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ABACUS4 Operator Interface

• X windows, full graphics displays viewable on any X terminal on the network (subject to security controls)
• The X Window System is a multiplatform graphics display system widely used on Unix and other operating systems. X is built on a client server basis. Thus it is possible to run a program on one computer using the display of another anywhere on the network.
• Full graphics mimics with a wide variety of display facilities
• Displays may be written in TCL/Tk. Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a scripting language, Tk is a graphical user interface.
• Tcl/Tk is available under Linux, UNIX, Windows and Mac OS, and so it is even possible to run ABACUS 4 displays on Windows or Mac machines.
• Real Time Trends
• Journal display
• Alarm summery
• Alarm system - WAP & web based display of alarm satus for remote access. SMS messages sent out on selected alarms.
• Report display

Screen dumps

Pumping Station Mimic

This display and the others in this demonstration are constructed using the Tcl/Tk languages. These have the advantage that they are freely available for Windows95, UNIX, Macintosh, Windows3.1 (etc.) and WindowsNT

Trend Display

Process Mimic Display

Alarm Status Display

Journal Display

The  Unix/ABACUS version of the Software Reference Manual is available in HTML format.