AIP

Alarm escalation with
the intelligent alarm system

Whereas years ago it was merely a matter of automatically recording alarms and simply forwarding fault messages, today’s requirements have increased considerably. The market demands a flexible reporting system that reaches the right contact persons in the company in a targeted manner using different and modern transmission media. An efficient alarm escalation ensuring a fast and reliable response is therefore a top priority in order to avoid production downtimes and plant shutdowns.

With AIP, we have developed a solution that is precisely tailored to these requirements. The alarm portal closes the gap between the occurrence and reporting of a critical event and ensures reliable alerting and targeted notification of the relevant addressees in your company. Thanks to the automatic alarm escalation, alarms reach the appropriate recipients immediately and everywhere – via e-mail, SMS, voice message, audio, messenger or pager. In this way, the right decisions can be made in the shortest possible time to protect your plant from failures and downtimes.

AIP fits seamlessly into the IT architecture of your company. Secure communication, flexible configuration and multiple redundancy are the cornerstones of the concept.

AIP at a glance

Alerting via voice, SMS, audio, messenger, pager, email and web
Immediate and targeted notification of relevant recipients
Enables quick action and prevents downtime
Coordination of service teams via messenger and acknowledgement functions
Transparency through analysis of alarms sent
Maximum security during shift operations

Edge AIP:

LTE modem for AIP applications

Edge AIP is the hardware platform (incl. an Edge AIP application) for sending SMS and e-mail via AIP and enables easy access to Internet and SMS services via the mobile network. The operating system on the Edge AIP is OpenWrt, which uses “LuCI” as the web interface. The modem (Edge AIP) is stored in the AIP as a transmission medium.

To start operation, a SIM card of a mobile network operator activated for packet services (GPRS, UMTS, HSPA or LTE) and sufficiently stable reception are required.

You can find more information about the LTE Modem Edge AIP here:

The advantages of AIP

1 | ENABLES MOBILE WORKING FOR SERVICE TEAMS
Efficiency optimisation and cost reduction through sensible use of on-call staff and app-based task

2 | VARIOUS ALARM FORMATS AVAILABLE
Choice of SMS, email, pager, call, audio, messenger, web

3 | MAXIMUM SECURITY
Alarm escalation optimised for use in companies with increased security requirements

4 | VERSATILE CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS
Connectivity to multiple HMI/SCADA control systems, MES and ERP systems possible

5 | ACTIVE DIRECTORY SUPPORT

6 | OPTIMAL AVAILABILITY
Increase availability of automated plants by reducing downtime

7 | RULE-BASED
No need to create data points and variables thanks to rule-based alarm design

8 | FAST. EFFICIENT. AUTOMATIC.
Very fast configuration thanks to automatic import

9 | FLEXIBLE APPLICATION OPTIONS
Can be used in smallest plants up to complete factories

AIP connections

The following connection options are available as standard for the AIP alarm portal:

  • WinCC/PCS7
  • atvise® web HMI/SCADA
  • iFIX
  • InTouch
  • OPC UA AC/DA
  • OPC classic DA/AE
  • Citect SCADA
  • ControlStar
  • CSV
  • Web API

Further connections on request

Compatibility

The current releases of the operating system and compatibility lists of the connections can be found here:

AIP Product Info* (PDF)

AIP Download*

AIP Compatibility Info*

AIP Press

*) Access only for registered & logged in customers

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