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Documenting and versioning of relatable automation projects

You are system integrator (engineering office) and you maintain your customer history manually. All customer projects are saved precisely on the server or on another network. The documentation and versioning occurs also manually by name assignment and possibly in a Word document or in a self created Access data bank. Procedures have to be executed according to the terms of ISO900x, GMP, GAMP, VDA 6.4 or FDA 21 CFR 11.

Your today’s world:

  • You store software changes manually on a central server or network drive. The versioning runs by name assignment but nevertheless not every employee stand to "the rules". It leads to "confusions" or there is "something missed", or possibly "overwritten". The result fromt this are over and over questions as: WHO changed WHAT, WHEN and why? The last implementing of the customer was forgotten to be archived. Where is the current version?
    -> versiondog automates this procedures. The system documents automatically WHO changed WHEN WHAT - the manuall expenditure is reduced to a minimum and you see at any time WHO has currently WHAT in use - the ideal team coordination.
  • During implementing of the automation facility it is changed on-site at the customer.
    Changes must be traceable. During optimization differences between different program versions have to be analyzed. With versiondog you can put under version control during implementing directly on-site and therefore documenting automatically.
    -> With vesiondog you can put under version control directly on-site during implementation and therefore document automatically. By push of a button you compare the most different project data (SIMATIC S5, SIMATIC S7, SIMATIC PCS 7, WinCC, WinCC flexible, InTouch, CoDeSys, TwinCAT, Phoenix PC WORX, RSLogix, Schneider Modsoft, Schneider Concept, Schneider Unity, SINUMERIK 840D, Bosch IndraWorks, robot programs from ABB and Kuka, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF, a.o.) as well as you let indicate the differences to yourself.
  • „Time is money“ and you would like to handle the new project preferably fast and effective. For this purpose you use old customer projects which sub-functions you use again and again. By copy & paste you create a matrix. The problem: You do not have an overview WHICH function you have used from WHICH customer project.
    Afterwards located errors are spread out and you do not know anymore which customers are concerned. As well your colleagues miss the overview about WHAT they can find WHERE and what they could use for their new project.
    -> versiondog supports with the standard module administration (SIMATIC S7). versiondog safes for you automatically the cross-reference: WHICH module was used in WHICH version and in WHICH customer project – and this without further administrative expenditure. With the scope of works you track which customer application have to be updated when and with which priority.