U.C.ME

U.C.ME is OPC client alarm notification and analysis software. It uses SMS, WAP, RSS, Phone, Fax, Email and Multimedia to notify users on alarm situations. U.C.ME is an OPC client and DDE client software. It can connect to any OPC or DDE server or any SCADA that supports OPC/DDE.

U.C.ME supports bidirectional communication via SMS and Phone. Users may acknowledge alarms, query or change tag values via SMS or phone. Solutions : Building management, Security systems, Industrial control, Water treatment, Healthcare and more.

OPC and DDE client:
UCME-OPC™ is an alarm notification software. UCME-OPC™ is OPC or DDE client software.
It runs on Microsoft® Windows® platform and communicates with any OPC server, DDE server and with industrial automation software (SCADA) via OPC or DDE.

Sending Text Messages (SMS) using standard analog modem and TAP protocol 
U.C.ME-OPC™ enable text messaging (SMS) to cellular phones using a standard analog data modem and a telephone landline.  You may check with your local cellular service provider regarding TAP service. In the USA: PageNet, SkyTel, MobileComm, Arch. In the UK: Cellnet, Vodafone, One-2-One, PageOne, BT Pager. In Australia: Telstra. In Canada: Rogers AT&T. In Germany : D1, Eplus.  In South Africa: Vodacom, MTN and Cell C

Native Text Messaging(SMS) using a cellular modem - eliminates Internet connection threats!
Using UCME-OPC™, you may send text messages to any cell phone without an Internet connection! Unlike other software packages that requires "Always On" Internet connection to send email-to-cellular messages, UCME-OPC™ uses native text messaging using cellular modems. This eliminates the threats of your control system being accessible to the Internet. Using a cellular modem, text messages are sent to every cell phone that support text messaging.

          
Running as a Windows® service: 
Running U.C.ME-OPC™ as a Windows service has several advantages. First, U.C.ME-OPC™ will be started automatically after a computer reboot. There is no need to login to start it. Second, users can login and logoff the computer without interrupting the server. Third, you can setup recovery actions if the service fails, such as restarting the service automatically or restarting the computer (for computers running Windows 2000 & XP only).

Alarm Import from InTouch™, CiTect™, Cimplicity™ and RS-View™:
Using UCME-OPC™ , you can import your InTouch™, CiTect™, Cimplicity™ or RS-View ™ alarms. With one click of a button, all the alarms are imported into UCME-OPC™ . This functionality saves time and money and reduces the chances for mistakes while defining alarms.

Eliminating Nuisance alarms at their source:
Too often, alarm system effectiveness is undermined by poorly configured alarms, static alarm settings that can’t adapt to dynamic plant conditions, and a host of other nuisance alarms, resulting in alarm floods that overwhelm operators just when they need to focus on potentially serious problems. As a result, operators and engineers in the process control industry have become increasingly aware of the value that alarm management solutions offer.U.C.ME-OPC™ version 5.5 introduces new functionality that is helping customers to eliminate nuisance alarms. This is done by adding two important properties to each alarm:

• Alarm Timeout (in seconds)  
• Alarm Inhibit Tag

Once the alarm is detected, U.C.ME-OPC™ waits for a period of time defined by the customer. Only if the alarm is still active after the timeout has ended, will it be created and the recipients notified.In addition, each alarm may be inhibited by an Inhibit Tag. When the tag value is non-zero, the alarm will be inhibited. This functionality is extremely useful when operators and engineers know in advance that a unit or a section in their plant is going down for maintenance and they want to avoid false alarms coming from this unit/section.

Storing alarms and alarm-snapshot information to an SQL database:
Using UCME-OPC™, you may store alarms and alarm-snapshot information into MS-Access™ or MS-SQL™ database. The alarm information may be viewed from any computer on the network using a standard browser (i.e: Internet Explorer) enabling users to analyze alarms and understand their behavior. This may eventually prevent alarms in the future. Users may create alarm reports and export them to MS-Excel™, MS-Word™, CSV and XML .

Bidirectional communication:
UCME-OPC™ uses Phone, SMS, Fax and Email to establish bidirectional communication between users (technicians, field engineers, manager etc…) and their applications. Users can receive alarm notifications and interact with their applications via phone and SMS. Using their regular phones and cellular phones, users can change set-points, acknowledge alarms, listen to real-time values, execute programs and reboot the PC when required.