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TiPS to Attend 2011 INTERPHEX in Puerto Rico
TiPS, Inc., developer of LogMate™, the industry’s best user-oriented alarm management software, today announces a partnership with PACIV, Inc. at the world’s largest and most trusted pharmaceutical industry trade show, INTERPHEX. TiPS will join PACIV at booth 518 October 20-21, 2011 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan.
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TiPS Earns Patent on Alarm Activation Point Calculation Tool
TiPS, Inc., developer of LogMate™, the industry’s favorite user-oriented alarm management software, today announces patent approval of their industry-leading alarm activation point calculation. Together with Dr. Doug Rothenberg, the premiere expert in alarm management, TiPS developed this exclusive method to provide a time to manage calculation for a user to respond to an abnormal device and prevent or reduce the unwanted consequences of the situation.
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64-bit Compatible LogMate V7.20 and TiPSView V4.1 Now Available
Beginning with LogMate V7.20 and TiPSView V4.10, all versions will operate on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The end date for support of the 32-bit platform has not been scheduled.
Current ESS subscribers may install the 32-bit updates at no charge. If the 64-bit version is desired, please contact the TiPS sales team at 512-863-3653 or sales@tipsweb.com for more information. A pre-migration checklist to 64-bit operating systems may be downloaded here. Click here for more information or request an update.
TiPS Inc. Exhibits at 2011 INTERPHEX New York
TiPS, Inc., developer of LogMate™, the industry’s best user-oriented alarm management software, today announces a partnership with PACIV, Inc. at the world’s largest and most trusted pharmaceutical industry trade show, INTERPHEX. TiPS and PACIV will share booth 4012A March 29-31, 2011 in New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
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TiPS Inc. Presents - Ian Nimmo "High Performance HMI Design"
TiPS recently sponsored Ian Nimmo's online
presentation on High Performance HMI Design in celebration of his
recent book release "High
Performance HMI Handbook - The First Ever Comprehensive
Guide". This one-hour presentation serves as an
introduction to Ian's HMI philosophy and is a great overview of the
deeper topics covered in his book. If you'd like information
on how to view this presentation, please fill out the following
request form:
HMI Presentation Request
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TiPS and Telvent Announce Alarm Management Partnership
Telvent has partnered
with TiPS to create Telvent Alarm Manager - Powered by
LogMate™.
This partnership enables Pipeline SCADA users
to be prepared for the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement
and Safety Act of 2006. While focused primarily on the OASyS DNA
system, Telvent Alarm Manager - Powered by
LogMate™
can be interfaced with all Telvent SCADA systems.
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Improve the Speed and Quality of Batch Certification and Review Using TiPS LogMate® Batch ID Event Mapping
Batch processing is very prevalent in the life sciences industries. If an upset occurs during a batch, that batch must be meticulously reviewed to determine if the product is still safe for use or delivery.
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New Utility from TiPS™ Helps Defend Against Harmful Alarm System Changes
Protect yourself from the criticism, expense, and damage caused by an alarm that should have been turned on but wasn't, or that was effectively disabled when the settings were adjusted during a start up and never reset.
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Improve Reversal of Process Upsets by Giving Operators ESP:
Electronically Stored Procedures
During a process upset, operators rely on procedural guidance to
help them. Unfortunately, most procedures are produced in paper
format. TiPS offer the LogMate AlarmKB as a system for seamlessly
merging paper and electronically stored procedures.
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TiPS Wins a 2008 Control Magazine Readers' Choice Award
TiPS landed a third place finish with 8% of the readership vote,
behind Rockwell Automation® and Emerson Process Management®. The third
position was crowded, with four companies tied for the spot: TiPS,
Siemens®, GE Fanuc®, and Invensys Wonderware®.
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TiPS Celebrates 20 Years of Alarm Management
A lot has changed in 20 years, but TiPS is still going strong, leading the way in alarm management software. To see a little of our history, see our History page.
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TiPS and UReason® Partner for Better Operator Awareness
TiPS and UReason have formed a partnership to more closely align their respective alarm management and operator advisory technologies to deliver better plant condition alerts and advisory information, which...
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LogMate is Now Compatible with Internet Explorer® 7
After exhaustive testing, LogMate is confirmed compatible with the
latest version of Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer 7.
Upgrade today or contact
TiPS Sales for more information.
Root Cause Analysis Made Easier Through First Out Alarm Report
With the addition of the First Out Report to the LogMate Alarm Management System, TiPS has given operators and engineers a forensic tool that can immediately identify the likely "first out" alarm that marked the beginning of an upset.
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more information.
New Case Study/Success Story: NRG Energy®
NRG's Limestone generation facility in Jewett, Texas, employs a
proactive and very successful alarm management program. Read about
how LogMate contributes to their success.
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the NRG Case Study
TiPS Releases Update for the LogMate® AMS™ Alarm Management System™ Web Browser Module
TiPS Incorporated is pleased to announce the release of several updates to the LogMate AMS Alarm Management System web browser module, TiPSView®. TiPSView version 3.0 enhances LogMate's utility as an operator information resource and as an engineering companion for alarm design and management of change. TiPSView 3.0 is a seamless upgrade to existing web-enabled LogMate installations and is shipped at no cost to current support subscribers
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the entire press release
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more information.
