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DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FOR DEMANDING ENVIRONMENTS SINCE 1997
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Canary Systems Data Acquisition Software Overview
One of the most important components to a successfully deployed Data Acquisition System is the software to make it all work. We have developed all of the software we sell, with the exception of the Interbase or Firebird database servers and with over 50 years of collective experience developing software, combined with extensive experience working on hundreds of projects, you can be sure we are working to provide the best solutions possible. For projects with custom or unique requirements we have the expertise to engineer a reliable and cost-effective solution.
Following are listed our primary software packages with links to datasheets in PDF format which provide more detailed information.
MultiLogger
MultiLogger is our base software package. It is designed to manage the data acquisition hardware, whether connected directly to the PC or whether connected to PC's accessible remotely via Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN) or Internet connectivity. It was originally designed to support only MCU's from Campbell Scientific however as time progresses it is being expanded to support hardware from other manufacturers. It is designed to completely automate the programming of the Campbell data acquisition hardware, no detailed knowledge of the hardware programming is required, rather the program is generated by MultiLogger based on the various form selections made by the user. It's function is not limited to programming however, program download, monitoring, and data collection are also supported. It is currently deployed at over 400 projects worldwide, and is available in numerous languages including German, Italian and Russian, with others in development.
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Roobrik
Roobrik is delivered with MultiLogger to provide data reduction for collected data, stored in ASCII format, whether tab, comma or space delimited data values. It is a powerful data reduction program, designed to handle data files of any size and any number of elements (limited by physical memory and disk space) and easily and quickly output columnar reports, whether standard type or Instrument reports, charts and spreadsheets. The charting tool is very powerful, with over 20 chart types support as well as extensive customization. The spreadsheet output will process data and export it directly to an Excel worksheet (you must have Microsoft Excel installed to use this feature). It provides for entering calculations and other mathematical reductions to support virtually any type of post-processing that must be done.
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MultiLoggerDB
MultiLoggerDB expands the basic functionality of the MultiLogger software by integrating SQL database technology for storage and retrieval of data. Data collected using MultiLogger may be imported automatically or manually into the database, once in the database it may be shared concurrently across a LAN, WAN or the Internet. When importing data the system configuration is retrieved automatically by MultiLoggerDB, this includes channel labeling, alarm types and values, this is then used to automatically create database structure to match the collected data. In addition, manually recorded data or data from other electronic devices may be easily imported either automatically or manually, to allow consolidating all data for a given project into a single data repository.
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Insite
Insite is designed as the primary data access client software, it includes many of the data reduction and output capabilities as Roobrik, with additional functions specific to the database version. These include the ability to present a project as a series of "Views", images onto which icons are placed to denote instrument locations, the ability to monitor the database and provide feedback regarding current values, the ability to signal alarm conditions and provide various types of notification, the ability to program into the database any number of outputs, these include the columnar reports, instrument reports, charts and spreadsheets, and the ability to associate these outputs with instrument icons and schedule the creation of the outputs. In addition, Insite provides key functionality for deploying the web data access, all of the project configuration performed using Insite is used to provide the functionality for the web version, so data for a given project may be accessed via the Internet or via a projects LAN or WAN.
Click here for Insite data sheet PDF format >
MLWeb
MLWeb represents the latest advancement of our software system, it essentially consists of "bridging" software that interfaces the latest .NET web functionality from Microsoft with our MultiLoggerDB system. This provides a way for the end-users to manage their systems using MultiLogger, to automate the collection of data using the Agent feature and then to create and manage the database project using our standard MultiLoggerDB software components, including the Database Console and Insite. MLWeb then interfaces the Windows Server machine with the database to provide the interface that the user has developed, including project views, sensor locations, current readings, and pre-programming outputs that include columnar reports, charts and Microsoft Excel based spreadsheets. With an appropriate server and connectivity it allows for easy, secure, cost-effective web based data access deployment.
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Support Software
We have developed numerous ancillary programs to support the various functions described above. MLGateway is designed to provide remote access to a PC which has data acquisition hardware connected to it. MLEditor is designed to allow customizing many of the programming options of MultiLogger (screenshot shown at right). This allows for customizing how gage measurements are made, how data processing is accomplished, how alarms are managed and how the system provides notification of alarm conditions, among others. MLSetup allows customizing many of the default programming options of MultiLogger, this permits advanced users to customize the functionality of the MultiLogger program generation even further. MsgServer is designed to process notification events from the various software components, email messaging is supported as well as TAP protocol paging, running specific executables and PC-based digital I/O port control.