seqent: plant floor real-time information

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SY22 SeQent The Evolution of Plant Floor Communication

Wylie Stevens

Solution Integrator - SeQent

June, 2015

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Company Overview

Andon & Alarm/Events

Integration to Rockwell Automation

Product Capabilities

Today’s Agenda

Demo

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Alliances

Partnerships

• Headquartered in London, Ontario - with our U.S

office in Lake Orion, MI. and Milwaukee WI.

• Company founded in 1989

• Installed in over 500 facilities worldwide

• Pioneers in Automated Alarm & Event Dispatch

and Visual Display Management solutions

• Scalable technology platforms and pricing model

The SeQent Story


Definitions – Andon

Andon is a manufacturing

term referring to a system to

notify management,

maintenance, and other workers

of a quality or process problem.

The centerpiece is a signboard

incorporating signal lights to

indicate which workstation has

the problem. Audible alerts can

also be utilized.


Definitions – Alarm and Events

Alarm - An alarm represents a series of correlated events that describe a fault occurring in the network or management system. Event - An event is a singular occurrence in time. Events are derived from incoming notifications, detected status changes, and user actions.


Bridge between Automation and Plant Floor

Automation:

• PLCs

• HMI/SCADA

• ERP

• Life Safety

• Enterprise

Systems

Plant Floor:

• Operators

• Maintenance

• Supervisors

• IT

• Administration

• Plant Manager


SeQent Product Capabilities


• Installs within seconds

• MS Access database by default

• SQL database available

Easy to Install


Easy to Configure

• Configuration Quick and Easy

• User-friendly

• Customer feedback to improve interface

Have you ever felt like this while configuring an application?


Reduce Overall Amount of Configuration

This includes:

• One point of configuration

• Reusing configuration

• Mass configuration

(import and export)


Configuration During Production

• Dynamic software

updating

• Configuration performed

on the fly

• Perform tests during

production


Software runs as Windows Service

• Windows Service out-of-the-box

• No human interference

• Functionality can begin

immediately


Support Unicode Characters

SeQent Software V10 supports output of Unicode

characters to both textual devices and visual displays.

Our software applications are now more globally relevant

then ever because we can utilize the local language.


Support Unicode Characters

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Application and Communication Security

• SeQent security:

o Windows Trusted

o Active Directory

(coming soon)

• Encrypted passwords

• HTTPS support


Local Help Manuals

• Local PDF Help Manuals

• Include:

o Installation instructions

o Configuration

o Definitions

o Protocol


So, what makes SeQent special?


Volume of Inputs

Covering today:

• Gateway for OPC

• Gateway for ODBC

• Gateway for RSView®32

• Gateway for FactoryTalk®

SeQent has an additional 10+

unique Gateways


Volume of Outputs

Covering today:

• SMTP (SSL/STARTTLS)

• SNPP (Level 1/2/3)

• MOTOTRBO Radios

• TAP

• Traditional and SMS Modem

SeQent has an additional 10+

unique output textual protocols


Visualization


More Key Features

Automated Carrier Failover

Administrative Notifications

Alarm and Message Throttling

Alarm Termination Messages

Alarm Message Templates

Alarm Wildcarding

Visualization accompanied with Audible Alerts

and so much more…


SeQent Notification Software Architecture

Motorola MOTOTRBO Controller

(support all MOTOTRBO

topologies)

INET(Phone Carrier/WiFi)

MOTOTRBO Radios

(receive text

messages)

Client PC(Send manual messages,

optional)

Smartphones(receive text

messages from

carrier)

Email

PLC

LAN

Notification ServerFactoryTalk Web Server(optional)

OPC Server Database ServerHomegrown Application

High Level Diagram


SeQent Notification Software Architecture

Detailed Diagram

FactoryTalk Project

FirstPAGE Alarm

ManagerServer

FirstPAGEServer

FirstPAGE Web Admin

(Configuration

tool)

FirstPAGEClient

(Manual Messing

WIN32 App)

FirstPAGE Admin

(Configuration

tool)FirstPAGE

Web Client(Manual

Messaging)

NOTIFICATION SERVER

FPAM Admin(Configuration

tool)

FPAMSDatabase

FPSDatabase

WEB SERVER

FirstPAGEWeb Client

(Manual Messaging

webpage)

FirstPAGEWeb Admin

(Configuration

tool webpage)

CLIENT PC

FactoryTalk

Web Browser

Note: Notification Server and Web Server applications may reside on the same machine.

Kepware/Other

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for

OPC

OPC SERVER

SQL Server/Oracle

DATABASE SERVER

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for FactoryTalk

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for

ODBC


SeQent Visualization Software Architecture

High Level Diagram

Web Browseron Client

Notebooks

Web Browser on Plant Floor

Terminal

PlantWiFi

Plant Floor – LED or LCD Displays

Web Browseron Tablet

Web Browseron Smartphone

PLC

LAN

Notification ServerFactoryTalk Web Server(optional)

OPC Server Database ServerHomegrown Application


SeQent Visualization Software Architecture

Detailed Diagram

Marquee Manager

Server

VideoServer Web Emulator

Server

VISUALIZATION SERVER

Marquee Admin

(Configuration

tool)

MMS Database

WEB SERVER

Note: Notification Server and Web Server applications may reside on the same machine.

VideoServer Web Emulator

(webpage)

SMARTPHONE TABLET or PC

Web Browser

VideoServer Gateway for WebSockets

Admin(Configuration tool)

VideoServer Gateway for WebSockets

Server

VSGWWSDatabase

VideoServer Configuration

Editor

Dispay PC

VideoServer Emulator

(WIN32 Version)

WORKSTATION

FactoryTalk Project

FactoryTalk

Kepware/Other

OPC SERVER

SQL Server/Oracle

DATABASE SERVER

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for FactoryTalk

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for

ODBC

FirstPAGE Alarm

Manager Gateway for

OPC


FirstPAGE Server


FirstPAGE Alarm Manager


Marquee Manager Server


VideoSERVER Configuration Editor


VideoSERVER Emulator


Visualization on the Plant Floor


VideoSERVER Hardware Appliance

• Hardware Appliance

provides network

connection Industrial

Digital Signage

(Andon)


Integration to Rockwell Automation

Applications:

• Gateway for RSView32

• Gateway for FactoryTalk® View HMI

• Gateway for FactoryTalk® View Alarms and Events


MM Gateway for RSView®32


Gateway for FactoryTalk® View SE HMI


Gateway for FactoryTalk® View SE A&E

COMING SOON…


Want to see a Demo?

Come to our booth for a hands on demo.

Or we can setup a WebEx to show you

our software after RA TechED!


Contact Us

Thank You. For more information, please contact:

Gary Wenzel

Sales Account Manager

+1.414.988.8965

[email protected]

Wylie Stevens

Solution Integrator

+1.519.652.0401

[email protected]

Website: www.SeQent.com Twitter: @SeQent

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