Pro 6 is a powerful yet universal software package to collect, store, process and graphically display data. The inherent flexibility of the software makes it an ideal tool for many applications, for weather and environmental data as much as for hydrographics, for leakage detection, frost warning and pump monitoring to countless other applications. Pro 6 not only displays data graphically, as can be seen in the screenshot on the top of this page, but also as text in a table, informs and/or alarms the user about specific events, provides a number of tools to process the data according to the needs of the clients, be it a simple report, an advanced statistic, or even a complex expert system, such as a disease model for phytophthora in potatoes.

But addVANTAGE Pro 6 does much more: its integrated web server enables its users to get access from anywhere in the world through an internet connection - using nothing else but a common web browser. This makes addVANTAGE Pro 6 the ideal platform for those who not only want to collect, store and visualize data for themselves, but also for others - the ideal solution for "Service-Providers".

• A browser-based, fully Internet enabled
• Data visualization
• Data processing
• Data distribution platform
• Offering customizable trends, tables, statistics
• Alarms and events
• Disease and irrigation models
• For all kinds of environmental and industrial data

• addVANTAGE Pro 6 provides a vast array of features - and every single one is available through the internet and a standard web browser interface. Sure, the software can be installed on a single user PC without web access. But for all those who want to link their Adcon RTU into an existing back bone without running their own base station respectively for all those operating such a back bone, this system offers two distinct advantages:
• Advantages for the User: The user, whose Adcon RTU's are part of a network no longer needs to install any software on his PC. High-speed internet access and a standard web browser are sufficient. Going to the web site of the service provider and logging in with Username and password will provide access to the data according to the user's profile. Installing, configuring and updating local software are a thing of the past, and that phrase "have you made a backup recently?" has lost its horrors.
• Advantages for the Service Provider: Distributing data to many remote users has never been easier. The addVANTAGE Pro 6 administrator can setup as many single users, user groups and guest accounts as needed, and assign to each of these accounts an individual user profile with varying user rights, giving access to certain RTU's while hiding others, letting one user work with statistics extension and another with the grape powdery mildew model, while the general public gets access to temperature, humidity and rain fall data only. The data provider no longer needs to install updates on every client's machine, and telephone support just got a whole lot easier.
• Publish data on any web site: Furthermore addVANTAGE Pro offers several ways of posting data on a website:
• 1) Any trend graph from within Pro 6 can be declared a "public trend" and can be embedded into any website of your choice. Whenever this website is called up this trend graph will automatically be updated by the addVANTAGE Pro server.
• Pro 6.1 supports the "LiveData" Utility. With this utility all the data from a weather station can be embedded into any website or be called up by a cell phone. User name and password are not required. Navigate to the station by Google Maps, look at trends, tables and statistics.

Platforms

addVANTAGE Pro 6 is entirely programmed in Java, thus potentially operating on a large variety of hardware platforms and operating systems. The current version of Pro 6 supports Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP and as of September also Windows 7. In terms of browsers Pro 6 will run with most browsers like Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 8, Safari, and others.

Client - Server based

addVANTAGE Pro 6 is based on a client-server concept. The modular concept of the Server allows almost unlimited scalability and expandability.

Scalable

The server has a modular structure allowing for virtually unlimited scalability. A Pro 6 server can scale from a single user system with 5 RTU's up to a large super server, managing 2,000 RTU's, servicing thousands of users and running a multitude of software extensions in parallel. Moving to a larger version, allowing for more RTU's and more concurrent data base accesses, is a very fast and easy process .

Embedded Oracle 10g XE Database

When setting up addVANTAGE Pro 6 it will automatically install its embedded Oracle 10g XE database. The user doesn't need to get involved at all with data base setup, management and administration. Whichever configuration adjustments might be necessary can all be done through the graphical user interface of addVANTAGE Pro 6, including an automatic daily or weekly backup of the database. This database will hold years of data of hundreds of stations and still perform with blazing speed and reliability!

Full Internet Access

With addVANTAGE Pro 6 all features of the software are accessible via a standard web browser. All you need on your machine is a sufficiently fast internet connection and a browser (Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or MS Internet Explorer 8).

Customizable access permissions and user groups

The administrator of the addVANTAGE Pro 6 server (that can be you, that can be your consultant, that can be a data service provider) can assign to every user a profile of access rights, according to the users capabilities and needs. You can grant users access to graphs, extensions, RTUs, let them read, write, delete, modify, etc. various elements. By making a new user member of a group he automatically has all the rights of this group.

