Alarm Notification Software
WIN-911 is real-time Alarm Notification Software that works with your existing control software or SCADA system to monitor operations and notify personnel of problem conditions. With WIN-911, your operators can concentrate on other tasks while your computer system does the monitoring.
WIN-911 can be used with pagers, cell phones, land line phones and most any wireless communications.
Applications include: Water & Wastewater Facilities, Power Plants, Military Facilities, Automotive, Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Building Management & Security, and Oil & Gas Monitoring.
Data Interface Options
The connectivity options to host software are the most advanced in industry.
• OPC:This has become the standard for robust real-time data transfer between different software modules. Operating as an OPC Client, WIN-911 is compatible with any OPC server that supports Data Access Version 1.0 & 2.0.
• SCADA Direct Database Interface: This offers the most seamless and powerful connection available. Your SCADA system determines the alarm and WIN-911 does the remote alarm notification. If a user acknowledges the alarm locally or by phone, it is acknowledged instantly in your SCADA database. You can even change an alarm set point in the SCADA database without the need to reconfigure WIN-911. Currently WIN-911 supports the SCADA software offerings from Intellution and Wonderware. Direct Connections to other SCADA manufacturers are under development.
• Microsoft DDE: The generic DDE connection is still available for other Windows applications that can be configured as a DDE Server.
Database Imports Import your existing Intellution or Wonderware Database (or Browse all networked OPC Servers) into WIN-911’s Database Import utility and select the data tags you want WIN-911 to include. The Database Import Utility will instantly build a WIN-911 configuration on command. Simply enter your pager & phone numbers, e-mail addresses, assign duty schedules & groups, and you’re done in just minutes.
Text-to-Speech & Voice Synthesis Instantly create all of your required voice sound files in just minutes…OPC and Direct Connects will use the tag descriptions from the SCADA database as the default text for the tag sound. Select your favorite voice and click “ok”! You’ve just completed your WIN-911 “Text-to-Speech” (*.wav) file conversion. If the default files are not suitable for the sounds, you may edit and test each file for complete satisfaction.
Version 7.02 also offers the opportunity to select Dynamic Text-to-Speech (Runtime Voice Synthesis). This choice will verbalize the text from the tag values and descriptions to the local audio and telephone notification types. The major advantage to voice synthesis is that it eliminates the need for pre-recorded .wav files. Thus making changes to the configuration much easier. Also, most Direct Connections to the SCADA software will allow “on-the-fly” database changes.
New Capabilities For Industrial Applications.
Telephonic Data Acquisition and Control (TeleDAC) products provide opportunities for real-time data acquisition and management of Windows-based MMI and SCADA software from any touch-tone telephone -- giving companies and organizations revolutionary access to critical information.
Users can access the computer via a touch-tone telephone and get a voice description of target data and its current value -- and than change any allowed value within preset limits. The ability to remotely access information and change parameters via a touch tone phone gives WIN-911/WIN-411 a huge competitive advantage -- there is no other product available that archives this level of computer/telephone integration.
WIN-911 can be used alone, or in combination with WIN-411, and is compatible with any DDE server. TeleDAC is a 32-bit Microsoft Windows application that runs on every version of Windows since Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
Window Alarm Reporter
Most Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications require a human operator to monitor an out-of-tolerance condition. With WIN-911, your operators can concentrate on other tasks while your computer system does the monitoring. WIN-911 is a real-time, Windows-based alarm manager that works with your existing control software to monitor operations and notify personnel of problem conditions -- a process that can save you time, money, and existing anxiety.
WIN-911 turns your PC into a mission-critical command center, generating automatic alarm notification via video, audio, pager, or standard voice telephone. The software instantly detects user-defined events and responds immediately. These responses can range from simply logging the event in a report, to generating an on-site alarm, or phoning off-site personnel with a voice or ASCII message.
Choose from extensive response options:
Notification of personnel by phone, even if off-site
Notification of personnel by pager, even if off-site
Voice / Sound over remote speakers on factory floor
Pop-up on-screen windows
Voice / sound at the computer
WIN-911 Highlights
Easy integration with third-party MMI applications
Unlimited phone book definitions
Unlimited alarm groups
Archive of alarms & inquiries for historical documentation
Monitoring of selected conditions during pre-defined time limits
24-hour monitoring of safety & security systems with alarm conditions reported
Configuration of remote sites to provide unattended alarm reporting via auto-dial phone or pager
Works with any Windows software that uses DDE drivers
When combined with Spector's EasyLinx Network, WIN-911 makes it easy to mix audible alarms and ASCII Scoreboard displays in a factory to alert operators of problem conditions.
While your computers and operators are working on other tasks, WIN-911 constantly watches for events you have defined. If these events occur, WIN-911 instantly responds according to your instructions. WIN-911 is fully programmable -- you determine the options and parameters.
