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SpecView is SCADA software. SCADA stands for Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition.
SpecView is used as industrial control system software to monitor and control industrial processes.
Industrial processes include manufacturing, production, power generation, fabrication, refining, etc.
These processes may run in continuous or batch modes.
SpecView makes it easy to use a PC with control and monitoring instrumentation, allowing you to setup:
SpecView has the following license options:
| • | Multiport - Allows SpecView to be connected to potentially 1000’s of different instruments, or increase the data rate on large systems |
| • | Historical Replay - ‘Video’ review of logged data |
| • | Strategy Controller - Automation of SpecView |
| • | DDE - (Dynamic Data Exchange) Add your own complex functionality with other DDE enabled programs |
| • | Remote Users - Use SpecView from 'down the hall' to 'around the world' |
| • | OPC - (Open Platform Communications) Connect to any OPC Server |
| • | ActiveX - Use Microsoft ActiveX control objects to enhance screen design or use complex controls to perform specific tasks |
| • | Runtime-only - No access to Edit Mode - great for turnkey systems |
| • | Non-standard Driver - Some SpecView drivers are a chargeable option |
| • | Mini version - Restricted to two Instrument Views - which could be 2 simple measurement instruments or may be a single programmable controller with separate Instrument Views for the programmer module and the controller module. A multi-loop controller can have many Instrument Views, one for each loop. The full version of SpecView is not limited to the number of Instrument Views or the number of parameters/variables. |
If SpecView is run without a license then it can be run in either Demo mode or Remote mode.
When used in Demo mode there is a 10 minute limit on communications in each Runtime session. This timer is reset each time the user enters Edit Mode and returns to Runtime Mode. It is not necessary to restart either SpecView or the computer. No save functions are disabled.
SpecView may be downloaded from the SpecView web site: http://www.specview.com
However, it is important to check the license has a current Update Subscription. This can be seen from the About SpecView menu command on the Help menu.
It is possible to add options to SpecView by upgrading the license which can be done remotely.
For more details on these options see the 'What To Buy' page of our website.
There are now both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of SpecView. Please review the link to see which is appropriate.
Minimum Requirements for running SpecView
Updating SpecView from a previous version
Upgrading SpecView to add additional options to a license