For more information on features introduced in the latest releases, check Release 4.2 and Release 4.1 sections.

Device Connectivity Features

• Multiprotocol vendor-agnostic framework. Direct support for many kinds of devices and device protocols (SNMP, Modbus, OPC, and more).
• Hardware Agents. Almost all present-day electronic devices may be connected to the system using device-side programmable modules (Agents).
• Software Device Drivers. Devices that are already network-enabled may be connected using a custom device plugin (device driver).
• Modular, scalable system architecture. New data processing/aggregation modules may be installed into server core as plug-ins.
• Generic flexible approach for controlling, configuring and monitoring different types of hardware devices.
• Automatic discovery and provisioning of devices.
• Remote configuration of devices.
• Device data caching and advanced synchronization allows to perform delayed configuration of devices that are temporarily disconnected from the server.
• Device Emulator. Virtual software-based device is available for testing and debugging purposes.
• Robust communication protocol for data exchange between server, programmable controllers and client applications.
  

Device Management Features

• Hierarchical multi-user environment with access control permissions.
• A secure GUI client is available, along with a legacy AJAX-based web client.
• Real-time monitoring of device status and events.
• Flexible event filtering capabilities.
• Support for event acknowledgements by system operators, including e-mail acknowledgements.
• Customizable Alerts supporting different types of notifications (sound, popup messages, e-mail, SMS etc.).
• Support for pending alerts and alert escalation.
• Alert-to-action bindings allow to execute corrective actions when alert is raised. Corrective actions may be controlled by operator or execute in non-interactive mode with pre-defined user input.
• Advanced reporting facility, built-in report editor, report printing and exporting in different formats.
• Automatic report generation from any viewed/edited data.
• Charting, support for a wide list of chart types, including dynamically updated charts.
• Integrated SQL-based query language for data mining and batch configuration updates.
• Trackers for monitoring mission-critical data. Every tracker has an unlimited number of user-defined states, indicated by color highlighting.
  
• Advanced job scheduler for periodic execution of any device-related or system actions.
• Grouping and group operations are available for different system objects (user accounts, alerts, event filters, queries etc.) and hardware devices.
• Advanced replication of configuration between any similar system objects and devices. Configuration may be copied even between devices that use different firmware versions.
• Common data tables store any custom data in a user defined format. System-wide or user’s personal common tables may contain master-copies of device settings that are used to configure multiple devices.
• Favourites allow access to commonly used actions.
• Auto-run facility to start actions automatically upon operator login.
• Interactive guides greatly that help new users to become familiar with basic system operations.
• Link Service transparently routes data through the server between devices and computers located in private networks and hidden from each other by firewalls.
• Dynamic DNS Service helps to locate devices that have no static IP addresses.
• HTTP Proxy Service provides global access to the web pages that are stored on the web servers embedded into devices located in private networks.

Development & Integration Features

• Widgets feature allow creating custom forms, GUI components and complex Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) to configure and monitor your devices. Integrated GUI Builder application to create your widgets from scratch in WYSIWYG mode.
• Widgets may be combined into a dashboard to provide quick and convenient access to system-critical parameters.
• Expression language for flexible alert triggering rules and event filtering. Interactive Expression Builder component is available.
• Support for server-side pure-Java scripts for the fine grained real-time server control and custom operations.
• Multiple time zones support. Automatic time conversion in the case when server, users and devices are located in different time zones.
• Support of export and import of any system or device data to numerous formats, including XML, HTML, CSV, XLS, PDF, RTF etc.
• Embedded Web-service allows integration with third-party enterprise applications.
• Java and .NET API's are available for easy integration with the customer’s CRM, ERP and other legacy software.
• Flexible customization options, support for internationalization, localization and user-provided graphical and text resources.
• Java-based architecture, key system components work under most modern operating systems.
• Compatible with most present-day database servers. An embedded database is bundled with the server to ensure fast deployment.
• Comprehensive manual with numerous examples and tutorials is available along with external API references.