - It is capable of showing mimic of the actual alarm window of SCADA
or DCS on network client with all the colors and functionalities.
- Network Viewing - Alarms for last predefined period can be viewed from any network
place, which is updated automatically at specified time interval.
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It is capable to separate various fields like tag name, alarm type, alarm status,
event type, source of alarm, area, value, limit, priority, operator and so on.
Connectivity
- It can be connected in place of serial, parallel or network printer to capture alarms.
It can be configured to get data from TCP/IP,ODBC,OPC-DA or OPC-AE connectivity
if required.
- It is capable of handling minimum 8 Alarm Generator Device (DCS, PLC or SCADA).
Mail Support
- It supports Standard mail types like Lotus Notes, Outlook or Internet (SMTP) to
send Reports captured.
- It can send an email message so as to alert all concerned plant personnel and officials
in case of any problem as per plant operating philosophy.
Third Party Integration
- It supports ActiveX object model and it can be integrated with any ActiveX container
program like Internet explorer, Visual Basic etc.
Backup
- It can take backup automatically at predefined interval to DAT Drive or CD RW or
other network location. Old data can be configured to purge after taking backup.
- Archived data is available for view and analyze from backup media without restoring
to server's hard disk.
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Archived data can be restored in same or another server.
Networking
- It is network enabled, so it can be used over a LAN securely, anywhere within campus.
- It can send list of alarms as attachment in email system, on demand or at pre-configured
time and filters.
Sorting and Filtering
- Alarms can be filtered by Date and Time, Source device of alarm, Type of Alarms,
Status of Alarm, Tag name / Data point / Loop Name, Group or Area to focus analysis
on particular aspects of system.
- Custom Query Builder-Alarm Management Package provides custom query which can be
build using point and click user interface. No SQL knowledge is required to build
complex query.
- It provides Fields selection to be displayed on screen.
- Sort Order-Alarms can be sorted by any fields Ascending / Descending.
Analysis and Reports
- a) Information Analysis
- Frequency Analysis-Frequency analysis can be configured for various
options like filter on various fields of alarms, order of information displayed
and no. of columns to be showed in report.
- Summary Report-Summary report is available in graphical representation
of over all system to show how many alarms of which category occurred during selected
filtering option like duration or area or Tag name.
- Duration Analysis-Duration Analysis shows the time, average, max
and minimum time between alarms generated for each Tag name.
- b) Expert Alarming
- The package generates/computes alarms based on a logical combination of states,
conditions and events and carry out statistical analysis as the alarm data gathered
and perform.
- Real-time frequency analysis - User can
select the required tag and conditions to be monitored. Screen is
updated dynamically to reflect the current frequency of particular tag's alarm
with discrimination in types of alarms like HI, HIHI, LO, LOLO.
- Alarm frequency breakup-User
can select the required tags and conditions to be monitored for frequency break-up.
Screen is showing selected tags list with occurrence time. Screen updates on particular
interval to reflect new alarms.
- Alarm frequency monitoring-It can be configured to
generate an internal alarm if a certain message occurs too many or too few times
within defined time duration.
- Standing alarms-User can view tag list that is currently
in alarm condition and waiting for return. Screen is being updated dynamically to
reflect the current alarm and removed from the screen on return of particular alarm.
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Time elapsed between two alarms/events - User can select two different messages
from wide range of messages for getting time difference between these alarms.
- Historical
Analysis - Alarm Management Package provides the facility to view all the alarms
stored in past by just selecting date time range from the menu.
- Chattering Alarms
- Alarm Management Package provides the report to detect chattering alarms.
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Duplicated Alarms - Alarm Management Package provides the report to find out duplicate
alarms within pre-defined period.
- c) Reports
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All Reports is configurable and configuration option like generation of report at
specified time, filters, mailing option and printing option are available.
Data Export
- Alarms can be saved to any industry standard format like formatted Text File, Comma
Separated Variables (CSV) or Microsoft Access Database.
Sound
- Sound module plays pre recorded voice on occurrence of critical message or it can
be configured to provide digital speech (in digital artificial voice) for specified
alarms identified by Tag name, alarm type or some special text appear in alarm like
'trip' or 'pump stop'.
Log data
- All log reports are captured and stored on server. It can be send as excel file
to different clients.
Trend data
- All important tags up to 50 nos. can be captured from schedule reports. Trends are
generated based on this data.
Computed Alarm
- Presents logical alarm information to the plant operator in case of unit start-up
and upset condition.
- Process events to access the normal or emergency situation and inform plant operator
the probable reason, make recommendations as the action to be taken and provide
operational alternatives.
- Maintenance preset rules: All defined tags can be monitored for no. of events or
In / Out of alarm timing to generate the maintenance requirement alarm for particular
equipment based on preset rules.
Voice and SMS notification
- It alerts all concerned plant personnel and officials in case of any problem. Notification
can be generated in form of SMS or voice message.
Emergency Hooters
- In case of an emergency condition emergency hooters can be initiated along with
audio messages on the public address system.
Printing
- It prints alarm as and when required, in user defined formats. These formats can
be defined during engineering.