Our History
TiPS was started in 1988 as a process controls consulting firm.
On a customer engagement, we had written a software replacement for logging printers.
Repeat sales encouraged us to turn it into a real product. LogMate
was released in 1990 as a logging printer alternative, effectively
the first ever commercial alarm management software package. A lot
has changed in alarm management since, but here is a short tribute
to our heritage.
1988
The first version of LogMate was written on the DOS platform, which leveraged current PC technology and afforded stability and speed.
1991
In 1991 TiPS customers requested a LogMate version compatible with the Digital® VAX/VMS platform. LogMate "databases" were easy to understand and customers were already experimenting with custom alarm reports.
A scan of a 1992 VAX version manual cover.
A scan of a 1993 PC version manual cover. The manual even acknowledged
that "PC" was a trademark of IBM®.
A scan of a 1995 OpenVMS version manual cover.
Y2K was a pretty big
year for us. Besides the rash of upgrades in reaction to the year
2000 rollover, we introduced a thin-client interface, began our
adoption of SQL Server, and refined our analysis and notification
packages. Whew!
A scan of a 2000 version 4.10 manual cover.
In 2001, we embraced the concept of an alarm management "suite" in recognition of the various functional areas or modules that LogMate had emveloped (data collection, viewing, analysis, notification). We also updated the LogMate logo, which you see on the following manual cover.
The 2001 version 5.0 manual cover.
Our documentation today is mostly virtual. Online manuals are easier
to access and easier to keep up to date and it saves a lot of trees!
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