Wonderware UK and Ireland, a division of industrial automation and computing specialist SolutionsPT, has launched SmartGlance, a mobile app that delivers up-to-the-minute critical plant data reports and analysis directly to the user’s smartphone.

Secure cloud-based report generation and delivery ensures plant data can be viewed on the move, allowing for faster decision-making and smoother co-operation. The app is designed to work with Wonderware Historian and other data sources.

Ideal for the process, power and manufacturing industries, SmartGlance combines two important mobile computing developments; smartphones and cloud computing. Data from the plant’s SCADA system is sent to the cloud, where it can be accessed by users with devices running Apple or BlackBerry operating systems. The app converts this data into easily interpretable reports that can be viewed anywhere and at any time.

SmartGlance, which was developed by Invensys Operations Management in the US, satisfies the need for engineering, manufacturing, plant and operations managers, maintenance technicians and other factory personnel to access current operational data on the move and at any time.

Wonderware Mobile Reporting is comprised of SmartGlance, Sarla Analytics’ smart phone reporting service and the Wonderware Mobile Reporting Connector, which provides data connectivity to the Wonderware Historian and other data sources.

“SmartGlance fully exploits the navigation and manipulation features found in the latest mobile devices,” explained Susan Roche business unit manager at Wonderware UK and Ireland. “As a result, viewing complex, in depth reports and graphs is fast and intuitive, allowing the information to be digested and analysed effectively. Coupled with the easily interpretable analytical displays and the ability to share reports via email, this can lead to faster, better choices in terms of site management.”

A demonstration version of SmartGlance is available for free from either the Apple App Store or BlackBerry App World and can be found by searching for ‘SmartGlance’. Once SmartGlance is installed the user can view demo data and trial the interface. Android and Microsoft Phone 7 versions of the app are currently in development.

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