asix - a product of ASKOM - is a PC software for visualization and monitoring of industrial processes, technological lines, machines and devices, monitored and controlled by programmable controllers and other measurement and control systems.

asix belongs to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System) software class and executes comprehensive functions of process data collection, processing and visualization, supervisory and direct control, alarm and event recording, data archiving, trend drawing, report generating, data analyses and making process data available within computer networks.

This software system has been created in close collaboration with practicing control engineers and is continuously developed and modified to match users' needs; it is not only a convenient and effective tool for control engineers, but also process data source for MES (Manufacturing and Execution Systems) based on standard techniques. Available since 1995, it is a solution proven already in over 2200 system installations.

We invite you to evaluate our software. See how easy it is to convert your process data into valuable information.

 

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asix has been awarded GOLD MEDAL of AUTOMATICON 2005 International Fair - Warsaw, GOLD MEDAL of AUTOMATICON '98 International Fair in Warsaw and Ist Award of SOFTARG '95 International Fair in Katowice.

asix excellently fulfills requirements of both simple applications for single workstations and very complex multi-terminal systems allowing to serve entire manufacturing facility in one integrated environment. On reference list of ASKOM and nearly 30 system integrators one can find many examples of application.

asix is a software system with extended functionality, as good as other SCADA systems, or even better in many aspects, that include enhanced reliability by "hot-redundancy" operation mode, application designer built-in in every software licence, readiness to operate within extended computer networks thanks to BRIDGE feature.

Those features are available simultaneously at the price, which ensures our customers advantage over competitors - starting from 275,- EUR for license of operator station for 32 variables. Scalability of licenses ensures creation of applications matching in size - from local operator stations for a dozen of measurement points to multistation network installations with thousands of variables. There are licences available for 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 4096 variables and with unlimited number of process variables (limit: 2³²  variables). The scalability allows to configure applications without excessive costs; when required, one can upgrade to a license capable of higher variables. Details are included in our commercial information. The version update policy of ASKOM is profitable for the user and ensures access to always latest solutions.

The system is ready, without additional costs, to build Interfaces with PLC's of practically any worldwide manufacturers: Siemens, General Electric, Schneider Electric, Omron, Festo, Saia, Mitsubishi, Advantech are just a few of them. Communication protocols Profibus, Canbus, Modbus RTU and MODBUS TCP and also OPC and DDE standard interfaces are available.

Basing on own experience as Control System Integrator, the ASKOM company is aware of importance of current software manufacturer's support for the users. That is why a toll-free support is available by telephone and through Internet, made by experienced software engineers and authors of asix system themselves. When a technical problem occurs, which is unavoidable for complex software, our customers can be sure not to be left alone - like sometimes happens - until a new version will be issued after a long time. Begin of 2002 we have launched a technical support website, which continuously informs about modifications, revisions, new versions and new products.

asix cannot probably meet expectations of every user, that is why we stay open for new ideas suggested by users. The development of the system inspired by their comments and ideas brought, among other things, to extension of trend, Internet and modem interface modules and parameterizing the application from central database. asix is a product of Poland, but uses worldwide information technologies and standards. This is an open system compatible with standards of Microsoft Windows and OPC foundation like DDE, OLE, TAPI, OPC. All data categories of visualization system- current measurements, archives, events - are available for other applications like Excel spredsheet, Access database and others, within the same computer or another network workstation.

Good solutions made in Poland should be open for world market.

asix is available in English and Russian languages .....


asix remains a system open for new ideas


asix overrides functional and technical limits set by SCADA systems so far:
 

• Improved productivity of applications design.
  thanks to elements of batch and interactive on-line parameter setting.

• Built-in application editor in every run-time licence.

• Extended library of technological symbols with built-in editor.

• Recording of variables course with time resolution in seconds and automatic data archive compression without quantitative limitations.

• Current, historical and pattern charts with dynamic parameter setting and scaling.

• Scripts in Active X Scripting technology

• Alarm event log limited only by hard disk drive capacity.

• Automatic alarm and data back-up on spare fixed or removable disk drives (back-up copies creation).

• Built-in interpreter of definable reports in effective language of expressions and formats.

• Bi-directional access to relational databases.

• Module for receipes and event data archiving

• Built-in module for designing, displaying and printing of trends

• Context help.

• Ready to operate in multimonitor configurations.

• Network server for current and archive data exchange based on client-server technology

• Open system: access to current and archive data by OPC, OLE DB, OLE Automation, DDE, .NET servers, Web Services

• Built-in hot-redundancy operation mode which improves reliability of workstations.

• Possibility of system development on the basis of LAN and WAN networks, Internet, modem links as well as wireless systems (radio links, GPRS)

• Portal of Process Information

• Visualization on Internet

• Multilingual applications with a capability of dynamic switching of SCADA operator language

• Control of access to asix functions by password and user base