Win-911 Alarm Notification Software from Specter Instruments
 Most graphical user interface (GUI) applications require a human operator to monitor the computer screen in order to spot 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 unnecessary anxiety.
Win-911® turns your PC into a mission-critical command center, generating automatic alarm notification via video, audio, pager, and 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 pager message.
New Features of Win-911® Version 7.0
- Data Interface Options include OPC and DDE
- Text-to-Speech through OPC Server
- Telephone Interface Card Options offer more choices & better prices
- Wireless & Email Notification
- Runtime Changes: Bypass Alarms
- Dialout Override for Schedule Changes
- Alarm Log Manager lets you view, sort & arrange your alarm history
- Multiple Levels of Security Options
- WIN-411 Option allows you to get reports or status over the phone
Win-911® Options
- Notification of personnel by phone.
- Notification of personnel by pager.
- Notification of personnel by email.
- 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.
- Automatically selects proper on-duty personnel from Phone Book.
- 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 Windows OPC or DDE Server Software
- When combined with Specter'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.
How Win-911 works
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 accordingly to your instructions. WIN-911 is fully-programmable....you determine the options, parameters and the type of response.
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 PLC's, meters, controllers, etc.) and anything else that can report data to a SCADA Server. Through the 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
- Manual or auto acknowledgement
- Up to four different trip settings for analog data
- Priority calling sequence (user tells WIN-911 who to call First, Second, 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
- Acknowledgement from Windows MMI/HMI/SCADA packages
For more information, see the Specter Instruments Win-911 website.
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