1. Dipl. Ing. Lubomir Bak Project manager Spirit a.s.
AlViS
Introduction
Dipl. Ing. Lubomir Bak Project manager Spirit a.s.

2. Spirit a.s. Softwarehouse in Bratislava, Slovakia 11 years history
Highly qualified experienced developers (university degree)
Various projects (national, international)
Car industry (VW, suppliers chain,…)
Transportation (railway terminal IS)
Air pollution monitoring (various UN,EU and national projects)
Custom solutions, consulting services …
Focus on
Development
Training
Support (web, , phone, on site support)

3. AlViS (Alarm Visualization System)
A general purpose tool for easy development of complex graphical monitoring and control applications.

4. Technical requirements
IBM PC AT 512 MB RAM
VGA – 32-bit color depth
1 USB/parallel port
1 Serial/Ethernet port
MS Windows 2000 SP4\XP
MS IE 6.0

5. Dongle protection Safenet Sentinel/Net sentinel (USB, parallel port)
Sentinel system drivers (Sentinel Protection installer 7.4.0)
“Sentinel Protection server” system service - NetSentinel
Maximum 6 programs (servers, AlViS) per key
System configuration (programs, max.symbols, servers, passwords, encryption keys,...)
Service key (5 hours runtime)

6. AlVIS versions Number of symbols used
AlVIS /F
AlVIS /300
AlViS /150
AlVIS /light (50 symbols, 1 server)
5 logical servers (panels) allowed
10,15,20,50,100 servers (+30 – 100%)

7. Ordering information AlViS client count and types
DDE server count and types
Dongle types
Dongle < - > programs assignment

8. Ordering examples Example 1 Example 2 1 x Parallel dongle
AlViS /F, 10 servers
DDE server SecuriPro
DDE server LST
2 x USB Dongle
DDE server Aplex
Example 2
1 x Net dongle
4 x AlViS /F, 5 servers
2 x SecuriPro DDE server
1 x LST DDE server

9. Key features Robustness Universality Open system Scalability
Rich feature set
Easy application development
Adaptability
WEB support
Multilanguage system

10. Robustness 10+ years history Advanced functionality
Designed for 24/7 operation
Hundreds of successful installations (banks, insurance companies, industrial plants, army, police, state organizations,…) - growing
Leading system in Czech and Slovak republics
Installations in Poland, Austria, Holland, Russia, Island, Turkey, Holland, Hungary…

11. Universality General purpose system
Can monitor and control any devices, technologies or phenomena connectable to a PC
Optimized for
Intrusion detection systems
Fire alarm systems
Access control systems
Building management systems
Video systems
Can be used in other areas (process control,…)

12. Open system Vendor independent Panel independent
Around 80 panels\technologies currently supported
Constantly growing
Supports cooperation with 3rd party programs and tools (OLE automation, MCI, SQL, Web)
Integration tool

13. Scalability The whole range of installations supported
Small (1 panel, 1PC)
Medium (1-2 PC’ several panels)
Large (many panels, PC’s, LAN, WAN, Internet )
Industrial plants
Nationwide, international networks
Supervison centers
Architecture, feature set - support
License\price policy

14. Client/Server architecture
AlViS
Graphical monitoring and control client
AlViS DDE servers
Communication with different devices (serial lines, TCP/IP, PC cards, databases,…)
Distributed system
Modified DDE (NetDDE) based protocol
Encryption
Robustness
Connections supervision
Automatic reconnection

15. DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)
DDE service (server / panel type)
Dde item 1 (sensor1) …
Dde topic (panel1)
Dde item N (sensor N)
Dde topic (panel2)
DDE item = variable=sensor
...
Bit oriented value :
Bit 0 Alarm Bit 1 Error
Bit 2 Disablement
Bit 3 Revision
Dde topic (panelN)

16. DDE operations DDE connect DDE request - initial value request
DDE advise - value update request
DDE poke - value assignment
DDE execute - function execution

17. NetDDE (Network DDE) Network DDE system service
ShareName = ServiceName + TopicName
DDE share
Trusted share
DDE shares creation
Automatic
netshare.exe
shareName entry in DDE server ini file
Example :
[SecuriPro 1]
Name = SecuriPro1
shareName = SecuriPro1$
Using DdeShare.exe

18. DdeShare.exe

19. NetDDE requirements
Network DDE system service – started ( automatic startup )
NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled
PC’s must be in the same Workgroup, Domain
Users must have the same local accounts on both PCs (names and passwords)
Users must have the rights to log on locally, access the PC from the network
! Network DDE restart needed after manipulation with accounts, passwords, security parameters,..

