Data Acquisition / Automation Software / DA-Center
DA-Center
Seamlessly connect ioLogik/ioPAC to your SCADA system
Introduction
In most remote data acquisition applications, users need additional human resources to collect data manually from remote storage and also to perform data logging and other analyses during daily operations. Moxa DA-Center, a ready-to-run data gateway, makes it must easier to perform these types of tasks. DA-Center provides a standard OPC interface that interacts with Moxa Active OPC Server for real-time data collection. The interface acts as bridge between field data and IT databases or spreadsheets, and a trend chart tool is also provided to perform historical analysis.
Economize on Database Uploads
With most remote data acquisition systems, during daily operations additional human resources are needed to collect data manually from remote storage devices, and also to load data logs into a database. Even with RTUs remotely collecting data over the network, software must be developed, to handle the task of converting and uploading data logs into the database. Moxa’s DA-Center makes not only realtime data collection much easier, but also simplifies the conversion of historical data into database-ready formats. DA-Center’s standard OPC interface interacts directly with Moxa Active OPC Server, serving as a bridge between field data and stored databases or spreadsheets. Furthermore, DA-Center can combine tags from individual Moxa RTUs or remote I/O devices into the same database or spreadsheet, freeing users from the need to manipulate data after processing.
Automatic Data Updates from SD Cards Following Network Failures
One of the benefits of using RTUs is that data may be collected over a network, from a central site; in an ideal operation, RTUs should be able to transmit data logs collected offline upon network reconnection. Moxa’s DA-Center makes this not only possible, but easy. The DA-Center provides a standard OPC interface that interacts with Active OPC Server for real-time data collection. After each network connection, the DA-Center will compare historical data stored on the SD cards located in individual devices with real-time data and then supplement any missing data by requesting re-transmission from the RTU.
Embedded Trend Charts for Historical Analysis
The DA-Center package also includes several stock charts for basic data analysis. Users can retrieve data from a database table or a spreadsheet and automatically convert it into chart format, zooming in or out along the different axes, thus making it extremely easy to display and analyze historical data.
Can be used with the following products
- ioLogik E1200 series: Ethernet Remote I/O
- ioLogik E2200 series: Ethernet Micro RTU Controller
- ioLogik E4200: Modular Ethernet Remote I/O
- ioLogik W5300 series: Cellular Micro RTU Controller
- ioPAC 8000 series: Modular RTU Controller
Features:
- Convert field data to ODBC compliant databases
- Convert field data to Excel or Access spreadsheets
- Flexible dataset configuration for connecting to multiple remote devices
- Embedded trend charts for historical analysis