OPC Time Monitor is unique, highly specialized tool for OPC measuring and monitoring. If you need any of the functions described below, you will hardly find a better tool on the market.
OPC Time Monitor provides a "time-in-condition" or "time-since-last-change" value for any OPC DA data tag. This gives the user or integrator valuable information for process optimization or increased manufacturing output. In manufacturing, cycle time is of utmost importance. To be able to instantly know how long a machine or processing step has been "static" gives the lant engineer the information required to focus on the most time consuming phases of assembly. These time values can be viewed, plotted, logged or even used to trigger OPC A&E alarms (in case the process has been static too long and appropriate personnel need to be notified).
The OPC Time Monitor can be used in conjunction with other OPC-A&E servers to create an "alarm delay". By using both the original OPC-DA tag AND the OPC-DA Time tag, the 3rd party OPC-A&E server can effectively "delay" the creation of an OPC-A&E alarm until the static condition persists for more than a specified amount of time.
The OPC Time Server is an OPC-DA client that can connect to any OPC-DA 1.0 or 2.0 server. For each tag in the OPC-DA server, the user can establish an OPC-DA AND OPC-A&E tag that represents the "time since last change" in milliseconds, seconds, minutes or hours (configurable).
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