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Specifications

CMX Management
Easy to Use
Automated Calibration System
Adapts to Existing Applications
Scaleable Technology
Security and Change Management
Professional Services

Calibration Management Software

CMX Management
Light
Pro
Enterprise
1,000 positions in the database
x
x
5,000 positions in the database
o
10,000 positions in the database
o
Unlimited positions in the database
x
Single workstation license
x
x
Floating server license
o
x
Networking/multi-user support
x
x
Calibration software for process instruments
x
x
x
Calibration software for calibration standards
x
x
x
Support for pre-defined and customized instrument types, calibration procedures and measurement quantities
x
x
x
Automated field calibration with portable calibrators (download – upload)
x
x
x
Automated workshop calibration with calibration stations (download – upload)
x
x
x
PC user interface for manual entry of calibration results
x
x
x
Mobile Pocket PC user interface for manual entry of calibration results
x
o
x

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Easy to use
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Browser interface for easy record navigation
x
x
x
Wizard for populating the database
x
x
x
Populating the database with Beamex “smart” calibrators
x
x
x
Populating the database from Maintenance Management Systems e.g. SAP R/3®, Maximo®
o
x
Powerful database filters for searching
x
x
x
Saveable database filters
x
x
Easy operations with drag-and-drop functionality
x
x
x
Speeds up database population by copying existing position, device and loop
x
x
x
Beamex professional services populate the CMX database for you from QD3 or QM6.
o
x
Beamex professional services populate the database for you from your previous calibration system, e.g. Access, Excel.
o
o

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Automated calibration system
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Automatic documentation
x
x
x
Automatic “out of tolerance” detection
x
x
x
Automatic pass/fail notification
x
x
x
Calibrator communication with Beamex “smart” calibrators
x
x
x
Communication with 3rd-party calibrators
o
o
Tracks and manages calibration standards
x
x
x
Automatic alarms for incoming and expired calibration work orders
x
x
x
Automatic alarms for incoming and expired recalibrations for calibration standards
x
x
x
Automatic error calculation:
• Max. error, max. hysteresis, max. non-linearity
• Average Span error, Average Zero error
x
x
x
Automatic uncertainty calculation for each calibration point:
• Input uncertainty given by used calibration standard
• Output uncertainty given by used calibration standard
x
x

Automatic uncertainty calculation for each calibration point:
• Extended uncertainty for input, given by external variables
• Extended uncertainty for output, given by external variables
o
x
Automatic average error calculation for calibration repeats
x
x
Automatic standard deviation calculation for calibration repeats
x
x
Automatic due-date calculation for positions, devices and loops
x
x
x
Automatic due-date calculation for calibration standards
x
x
x
Calibration history
x
x
x
History trend
o
x
Set on/off automatic position ID, device ID and loop ID generation with prefix, running number and suffix
x
x
x
Set on/off automatic calibration certificate number generation with prefix, running number and suffix
x
x
x
Pocket PC interface
o
x

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Adapts to existing applications
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Multidimensional plant structure (unlimited levels)
Amount of levels shown is user configurable
x
x
x
Position tracking and calibration
x
x
x
Device tracking and calibration
x
x
x
Loop (multifunction) tracking and calibration
x
x
x
Unlimited number of function types with individual input and output ranges
x
x
x
Unlimited number of procedures with individual calibration intervals and tolerances:
• Days, weeks, months, years
• % of span, % of reading, % of rate, engineering unit
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of position, device and loop records
Amount of records shown is user configurable
x
Unlimited amount of calibration events
x
x
x
Support for unlimited calibration repeats per event
x
x
x
As found calibration
x
x
x
As left calibration
x
x
x
Equipment classification
x
x
x
Unique calibrator specifications allowing uncertainty calculation
x
x
Grouping ability to create work flows for positions, devices and loops
x
x
x
Device manufacturer and model tracking
x
x
x
Reverse traceability report
x
x
Work order tracking
x
x
x
Man hour monitoring
x
x
Pre-defined and customized calibration points
x
x
x
Report designer tool
o
x
E-mail reporting
x
x
x
Adaptable user interface and free user definable fields
o
x
Possibility to hide information not used
o
x
Multi lingual support
x
x
x
Dedicated person and user group for each plant level
x
x
Dedicated person and user group for each position
x
x
Dedicated person and user group for each device
x
x
De-activation for manufacturing units not used
x
x
De-activation for positions not used
x
x
De-activation for devices not used
x
x
De-activation for calibration standards not used
x
x
All documentation can be printed in electronic format,
e.g. PDF, HTML, Excel, XML, JPG
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of document links for all types of file format, e.g. Excel, Word, CAD, PDF
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of document links for positions,
e.g. working standards, specific SOP
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of document links for devices (e.g. link to manufacturer’s web-page)
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of document links for plant levels (e.g. unit or department SOP)
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of document links for user (e.g. training record tracking)
x
x
x
Adheres to regulations (ISO, FDA, cGMP, 21CFR part11)
o
x
Change management for electronic records
 e.g. track the record history: draft, reviewed, withdrawn, approved
o
x
Audit trail to track all database actions
o
x
Unlimited amount of approvals for electronic records (e.g. technician, quality manager, etc.)
o
x
Unlimited amount of electronic signatures for electronic records
(e.g. two persons are responsible for loop calibration)
o
x
Unlimited amount of user groups
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of user accounts
x
x
x
User security and multilevel authorization for user groups
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of database administrators and supervisors
x
x
x
Temporary user accounts
x
x
x
Predefined calibration instructions (before calibration, while adjusting, after calibration)
x
x
Estimated working hours tracking facilitate cost and time budgeting
x
x
Versatile certificate, report, history trend and label printing
x
x
Duplicates existing position, device and loop
x
x
x
Process connection and process medium tracking
x
x
Three levels of recommended device models to install position and loop
x
x
Shared spare device for positions and loops
x
x
x
Device purchasing date tracking
x
x
Required resolution for indicators, recorders, chart plotters etc.
x
x
x
Stores user defined function and procedure templates for later use
x
x
x
Customizes your own special quantities and units
x
x
x

