Introduction

General Information

Computer Environment Operational Performance Management is an important topic, as data processing, memory and communication bottlenecks have much impact on the bottom line and production servers. This software is a server for data acquisition which enables Performance Monitor data to be available to any OPC-DA client, including data historian-based real-time performance management (RTPM) systems and OPC-DA compatible SCADA systems. It uses a fast and reliable data acquisition engine allowing massive real-time monitoring. Features include:

Scan of multiple computers
Intelligent scan load control
Data filtering(averaging)
Compliant with the OPC DA2 specification

System Requirements

This OPC server has the following system requirements:

Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP
Service Pack 5 (NT4) / Service Pack 4(2000) / Service Pack 1(XP)
Intel/AMD processor @ 600MHz
128MB RAM
50MB Hard drive space
Network interface card (Ethernet)

Higher system hardware requirements may be necessary when scanning more than five thousand tags or when a large number of tags are scanned at a fast rate.

Server Overview

This server follows the requirements of the OPC specification to provide data access to an OPC client. The server is compatible with OPC Data Access(DA) version 2.0 of the OPC interface and it can be used to monitor every reacheable computer running Windows. The server core is heavily optimized to achieve high performance by measuring response times of every computer and balancing server load to maintain the specified refresh rate for all computers. It is possible to customize scan parameters from each computer. This feature allows you to build the most optimized configuration for your computer environment.

Tools Overview

XR PerfMon Tools provides three tools to manage servers and data and 2 servers to manage data aquisition. These tools are listed below:

XR PerfMon Tools Server FrontEnd - This tool helps you to configure both PerfMon Server and Historian Service. It allows you to indicate wich computers and tag should be monitored and historied.
XR PerfMon Tools Server Monitor - Allows you to manage PerfMon Server, simplifying server reboot, configuration reloading and displaying statistics about it.
XR PerfMon Tools Tag Explorer - This software can take all data stored by Historian Service, plotting charts and displaying values and alarms.
XR PerfMon Tools PerfMon Server - This is the software responsible by data acquisition and delivery. In OPC licenses, it acts as an OPC server.
XR PerfMon Tools Historian Service - This service is responsible to take all data captured in PerfMon Server and to store it for future view.