Concise Data Visualization

With addVANTAGE Pro 6 you can freely choose how you want to look at your data. Your options to individualize your trend panels are virtually unlimited. You want to compare the air temperature readings of 5 different stations? No problem: put them together into one trend panel and call it "Air Temp. Comparison". For hardware diagnostics you would like to see the charging level of all your stations internal batteries at a glance? Just throw all of them in a single "Battery status" panel!

Of course you can freely select the colors of your trend lines and panel backgrounds, and choose between lines (e.g. for temperature) and bars (e.g. for rain). Setting horizontal guidelines, e.g. for irrigation full and refill point, eases significantly the early detection of critical conditions. Mark areas with individual colors.

Connect two panels with each other for better comparison or overview. Example: when opening the weather graph you can see at the same time the precipitation statistics and the temperature MIN, MAX and Average values.

Trend panels can display any desired interval. Select hourly, daily, weekly or monthly or even annual graphs from a drop-down menu. If you would rather look at your data in the form of a table rather than a graph - it's just a mouse click away.

WAP-Interface

Got a mobile phone? Then you can look at your current data from anywhere at any time, even without a PC and an internet connection. The addVANTAGE Pro 6 Server offers a convenient WAP Interface, which can easily be configured for permanent access.

Application Specific Extensions, e.g. for Agriculture

Since addVANTAGE Pro 6 is not only meant to collect and visualize data, but also to process it, there is meanwhile a large variety of disease extensions for agriculture available. Read more about these extension in the "Disease Model" section.

Since data within the addVANTAGE Pro 6 Oracle database can easily be accessed via the addUPI protocol (see next §), it is fairly easy for third parties to develop their own applications, and market them to the addVANTAGE Pro 6 users. Furthermore Pro 6 now introduces the Extension API, a new programming interface that will let advanced and trained users program and integrate their own extensions!

The addUPI Protocol

addUPI = addVANTAGE URL Programming Interface
This html-based protocol was developed by Adcon Telemetry and allows rapid access to every single record in the database. This protocol is used by addVANTAGE Pro 6, our A-2-A ASCII Export utility, our OPC Server, and our A850 Telemetry Gateway.

Upon request we will make this protocol available to third party software developers in order to retrieve data from a Pro 6 database or an A850 Gateway.

Data Export into Third-Party Software

On a more traditional level of data exchange are ASCII files. These can be created in two ways: by simply right-clicking onto a table or trend view and saving the data, or with the export extension "A2A" (="addUPI to ASCII"). The user can configure these files to a large extent, defining his own headers, averaging methods, export intervals, file extensions (.csv or .txt), etc.

Multi-Language

Crossing borders is a must in a global economy. Providing data to users that do not speak English is much easier if the data can be presented to the user in his own language. Therefore addVANTAGE Pro 6 allows each user to define his own language interface on the fly, independently from the language on the Pro 6 server or his own PC. Currently addVANTAGE Pro 6 is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Greek. It will soon also be available in Hungarian. More languages are planned.

Pro 6 - The Platform of the Future!

addVANTAGE Pro 6 is the latest product of Adcon's software development department. It will be our platform for many years to come. Thanks to its modularity, versatility and scalability it can be used for a large variety of applications, from agriculture to water management, from environmental monitoring to professional meteorology, from flood warning to sports and leisure. Being programmed in Java it is platform independent and can be run on Windows and Linux machines, and can easily be ported to UNIX systems. addVANTAGE Pro 6 is a safe investment into the future of data visualization and distribution.

Hard- and Software Requirements

Server:
Windows 2003, XP Professional (make it in english please!)
Intel Dual Core 2 GHz or more, 3GB RAM
25 GB Hard disk space for the Oracle database and Pro 6 data
Video Card with 1024 x 768 or more and 16Bit colours
Ethernet and LAN-Card built-in
DVD Drive
For Data Providing: ADSL / xDSL or faster Internet connection

Client:
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003,. XP, 7; Linux
Pentium IV 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM
Ethernet and LAN-Card built-in
Internet browser Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or MS Internet Explorer 8; Apples Safari seems to work fine, but was not fully tested.
Internet connection needed, when data shall be accessed remotely from a Data Provider.

All systems need to run Java VM 1.6 or higher. We ship Pro 6 with a bundled Java version, so you will not have to install Java separately. The server should have a sufficiently fast and large hard disk to cope with many concurrent data requests and growing data bases. Please do not forget to properly adjust your backup settings!