Calibration of weighing instruments:
• OIML international recommendation OIML R 76-1: 1992 (OIML = Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale or International Organization of Legal Metrology)
• European standard EN45501:1992 + AC:1993
• NIST Handbook 44 – 2004 / 2.20. Scales (NIST = The National Institute of Standards and Technology, US)
• EA-10/18 EA Guidelines on the calibration of non-automatic weighing instruments (EA = European co-operation for accreditation).
o
x

Predefined calibration functions and procedures:
• Electrical converter, indicator, indicator % display, switch
• I/P converter, P/I converter, P/P converter
• Pressure indicator, indicator % display, switch, transmitter, sensor
• Temperature indicator, indicator % display, switch, transmitter, sensor
• Flow transmitter, gas detector, length, thickness, mass
• User defined…
x
x
x

All calibration procedures in one location:
• Initial calibration date, due date, calibration interval
• Tolerances: reject limit, adjust to
• Calibration points (up, down, up/down)
• Calibration strategy and classification
x
x
x

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Scalable technology
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Supports operating systems:
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000 Workstation / Server
• Windows 2003 Server
• * Windows mobile 5.0/2003 for Pocket PC
x
x

Supported databases:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express edition
• MSDE 2000
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later edition (additional license required)
• * Oracle 9.2 or later edition (additional license required)
x
x
Easy data exporting in electronic formats:
 • PDF, Excel XLS, Word RTF, XML, TXT, HTML, JPG, BMP, TIFF, Metafile (EMF)
x
x
x
Select the system that suits your company’s IT solution:
• Single license for each workstation and shared database
• Shared floating licenses from server, shared database and distributed
 architecture (database-application server-client)
o
x
Scalable architecture and the latest technology (Microsoft .net) facilitate integration into other systems:
• SAP/R3
• Maximo
o
x

Save money with clever server technology:
• Share one or more calibration databases with multiple clients worldwide
• Share licenses with multiple clients worldwide
• CMX server will automatically release idling clients for active clients
o
x

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Security and Change Management
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Personal user account for each user:
• Contact information
• Secured password
• External document links to training records and personal SOP’s
x
x
x
Temporary user accounts for contractors
x
x
x
Unlimited amount of user groups with customized authorization, e.g. administrators, technicians, supervisors, contractors, management
x
x
x
Adheres to regulations such as ISO, cGMP, 21CFR part11
o
x
Password validation and change control
x
x
x
Illegal login control
o
x
Audit trail to track all database actions
o
x
Powerful change management for record status, e.g. draft, reviewed, approved, withdrawn
o
x
Unlimited amount of approvals and signatures for electronic records
o
x
Separate permits for user groups to access position, device, loop and each plant level
x
x

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Professional Services
Light
Pro
Enterprise
On-site installation and user training (3 days)
o
x
On-site validation service
o
o
QD3 database conversion (1 database)
o
x
QM6 database conversion (1 database)
o
x
3rd-party database conversion
o
o
Factory validation - IQ/OQ/PQ
o
x
Integration services
o
o
Software Service Agreement (SSA) for 6 months
• Automatic software upgrades
• Helpdesk services
x
Software Service Agreement (SSA) for 12 months
• Automatic software upgrades
• Helpdesk services
o
x
 
 
X = Standard feature
O = Optional feature

 

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