KB Agent
A Powerful Companion Tool for Managing the Import of Alarm System Attributes to a Master Alarm Database.
In the LogMate® product suite, the Master Alarm Database is known as the Alarm Knowledge Base (KB) because of its ability to house more than alarm system parameters. KB Agent was originally conceived as a utility application tool used to facilitate the constant re-population of Alarm KB databases that is often required in alarm management best practices environments. The tool evolved along with input from end-users, creating a value-added set of features designed to drastically reduce workload and capable of accommodating a wide range of control systems.
✔ Easy Installation
Installs in a minute and coexists with other third-party applications on servers control system networks.
✔ Native Integration to Wonderware Archestra
Has easy integration with Archestra API
✔ Seamless RTP Integration
Requires no file or data conversion to import alarm configuration data.
✔ Comprehensive OASyS Integration
Includes hundreds of attributes derived with AVEVA expertise.
✔ Simple Error Logging
Provides a simple flat file with import run history and processing errors.
✔ Built-in-Tools
Easily initialize KB tables for simple database reinitializations.
✔ User Handles Various Proprietary Control System
Some systems have multiple sources to collect all alarm attributes.
✔ Provides Complete Alarm System Import Using Preferred Vendor Integration
Automate control system export using native processes without manual effort.
✔ Control System Native Format Support
Imports directly from existing files or databases, including legacy releases, without an intermediate translation that can be automated for unattended KB updates.
✔ Integrates with Existing Business Management of Change Process
Attributes can be individually selected for approval, or attributes can be auto-updated without Management of Change if that process already exists.
✔ Allows For Easy Deployment For All Control Systems
Configuration User Interface of KB Agent dynamically adjusts for Control system selected.
LogMate®’s KB Agent is a powerful companion tool for managing the import of alarm system attributes to a Master Alarm Database. In the LogMate® product suite, the Master Alarm Database is known as the Alarm Knowledge Base (KB) for its ability to house more than alarm system parameters. The software was originally conceived as a utility application tool used to facilitate the constant re-population of Alarm KB databases that is often required in alarm management best practices environments. The tool evolved along with input from end-users, creating a value-added set of features designed to drastically reduce workload and capable of accommodating a wide range of control systems. One of the KB Agent’s greatest features, by popular demand, is the ability to auto-populate the KB database as a Windows service which eliminates the need for human interaction to maintain an up-to-date Alarm KB database.
The user interface has three main steps to configure KB Agent:
- Control System Selection
- Destination LogMate® Alarm KB database
- Data Source location of Alarm System configuration
Multiple configurations can be saved if multiple sources are required.
In addition, KB Agent is tightly integrated with the TiPSView user interface and allows administrators to select the fields for Management of Change reviews and approvals. This allows subsequent KB database updates to have zero to significant notification of alarm system changes. The choice is yours.
KB Agent can read the alarm system configuration and update the KB Agent as an interactive session or as a Windows service. A scheduler is built into the product to meet the frequency requirements of the KB database updates. Excellent diagnostics are built into the product to troubleshoot any control system interface.
The source interfaces include native interfaces for flat ASCII files, SQL Server databases, proprietary interfaces such as Wonderware or Citech, or native binary files such as Yokogawa. Review the LogMate Control System Integration for further details.