High Performance

Designed for high-volume, high-reliability and high-availability performance, InSite is a Web-based application built on a distributed Microsoft .NET architecture that provides for maximum flexibility and scaling. Load balancing and redundancy are provided through Oracle’s RACTM and support for Microsoft’s Load Balancing™ (NLB) and Cluster Service™ (MSCS).

InSite is optimized to support system integration and web-based interfaces.  Users have access to InSite transactions and information from any application on any platform through Web Services, Java, or ActiveX clients. The architecture is ideal for transferring information among disparate systems, as InSite incorporates XML technologies at the core of the system.

For integrating live production information from multiple manufacturing sites to business systems throughout the enterprises, InSite employs a point-to-framework integration solution, LiveConnect.  The LiveConnect model simplifies complex integration scenarios, making the architecture easy to support and evolve.   LiveConnect includes:

• Industry best practices for integrating MES with ERP and PLM applications
• Adapters for mySAP Business Suite and Oracle Applications Suite
• Graphical business process modeling and document routing
• Once-only document delivery across multiple platforms

Alternatively, InSite Open Adapter employs InSite’s XML infrastructure to easily connect directly to EAI frameworks or to other applications. InSite Open Adapter supports multiple connections and transports, delivers data to file shares, monitors and retrieves data from file shares, and applies style sheets to execute XML transformations.

The InSite architecture also allows organizations to develop custom interfaces to InSite using the platforms and languages of their choice. For example:

• Using Web Services, ActiveX or Java XML APIs, they can create custom platform-independent or Windows-based clients
• For direct integration with equipment in a high-volume situation, InSite connects directly to control platforms such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Ole for Process Control (OPC) using the Active-X or Java interface. Camstar’s InSite OPC client simplifies OPC connectivity by eliminating the need for custom coding.
• The architecture supports Windows CE and PDA devices as workstations, and can utilize radio-frequency (RF) communication devices
  

Configurable business logic, rather than hard-coded logic, allows InSite applications to be tailored to meet unique factory requirements without changing or recompiling program code. Because the application rules and logic are isolated from the client logic and the database, the application logic to process a request is always the same - whether the transaction originates in a configurable InSite form (screen) or an interface to another system. This server-side logic approach makes it possible to:

• Provide 100% thin-client workstations to users; only a browser is required
• Easily integrate InSite with existing systems and specialized forms while ensuring the integrity of the application processing
• Minimize re-validation requirements when configuring business logic or upgrading
• Make new functionality immediately available without disrupting operations

InSite employs a 100% thin client, browser-based user interface. Included are standard web forms (screens) for shop floor and factory modeling activities that parallel the actual work, and screen forms are easily customized using InSite’s Web Forms Builder. User screens display on desktop computers or smart mobile devices, maximizing your options and eliminating work station maintenance.

Using the VisualStudio.NET™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE), designers have direct access to InSite Web Services. Predefined templates, intelligent Web controls, style sheets, and a complete field directory make it possible to “drag-and-drop” functioning elements directly onto a screen form, accelerating its modification and creation.