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Overview

Founded in 1981, ARC Informatique is a privately held company with its headquarters in Paris, France. The company manufactures and markets industrial software. Originally developed for the process industries the software now also caters for infrastructure, utilities and BMS. In 2008, Arc
Informatique launched the PcVue Solutions offer of software, hardware and application support as a global service to the markets of Infrastructure, OEM HMI, Building Automation, Power Generation & Distribution, Airports, Batch and Continuous Processes. ISO 9001:2000 certified since July 2003, the company is establishing an international presence through the recent opening of direct sales offices in the USA, Europe and Asia.

SCADA Background:

ARC Informatique's HMI/SCADA software named PcVue has had several transformations since the DOS-based version was first introduced in late 1985. OS/2 and Windows 3.1 based versions of PcVue2 were introduced in 1992 and 1993. Late 1994 saw the introduction of PcVue32 for both
Windows NT and 95.

The latest versions are designed for Windows Vista, XP and Server 2003/2008. In addition to its structured database, the HMI/SCADA functionality in PcVue includes historical and real-time trending with options to visualize and analyze multiple streams of data.

A library of pre-animated 2D and 3D graphical objects is provided to speed
HMI development. These objects can be modified dynamically and the
changes propagated to each station of the network. This realizes a key
benefit of object technologies.

PcVue supports OPC as well as Web Services for data exchange with third
party packages. ARC Informatique employs a central database that is shared
among the nodes in a client/server model. The configuration of each station
can be stored on the server and downloaded at start-up. It can also be used
in conjunction with WebVue for remote display and control via the Internet or
an intranet connection. Features for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 plus redundancy
mechanisms improve the overall security and availability of the system.

In recent releases, a native historical data server is implemented using the
Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 corporate database.

To reinforce the level of security, Windows Domain Authentication and Active
Directory have been integrated within the Supervisor’s User Rights.

Arc Informatique has also introduced the concept of PcVue SmartGenerator.
The aim is to facilitate and accelerate the development of a PcVue project.
Its wizards guide you through the process of extracting data from third party
applications including FactoryLink® mimics & variables, AutoCAD® drawing
files and the LON database.