Apply for the update here
Lyondell Chemical Company Selects LogMate AMS for Alarm Management
Lyondell Chemical Company has executed a company-wide agreement to license TiPS LogMate® AMS™ alarm management software.
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the entire press release
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more information.
Invensys® and TiPS™ Announce Global
Alarm Management Solutions Partnership
Invensys will use the TiPS LogMate® AMS™ alarm management
software system as one of the technology foundations for the company's
Alarm Management Monitor™, part of a suite of services designed
to help customers optimize overall asset performance by aligning
plant operations and maintenance with the organization's business
goals. Invensys selected LogMate based on excellent technical quality
and product support.
Invensys Alarm Management Monitor services and LogMate AMS are available
through standard Invensys sales channels. Readers can contact Invensys
Process Systems (www.invensys.com/ps)
or TiPS Sales for more information.
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the entire press release
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more information.
TiPS Makes CONTROL'S® Reader's Choice
Awards
In Control Magazine's annual survey, TiPS captured a position in
the hotly contested alarm management software category and a 4.0
ranking in service quality.
Thanks to our customers and friends for thinking of us so highly!
Visit the awards site here.
TiPS and Expertune form Partnership
Expertune and TiPS will collaberatively share their relative expertise
to introduce a new way for plants to assess the health and performance
of their automation systems. Using combined loop and alarm performance
data, plant management and organization executives will gain better
insight into operating conditions and will be empowered to pinpoint
opportunities for improvement.
TiPS and D-RoTH form Partnership
TiPS and D-RoTH have had a long standing relationship behind the
scenes for years. We are now publicly announcing our joint business
direction by joining forces to create a "one-stop-shop" for alarm
management services and technology.
D-RoTH is the consulting business success of Doug Rothenberg, a
formative member of the Alarm Management Task Force and the ASM
Consortium and a member of the team that designed the EEMUA 191
best practices guidelines. He provides state-of-the-art alarm management
training and consulting services worldwide. D-RoTH can be found
online at www.d-roth.com.
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for open discussion with other professionals interested in alarm
management.
Mirant selects LogMateAMS as their company-wide
alarm management solution
Following a successful pilot installation, Mirant has decided to
implement LogMate AMS company-wide for archival, display, and advanced
evaluation of plant alarm activity.
MeadWestavco adds LogMateAMS to their RSView
HMI as the alarm management tool component
LogMateAMS integrates seamlessly with the RSView environment and
connects directly to the RSView event historian. Within a few hours,
MeadWestvaco was able to leverage the full benefits of alarm management
technology. To learn more, see LogMateAMS
Bayer Crop Sciences upgrades to LogMateAMS
because it makes data widely available
Bayer recognized that good alarm information would benefit all levels
of the organization, including operations. Because LogMateAMS uses
a web browser interface, real-time alarm information is available
to company wide at any time. Operations uses LogMateAMS as a documentation
and awareness tool. Management explores the alarm performance analysis
tools to help reach organizational objectives in plant productivity
and safety. To learn more, see LogMateAMS
Rohm & Haas implements LogMateAMS to remotely
optimize DCS alarm configurations
The LogMateAMS system enables Rohm & Haas® to remotely monitor
and analyze alarm activity from a web browser, allowing a specialized
team of engineers to optimize a DCS from hundreds of miles away.
To learn more, see LogMateAMS
Koch Cellulose upgrades to TiPS' latest
alarm management software package: LogMateAMS
Koch® needed a system capable of handling long term archival,
even with high event activity rates. The Microsoft SQL Server database
used by LogMateAMS shows no performance degradation under heavy
loads. The user experience is consistent, even during floods or
when analyzing very large sets of data. To learn more, see LogMateAMS
Abbott Laboratories turns to TiPS' alarm
system evaluation technology
Abbott® will rely on TiPS' advanced software features to help
tune their control system alarms. To learn more, see LogMateAMS
ANOTHER DuPont location chooses TiPS alarm
management software
TiPS welcomes ANOTHER DuPont location to our list of clients.
Thank you again!
Mirant Corporation updates their LogMate
installation to the latest architecture
Mirant updated their installation to take advantage of the additional
functionality, speed, and stability of LogMate's latest design,
using a SQL Server database and Internet Explorer clients. You can
too! For more information, see LogMateAMS.
AMGEN adopts TiPS' alarm activity analysis
solution
To further their efforts in alarm system optimization and assist
in activity diagnosis, AMGEN incorporated ACE
- Alarm Configuration Expert into their alarm management process.
Sterling Chemical expands real-time alarm
information access site-wide
Enabling site-wide access to alarm information from all connected
systems was a cinch for Sterling Chemicals. Now all plant alarm
information is available in any web browser (with authorization,
of course) using TiPS netView software.
Another DuPont Location Chooses TiPS Alarm
Management Software
TiPS welcomes another DuPont location to our list of clients.
DuPont recently purchased our full suite of alarm management software,
including LogMateAMS, netView,
and ACE.