20. Single panel connection
AlViS PC
DDE
DDE server
RS232/422/485, TCP-IP, ...
Panel

21. Multiple panels connection
AlViS
Panel X 1
Server 1 PC
Panel Y 1
DDE
Panel Y 2
Server 2
Panel Y N
Server N
Panel Z 1

22. Multiple PC, multiple panels connection
Panel X 1
AlViS 1
Panel Y 1
Server 1
Panel Y 2
PC 3
Server 2
AlViS 2
PC 2
Server 3
Panel Z 1
NetDDE

23. DTCGate, DTSGate NetDDE replacement AlViS DDE server DTSGate DTCGate
Panel
AlViS
DDE server
DDE
DDE
DTSGate
DTCGate
PC 1
PC 2
TCP\IP

24. DTCGate.ini
[Main window] serverPort=9000 [server 1] service=Detect topic=Detect1

25. DTSGate.ini
[Main window] address= port=9000 responseTimeout=30000 service=Galaxy serviceSuffix=

26. Complex system example

27. Easy application development
Predefined functionality
Drag and drop, point and click rapid application development
Text, XML editor application development
Parallel development
Minimize repetitive tasks
Only unique information ( addresses, texts,..) must be entered
Import from text files
= low development and service costs

28. Adaptability Different customers - different needs AlViS AlViS dialogs
90 % - standard, predefined functionality
10 % - special requirements
AlViS
User definable graphical objects ( symbols, plans)
User definable texts (symbol, operator instructions, event protocol texts, print texts …)
Symbol behavior
AlViS behavior
AlViS dialogs
AlViS script
AlViS symbol templates
AlViS.ini

29. AlViS script Event driven AlViS script engine
Events: - internal (alarm, error, plan change, variable change,…) - user (mouse, keyboard action,…) - external (events from connected devices,…)

30. Event flow Sensor event (Fire) panel Server variable change server
AlViS variable value change
AlViS symbol
status change
AlViS

31. Web support
XML support
Web areas
Web plans
Web reports
AlViS Web

32. Web areas, Web plans Rectangular areas on standard AlViS plans
The whole plans capable of showing web contents (html files, www links,…)
Static and dynamic creation, URL settings
Usable for web cameras,…
Accessible from AlViS script - whole areas - area elements

33. AlViS Web Complementary to the standard AlViS system
Allows independent Web monitoring and control ( through www browser) of standard AlViS applications
Supports events protocol viewing and filtering
Requires LINUX\Windows 2000\XP Apache web server and MySQL\MS SQL database server

34. AlViS Web diagram Internet/intranet AlViS Web 1 AlViS Web 2
Panel 1
Panel 2
Panel 3
Panel 4
Panel 5
Panel 6
Panel 7
AlViS Web 1
AlViS Web 2
AlViS Web 3
AlViS Web server
(Linux/Windows 2000, Apache, MySQL)
Web browser

35. Multilanguage system Online language switching
Supported languages : - English - German - Slovak - Czech - Polish - Russian - Icelandic
Other languages on demand

36. AlViS modes Development mode Runtime mode
Monitoring application development
Password protection
Runtime mode
Real-time alarm monitoring

37. Development mode Provides means for :
Defining plans
Placing and configuring symbols
Configuring main and view window parameters
Editing users …
Numerous tools and features exists for :
Maximal adaptability to the customer requirements
Simple and rapid development of monitoring system

38. Development mode User definable graphical objects
Plans ( bmp, jpg, gif, wmf, emf files)
Symbols - multistate
Shape, color, number and order of states
Symbol bar
Symbol reaction on external ( servers) and internal (user action) events
Object oriented scripting language
Variables (external, internal, predefined)
Functions
Timers
Built in OLE automation, MCI, serial communication support
Syntax coloring editor
Early typing error detection

39. Development mode Easy application modifications
Select , cut, copy, paste
Replace
regular expressions
Parallel graphic and text mode development
XML application format support
Symbol templates
Rapid application development
Formal and actual parameters
Simple massive modifications – template editing

40. Monitoring (runtime) mode
Clear graphic representation of the monitored area
Plans
Symbols
View windows
( symbols, alarms, errors, user and protocol windows)
Priority real-time processing of events
Graphical localization of the alarm symbol
Automatic plan change
Alarm symbol zooming and blinking
Acoustic alarm signalization
PC speaker
Sound card

41. Monitoring mode Alarm details window Online print simple/structured
Alarm confirmation
Alarm processing delaying
Alarm comment
Online print
Protocol message
Alarm details/ operator instructions
Alarm plan
Alarm plan with instructions

42. Monitoring mode Events protocol
Encrypted circular file on the disk with proprietary format – very fast
Online /offline filtering
Print
Export
Automatic backup (online/incremental)

43. AlViS security Encryption Action protection Communication Application
Protocol
Graphical files
Action protection
User system with passwords and access rights
Every relevant action in AlViS can be protected by passwords and access rights (AlViS windows visibility and manipulation, development mode, alarm confirmation, protocol, symbol actions,…)

44. AlViS utilities PView - external protocol viewer
DView – universal DDE client
Dtest – universal DDE server
DTSGate, DTCGate TCP\IP <---> DDE gates
AlViS Protocol – external protocol components

45. AlViS 3.1 features Import symbols from text files
Symbol parameters update from text files
Symbol parameters editing in grid
Alarm actions
Web windows
Symbol state icons order change support
Symbol states order change support
Symbol status sound files
Camera protocol links support

46. AlViS Web 3.2 features AlViS Web DB connection supervision
Symbol state sound support
Video protocol links support
AlViS user windows support
Right mouse click symbol context menus

47. AlViS benefits End user Panel manufacturer/distributor
sophisticated, up-to-date, easy to use unified monitoring and control system
Panel manufacturer/distributor
Hardware support
Participation in complex installations
AlViS distributor
Licence fees
Installation company
AlViS installation,service, support