TRAC™ - Integrated Trend Display and KPI Server/Client
TRAC is a multi-functional data visualization tool that
includes a versatile graphing engine and KPI server.
TRAC is designed to join alarm and event data with
process data on one display, and is also able to calculate
and display KPI's based on alarm and event activity.
TRAC is compatible with OPC-HDA, OPC-A&E, and "non-
OPC" alarms and events.
The TRAC system works within a standard Internet Explorer® web browser, just as the rest of the LogMate suite.
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Graphic Display
The graphing engine displays interactive trends and bar
charts within a standard web browser. Alarm or event KPIs
or process data are chronologically aligned and placed on
the graph as stacked or overlaid line trends. Alarm and
event totals can also be placed along the lower portion of
the graph as a bar chart.
KPI Server and Client
The integrated KPI server calculates user-defined
performance metrics and broadcasts them using OPCHDA.
Since the TRAC graphing client is OPC-HDA
compliant, KPIs can be displayed as trends within the
standard TRAC interface, or used with any other OPCHDA
compliant system such as ExperTune's PlantTriage®.
Historian Integration
TRAC simplifies the process of researching batch
variances and upsets by combining process historian data
with alarms and events onto one interactive graph. The
integrated data allows visualization and evaluation of
alarm and event activity in line with process data trends. A
Relative Time feature shows a visual indication of a root cause
event, such as an equipment failure or batch start.
TRAC Benefits
- Create, view, and share alarm and event KPIs
- Diagnose unscheduled shutdowns or incidents
- Review batches for variances and create thorough variance
reports
- Visualize how process variances affect alarm activity
TRAC Features
- Clickable, zoomable chart interface
- Dynamically sychronized data grid
- Data can be plotted by point or tag, area, unit, or any other criteria
- Drill down to specific event or actual process values
- Shares configurations and criteria from other LogMate modules
TRAC Details
TRAC trends data from any OPC-HDA data source. TRAC can plot trends
from an OPC-HDA enabled process historian, or its included, OPC-HDA
compliant KPI server. TRAC can also plot alarms and events as bars
along the lower portion of the graph. Trends may be overlaid or
stacked in any combination and allow options for trendline design,
colors, and smoothing.
All trends and bars plotted on a TRAC graph are
chronologially aligned to show relative activity. TRAC can
be used with a single category of data, for example as a
KPI dashboard or an alarm activity graph, or with multiple
categories of data, such as a combination of process and
alarm trends.
