NI Lookout 6.1
* Easy networking
* Database and MES connectivity
*
Distributed alarms and data logging
* Web control and monitoring
*
Event-driven processing
Configure a Process, a Network Connection, and a
Web Client in Twelve Easy Steps!
Take a look at how fast and easy Lookout can
be. This step-by-step example leads you through the creation of an entire
process with the Lookout industrial automation software system.
Open
Connectivity
* OPC client and server capabilities
* Drop any ActiveX
(except methods and events) into your Lookout HMI *
* Connect to
programming environments, such as Microsoft Visual Basic, Java, Java-enabled
tools, Borland Delphi, C, and C++
* Connect to a wide variety of National
Instruments and third-party hardware
Online Configuration
*
Modify the application without interrupting device communications
* Eliminate
gaps in data and alarm monitoring
* Develop and modify applications without
process downtime
Distributed Logging
* Log and retrieve data from
any computer on a network
* Use configuration-based logging tools for instant
data logging
* Maintain process history accurately and automatically
Distributed Alarms and Events
* Create an audit trail using event
logging
* View and acknowledge alarms and events from anywhere in a
network
* Alert a pager, cell phone, or play your own voice messages on alarm
conditions
* Use the new Historical Data Viewer to better visualize and
manage your data
NT Service Capability
* Able to run Windows
2000/NT/XP service
* Full functionality available independent of login status
at workstation
Security
* Lock Lookout so users cannot close,
minimize, or exit once it is operating
* Provide read or write access levels
to processes, folders, and s based on security levels
* Activate
security based on IP addresses
* Use the same security set up for all
clients, including remote Web clients
Enterprise (MES/ERP)
Connectivity
* Connect the plant floor to business systems
* Build on
standard SQL, OPC, and Web technologies for connectivity
* Retrieve live or
historical data from Lookout to any database, spreadsheet, or MES software
Event Driven Performance
* React to events substantially faster
than loop-based software
* Poll more than 50,000 I/O points
* Scale the
application with little performance loss
Visualization
* Use more
than 3,300 built-in graphics
* Enable X-Y motion, resizing, visibility, and
dynamic coloring
* Import any bitmap (.bmp) and Windows Metafile (.wmf)
graphic
* International character set support