Notes on system architecture options

Our software components can be used to design industrial IT systems using several architectures, according to the exact requirements of a customer. The choice of architecture can impact the best practices for designing an application to be validated.

The System Platform is a suite of products that provides a powerful and common framework for building industrial applications. System Platform integrates security, data quality, communications, and alarming within an infrastructure of common services.

System Platform includes the following products:

• InTouch HMI can be used as a visualization client of System Platform. InTouch HMI can be used to create managed applications that integrate with Application Server and stand-alone applications that support Industrial Graphics without requiring a Galaxy.

• AVEVA OMI is an advanced visualization client of System Platform. It is included with Application Server and leverages the power of Industrial Graphics, built-in and custom apps, and supports multiple windows.

• AVEVA Historian is a component of System Platform, and can also be used in combination with InTouch tag-based applications or in a stand-alone mode, for example when different HMI system(s) are already in place. Historian (formerly known as IndustrialSQL Server) for recording of historical data values

• Insight is an online information portal to collect, store, visualize, and analyze industrial data. Insight consolidates disparate data for complete visibility into how your business is performing and enables users to access data and information from anywhere.

Technological Control describes our product features, according to the different architectural options, that support 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.