Proficy Historian

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Achieving Operational Excellence
Proficy Historian is ideal for any industry delivering data collection and time-series data optimisation to enable true process visibility. It provides the critical capabilities manufacturers need to leverage raw data from sensors and other real-time systems to improve production for operational excellence.

 

High Performance - Ease of Use - Open Layered
Proficy Historian from GE Intelligent Platforms is a powerful, process, or enterprise-wide data historian that collects, archives and distributes tremendous volumes of real-time production information at extremely high speeds. Achieving operational excellence requires you to collect and optimise vast amounts of data from across your operations for true process visualisation.  Proficy Historian offers unique capabilities and benefits for a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Enhanced Data Compression

  • Collector Compression reducing demands on your network
  • Collector Redundancy function for SCADA/OPC Server redundancy
  • Store-Forward engines ensures data integrity
  • Archive Compression enables more data to be kept online for longer.
  • Unlimited Point Collection 
  • Sub-Second Data Collection Rates - high performance
  • Fault Tolerant Architecture

Proficy Historian Data Archiver with Alarm and Events Server ties together islands of automation information without compromising data resolution. It is able to read all types of process data providing a window into your manufacturing operations across all key metrics. It has been designed with an Open Layered Architecture that utilises common Industry Standards for Data Capture and Data Retrieval significantly extending the capabilities of legacy solutions with minimal effort. 

  • True Thin Client Administration
  • Excel Add-in and SQL Query tool
  • Simple Configuration
  • Open Archive Access
  • OPCHDA and OLE DB connectivity
  • Alarm and Events Server included
  • Designed for 21 CFR Part 11
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Enhanced Data Security:  Proficy Historian is designed to enforce higher standards of data security. You can implement security for historians at the functional group or down at the tag level. Furthermore, is tracks just about all changes by default, including user access, configuration changes, security violations and system alerts; they even keep a copy of original tag values if altered.

Alarms and Events:  Proficy Historian includes Alarm and Event archiving, to provide the ability to retrieve and store Alarm and Event data from any OPC-compliant A&E server through the OPC Alarm and Event Collectors. Proficy Historian Alarm and Event data is associated with the related process data from its source to allow for quick analysis and a more defined view regarding the sequence of events.

Key Benefits Include:

  • Simple to install, configure and maintain
  • Proficy Historian is suitable for PLC and RTU/MTU applications
  • Scalable from 100 Points to Unlimited Point Collection
  • 100,000 values Read/Write per second
  • Fully Integrated with the entire Proficy Platform
  • Collectors:  GE-IP software, OPC, File (csv/XML) & OPC A&E
  • Includes an MSExcel Add-in, and a SQL Query Tool (Inter-active SQL)
  • Includes an embedded OLE DB Provider (Supports Linked Server to MSSQL)
  • Includes OPCHDA – OPC historical data access
  • Supported on VMware ESXi Server
  • Server-to-Server Collector for Enterprise-wide multiple Site/Server installations
  • Operating System 32-bit or 64-bit are supported
  • Optional integrated OPC Alarm and Events Server
  • Optional VB Shell Calculation Engine – Read/Write Capabilities
  • The Active Directory service provides single-logon capability
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