NAPCON PRODUCT RELEASE 9.0
Release 9.0 new features and updates to the existing ones
NAPCON Understand
NAPCON INFORMER - SPEED AND RELIABILITY
HIGHLIGHTS
- History database has been updated
- Update provides speed and robustness to handle even bigger amounts of data.
- Reliability has been further increased for extended operational cycles.
- Information Manager improvements
- Usability improvements to trending
- Several improvements for increased stability
- Improvement on installer support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
NAPCON ANALYTICS – EASILY CONFIGURABLE VISUALIZATIONS
HIGHLIGHTS
- Recalculation option in timed calculation
- Generic table
- Table can now store whole row or table into one tag
- Direct API calls supported for JSON data in calculator engine datasource
- UI layer upgraded to Grafana 9.3.2
CALCULATION ENGINE – ADVANCED CALCULATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE CASES
HIGHLIGHTS
- Patching of online-calculation
- Recalculation of failed calculation
- Stability improvements
NAPCON Improve
NAPCON CONTROLLER AND OPTIMIZER
HIGHLIGHTS
- Incremental improvements in NAPCON Controller’s optimization algorithm
- NAPCON Controller and NAPCON Optimizer benefit from all improvements of NAPCON Informer, as NAPCON Informer is the OPC UA server for all NAPCON Controller and NAPCON Optimizer applications
NAPCON Modeller
HIGHLIGHTS
The process model identification tool, NAPCON Modeller, was completely renewed to the previous software release. Usability improvements have been implemented for NAPCON Modeller 9.0 based on user feedback, e.g.
- Zooming controls have been improved
- Enhanced filter settings
- General usability improvements
NAPCON Configurator
HIGHLIGHTS
- Improved bi-drectional interplay between NAPCON Configurator and NAPCON Informer database
- Support for user-distinguishable changes
- Streamlined and more user friendly handling of recipes
- User interface improvements
NAPCON Improve Operator Interfaces
HIGHLIGHTS
- Incremental improvements and minor enhancements to NAPCON Controller web user interface
NAPCON Train
NAPCON SIMULATOR
HIGHLIGHTS
- Automatic Backtrack along with Record & Replay is a new Simulator feature to move between different automatically saved simulation points of time, and record the actions taken in each simulation state
- Improved performance of the whole NAPCON Simulator environment
- Better usability and accessibility
- User feedback integration
- Reliability, quality and security enhancements
TRAINER DASHBOARD
HIGHLIGHTS
- Enhanced reporting capabilities with Training Performance Management
- Improved stability and performance of the Trainer Dashboard environment
- Improved usability and user experience and reporting capabilities of the Trainer Dashboard environment
- Improved logging capabilities to support simulator reliability and stability
- Performance improvements, with improved memory usage and decreased load on the IT environment
OPERATOR USER INTERFACE
- Improvements and enhancements available with the following user interfaces providing better usability and training experience:
- NAPCON Generic User Interface
- Emerson Delta V Live emulated User Interface
- Yokogawa Centum VP 3000 emulated User Interface
- Honeywell Experion emulated User Interface
- Valmet DNA emulated User Interface