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 must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 installed.

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.
CIMPLICITY to Windows Server Provides CIMPLICITY access to point data from other Microsoft Windows products such as Microsoft Excel through DDE.