About CIMPLICITY Open Interface

The CIMPLICITY Base System functionality - Point Management, Alarm Management and Data Logging facilities, as well as a full-functioned User Interface - enables CIMPLICITY users to collect data for reporting and to visualize data via lists, graphic status displays and alarms. Standard data communications capability make CIMPLICITY software a factory floor tool that can provide services such as those listed below.

Downtime reporting
Production reporting
Records of production counts at work stations
Graphic monitoring of automatic data point values
Fault reporting via direct point values and alarms

CIMPLICITY software's flexible system architecture and modular design allows for easy add-on of functionality. These add-ons can be created programmatically using CIMPLICITY's API tool kits.

Important: If you:

Plan to work with the API tool kit you will need to have Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0 installed.
Are building an API in VISTA, you must log in as an administrator.

Generating code that will run on a machine should require administrator privileges, the same as installing a program.

The CIMPLICITY API tool kits are:


API Tool Kit		Description
	Login/Logout	Create and customize a Login/Logout box and/or use API's to give programmed applications some control over the CIMPLICITY login/logout activities.
	Alarm Management	Provides an interface for application programs to generate CIMPLICITY alarms based on the specific requirements of the application.
	Alarm Interested Process	Create a process that receives alarm information from the CIMPLICITY Alarm Manager.
	External Alarm State Management	Create an External Alarm State Manager (XASMgr) to manage CIMPLICITY alarms.
	Alarm Viewer	Provides an interface for application programmers to develop full-featured custom alarm viewers to meet special needs.
	Device Communications	Support communications to devices for which standard CIMPLICITY software communication enablers are not available. Provides the libraries and build procedures you need to create communication enablers that perform the same functions as standard CIMPLICITY software communication enablers.
	Point Management	Provides an interface between application programs and CIMPLICITY software's ability to monitor data point values.