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Alarm IT Factory newsletter 03\/2023<\/span><\/h1>\n

Dear Sir or Madam,<\/p>\n

In today's newsletter, you'll once again receive the latest information about the Alarm IT Factory and the Alarm Control Center. Learn more about the upcoming ACC V24 release, our Siemens PCS neo product partnership, Siemens Solution Partner recertification, and much more. Enjoy reading.<\/p>\n

Your Alarm IT Factory team<\/p>\n

You can read the online version of our current newsletter here\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a>.
\nThe text version follows below:<\/p>\n

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From November 2023: ACC V24<\/span><\/h2>\n

The new release ACC V24<\/strong> is in the starting blocks. The new version V24 will be available from November 2023. With this release we will take the first steps towards the cloud - you can look forward to it! For more information on this topic, please contact our sales team at sales@alarmcontrolcenter.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In our \u2192\u00a0June newsletter<\/a> we have already informed you about the planned features and improvements that ACC V24 will have in its luggage and provided you with the \u2192\u00a0Roadmap<\/a> made available.<\/p>\n

Today you'll get more details on three features ACC V24 will bring:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Categorization of a message via the ACC app:
\n<\/strong>In the ACC, different categories for messages can be freely defined. These categories are displayed for new messages in the ACC app and can be selected by the processor. The categorization is also visible in the ACC archive and enables messages to be evaluated according to categories.<\/p>\n

ACC redundancy manager:
\n<\/strong>The ACC Redundancy Manager makes the configuration and operation of a redundant ACC even easier. The manager is a central component on the ACC server that monitors and controls the redundancy and thus opens up many possibilities for improving a redundant ACC.
\nFor example, if an alarm filter is set by a message on a primary ACC, this alarm filter is automatically activated on the redundancy partner. In this way, the correct filtering of messages is ensured even in redundancy operation. In addition, the ACC redundancy manager ensures that the \u201cmessage gone\u201d information is delivered correctly even when load balancing is used.<\/p>\n

Agent for SIMATIC PCS neo:
\n<\/strong>The new Agent for SIMATIC PCS neo<\/a> is the connection to the web-based process control system SIMATIC PCS neo from Siemens AG. OPC UA A&C (OPC Unified Architecture Alarms and Conditions) is used as the interface. Which alarms from PCS neo should be alerted via the agent can be easily configured via the ACC user interface. It is possible to import the alarms from an Excel file or to select them based on their severity. The message text can be freely combined from the individual fields of an alarm as well as from fixed text blocks.<\/p>\n

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Maintenance Release ACC V23.1.11<\/span><\/h2>\n

Maintenance Release V23.1.11 is available to customers with ACC V23 and V23.1<\/strong> is now available. The download link is available at sales@alarmcontrolcenter.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instructions for installing the new release can be found in the document ACC installation instructions<\/strong> or Installation instructions Redundant ACC<\/strong> under Docs<\/em>. Please make a backup copy or a backup before updating your ACC installation.<\/p>\n

The following optimizations are included in the maintenance release, among others:<\/p>\n