To start the monitoring process, simply tell WIN-911 the range of conditions you want to monitor. Using Windows DDE, the program continuously compares analog or digital data to your defined limits. Any out-of-range value triggers an immediate response. Next, tell WIN-911 what type of response you want and where, when, and to whom you want it delivered.
Once you have assigned range values and selected your responses, the program runs unobtrusively, monitoring factory floor devices (such as PLCs, meters, controllers, etc.) and anything else that can report data via Windows DDE. Through the DDE Watchdog option, WIN-911 even surveys the health of the server and reports any break or failure in that system.
When WIN-911 detects an out-of-range event, it responds immediately according to pre-selected, user defined actions. Notification begins with the Alarm Logger, which records each event to a disk file and/or printer. Many low-priority conditions require no further action. However, critical events may demand an immediate response -- personnel can be alerted by phone or pager, even if they are off-site. Safety and security systems can also be monitored, and remote sites can be configured to provide unattended alarm reporting via the auto-dial phone or pager function.
Customize your alarms with:
Manual or auto acknowledgement
Up to four different trip settings for analog data
Priority calling sequence (user tells WIN-911 who to call 1st, 2nd, etc.)
Archival of alarm history
Pager formatting
Retry settings
Customized day & time settings for phone/pager numbers -- according to availability of personnel
Custom recording of voice messages
Windows Access & Control
Imagine that your electronic pager has just buzzed you with a message from WIN-911 regarding a potentially critical situation at your factory. Instead of driving back to handle the problem, you simple pick up the phone, dial an access code, and listen to the following message: "Pump Number 14 is OFF...cooling water temperature is 106 degrees F. Do you wish to make any changes?" Using only a touch-tone phone, you are able to resolve the situation quickly and effectively.
Using WIN-411, users can easily manage MMI and SCADA software from any touch-tone telephone. WIN-411 works by allowing users to connect to Windows applications via a common touch-tone phone. Approved callers can query the computer regarding the status of any configured DDE item and get a voice message describing a target's status and current value. The software also permits the user to change a security code-protected analog or digital value. Authorization codes and preset high/low limits for each DDE item.
Users can also receive information via an optional Fax Report feature. The fax report will contain alphanumeric descriptions of the Tag Names and current DDE data values. Fax reports can be generated on demand, by time-of-day, or upon alarm.
WIN-411 Highlights
Dial-in from any touch-tone telephone and query the current status of any value in Windows
Change any protected analog or digital value, within preset limits
Generic fax reports of current conditions based on request, time of day, or alarm.
Four levels of security prevent unauthorized access
Allows unlimited number of reports or faxes
The WIN-911/WIN-411 team at work
"This is the Water Department. The main storage tank is above the high limit..."
Using WIN-911 and WIN-411, users can easily and efficiently monitor and manage Windows-based control software from any touch-tone telephone. The following example demonstrates how it actually works in a real-time situation.
Tom Jones, a maintenance technician for the City Water Department, is eating lunch at his favorite diner when his pager receives the following message via the WIN-911 alarm reporter:
Alarm: The main storage tank is 87 feet
Tom walks over to a pay phone and dials the main computer system at the water department.
The computer answers: "Hello. This is the water department. Please enter your access code".
Tom enters his access code on the touch-tone phone and presses the # key (477#).
Computer:"The main storage tank is above the high limit. Press star to repeat this message, any other key to continue.
Tom presses the number "4".
Computer: "To acknowledge alarm, please enter your acknowledgment code".
Tom enters his acknowledgement code (114#)
Computer: "Alarms acknowledged. Select the desired report number".
Tom knows that lift station 22 empties the storage tank so he needs immediate information on the current status of lift station 22.
Tom enters the report number (22#).
Computer: "You have selected lift station 22. Press pound sign to accept"
Tom presses "#" to confirm.
Computer: "Lift station 22: the water level is 89 feet. Lift station 22: the gate valve is open. Lift station 222: the pump is off. Press star to repeat, any other key to continue."
Tom presses "5" (for any key).
Computer: "Please enter your access code."
Tom enters his access code for changes (488#).
Computer: "Select point to change"
Tom enters the data change index number (10#)
Computer: "You have selected the pump. Press pound sign to accept."
Tom presses "#" to confirm.
Computer: "Enter new value."
Tom enters a "1#"
Computer: "Lift station 22 pump: the new value will be set to on. Press pound sign to accept"
Tom presses "#" to confirm.
Computer: "Select point to change."
Tom presses "#" to end.
Computer: "Select the desired report number".
Tom presses "#" to end.
Computer: "Thank you. Good bye." Computer hangs up.
Tom hangs up the phone and goes back to finish his lunch.
WIN-911 and EasyLinx are registered trademarks and WIN-411 is a trademark of Specter Instruments. Microsoft Windows, Windows 95, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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