Nuremberg, Germany – SPS 2019 – November 26, 2019 – ICONICS is a global automation software provider and six-time winner of the Microsoft Partner of the Year award, providing advanced Industry 4.0, web-enabled OPC UA compatible and BACnet certified visualization, analytics, and mobile software solutions for any energy, manufacturing, industrial or building automation application. ICONICS has announced the release of V10.96 of its automation software lineup, including GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA and building automation suite, AnalytiX
® data analytics suite, Hyper Historian™ rapid data historian and tools, MobileHMI™ data mobility suite, and IoTWorX™ IoT connectivity suite, among other solutions.
“This new version 10.96 product release of ICONICS automation software suite represents great strides in engineering in multiple areas,” said Russ Agrusa, CEO of ICONICS. “We have strived to meet our global customer and partner requirements with the latest technologies available in SCADA, analytics, data archiving, mobility, and cloud connectivity – all to help them get the most value from their data and truly ‘Make the Invisible Visible’.”
Version 10.96 contains multiple new features and improvements across ICONICS’ entire range of automation software solutions. Each individual solution suite contains major updates, including (to name only a few):
GENESIS64
- Information Broker – Connects GENESIS64/ICONICS products to MQTT brokers such as Mosquitto and ActiveMQ.
- Microcharts – Now included inside the Asset Navigator control.
- Customizable Context Menus – Additional options in multiple GraphWorX64™ controls.
- Security Indicator Control – Display a user’s security information.
AnalytiX
- CFSWorX™ – Advanced Connected Field Service Solution.
- AnalytiX®-BI Server Data Flow Usability and Enhancements – Including on demand preview, preview caching, visible data types, more Hyper Historian aggregates, and more.
- New for BridgeWorX64™ – Including Redundancy, JSON Content Reader, Generic JSON Writer, Information Broker Publisher, and Web Service Manipulator.
- New BridgeWorX64 and ReportWorX™ Controls – Including BridgeWorX64 Navigator, BridgeWorX64 Viewer, ReportWorX64 Navigator, and ReportWorX64 Viewer.
Hyper Historian
- Data Archiving and Storage Options – Export to third-party storage, including Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, SQL Server, Apache Kafka, Apache Hadoop, and local CSV files.
- AssetWorX™ Integration – Hyper Historian tags can now be configured from within ICONICS’ ISA-95-compliant asset-based enterprise control system.
- Real-time Expression Logging – Added option to configure expressions directly within a Hyper Historian Collected Tag.
MobileHMI
- New WatchHMI™ – For Apple watches.
- Remote Expert Mode – Utilizes a tablet/wearable to share on-site video/data with a remote expert (i.e. experienced technician) who can provide expertise to those on site.
- Enhanced HTTPS Security – Users must explicitly choose between HTTPS and HTTPS protocols when configuring a server connection.
- Windows Mixed Reality Support – Users with any Windows Mixed Reality device can use MobileHMI’s 3D and mixed reality features.
- iBeacon Location Services – The MobileHMI app can now detect iBeacons and automatically execute an action, such as loading a specific display.
IoTWorX
- Expanded Operating System Support – The following OSs have been tested and confirmed by ICONICS:
- Raspbian Buster (ARM32v7)
- Raspbian Stretch (ARM32v7)
- Ubuntu 16.04 (AMD64)
- Ubuntu 18.04 (AMD64)
- Ubuntu Server 16.04 (AMD64)
- Ubuntu Server 18.04 (AMD64)
- Hyper Collector – Allows local data to be buffered locally, allowing store-and-forward capability and historical playback on the edge device.
- MQTT Broker Module – For devices that send MQTT messages, when deploying modules to an edge device, users can choose to deploy the Mosquitto MQTT broker.
- Auto Provisioning Process – Automatic provisioning with minimum user interaction using Microsoft Azure Distributed Provisioning Service (DPS).
About ICONICS
ICONICS is headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts and is a global software developer of visualization, HMI, SCADA and energy solutions. With over 375,000 installations in over 100 countries worldwide and running in over 70 percent of Global 500 companies, ICONICS software is recommended for automating, monitoring and optimizing a customer’s most critical assets. ICONICS was named the 2018 Microsoft Manufacturing Partner of the Year and is now a six-time winner of the Microsoft Partner of the Year award.
ICONICS Background Information
ICONICS, a longtime Microsoft Gold Partner and six-time Microsoft Partner of the Year award winner, including the Manufacturing, Application Development, and CityNext Partner of the Year, provides solutions to improve productivity, reduce integration time and operating costs, and optimize asset utilization with visualization and automation software. Founded in 1986, ICONICS has 375,000 installations in over 100 countries worldwide. ICONICS meets the demanding application challenges of the automotive, building automation, food and beverage, government infrastructure, manufacturing, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, renewable energy, utilities and water/wastewater industries. As a managed Microsoft ISV Partner, ICONICS designs its solutions to leverage Microsoft technologies, including Windows 10, Windows Server, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure, SQL Server and Microsoft SharePoint.
© 2019 ICONICS, Inc. All rights reserved. AnalytiX and its respective modules are registered trademarks of ICONICS, Inc. GENESIS64, GENESIS32, Hyper Historian, BizViz, PortalWorX, MobileHMI and their respective modules, OPC-To-The-Core, and Visualize Your Enterprise are trademarks of ICONICS, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.