Product Comparison Chart – software

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

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

Light
Pro
Enterprise
Automatic documentation
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Automatic “out of tolerance” detection
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Automatic pass/fail notification
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Calibrator communication with Beamex “smart” calibrators
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Communication with 3rd-party calibrators
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Tracks and manages calibration standards
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Automatic alarms for incoming and expired calibration work orders
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Automatic alarms for incoming and expired recalibrations for calibration standards
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Automatic error calculation:
• Max. error, max. hysteresis, max. non-linearity
• Average Span error, Average Zero error
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Automatic uncertainty calculation for each calibration point:
• Input uncertainty given by used calibration standard
• Output uncertainty given by used calibration standard
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Automatic uncertainty calculation for each calibration point:
• Extended uncertainty for input, given by external variables
• Extended uncertainty for output, given by external variables
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Automatic average error calculation for calibration repeats
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Automatic standard deviation calculation for calibration repeats
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Automatic due-date calculation for positions, devices and loops
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Automatic due-date calculation for calibration standards
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Calibration history
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History trend
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Set on/off automatic position ID, device ID and loop ID generation with prefix, running number and suffix
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Set on/off automatic calibration certificate number generation with prefix, running number and suffix
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Pocket PC interface
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Adapts to existing applications
Light
Pro
Enterprise
Multidimensional plant structure (unlimited levels)
Amount of levels shown is user configurable
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Position tracking and calibration
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Device tracking and calibration
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Loop (multifunction) tracking and calibration
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Unlimited number of function types with individual input and output ranges
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Unlimited number of procedures with individual calibration intervals and tolerances:
• Days, weeks, months, years
• % of span, % of reading, % of rate, engineering unit
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Unlimited amount of position, device and loop records
Amount of records shown is user configurable
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Unlimited amount of calibration events
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Support for unlimited calibration repeats per event
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As found calibration
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As left calibration
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Equipment classification
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Unique calibrator specifications allowing uncertainty calculation
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Grouping ability to create work flows for positions, devices and loops
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Device manufacturer and model tracking
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Reverse traceability report
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Work order tracking
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Man hour monitoring
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Pre-defined and customized calibration points
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Report designer tool
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E-mail reporting
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Adaptable user interface and free user definable fields
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Possibility to hide information not used
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Multi lingual support
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Dedicated person and user group for each plant level
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Site User Maintenance makes it possible to organize the use of CMX in, e.g. large groups of companies.
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Dedicated person and user group for each position
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Dedicated person and user group for each device
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De-activation for manufacturing units not used
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De-activation for positions not used
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De-activation for devices not used
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De-activation for calibration standards not used
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All documentation can be printed in electronic format,
e.g. PDF, HTML, Excel, XML, JPG
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Unlimited amount of document links for all types of file format, e.g. Excel, Word, CAD, PDF
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Unlimited amount of document links for positions,
e.g. working standards, specific SOP
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Unlimited amount of document links for devices (e.g. link to manufacturer’s web-page)
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Unlimited amount of document links for plant levels (e.g. unit or department SOP)
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Unlimited amount of document links for user (e.g. training record tracking)
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Adheres to regulations (ISO, FDA, cGMP, 21CFR part11)
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Change management for electronic records
 e.g. track the record history: draft, reviewed, withdrawn, approved
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Audit trail to track all database actions
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Unlimited amount of approvals for electronic records (e.g. technician, quality manager, etc.)
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Unlimited amount of electronic signatures for electronic records
(e.g. two persons are responsible for loop calibration)
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Unlimited amount of user groups
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Unlimited amount of user accounts
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User security and multilevel authorization for user groups
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Unlimited amount of database administrators and supervisors
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Temporary user accounts
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Predefined calibration instructions (before calibration, while adjusting, after calibration)
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Estimated working hours tracking facilitate cost and time budgeting
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Versatile certificate, report, history trend and label printing
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Duplicates existing position, device and loop
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Process connection and process medium tracking
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Three levels of recommended device models to install position and loop
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Shared spare device for positions and loops
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Device purchasing date tracking
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Required resolution for indicators, recorders, chart plotters etc.
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Stores user defined function and procedure templates for later use
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User Defined Transfer Functions
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Customizes your own special quantities and units
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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).
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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…
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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
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Scalable technology

Light
Pro
Enterprise
Supports operating systems:
• Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000 Workstation / Server
• Windows 2008 Server (R2)
• Windows 2003 Server
• Windows mobile 5.0/2003 for Pocket PC
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Supported databases:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (R2)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• MSDE 2000
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Oracle 9.2 or later edition (additional license required)
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Easy data exporting in electronic formats:
 • PDF, Excel XLS, Word RTF, XML, TXT, HTML, JPG, BMP, TIFF, Metafile (EMF)
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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)
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Scalable architecture and the latest technology (Microsoft .net) facilitate integration into other systems:
• SAP
• Maximo
• other
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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
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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
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Temporary user accounts for contractors
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Unlimited amount of user groups with customized authorization, e.g. administrators, technicians, supervisors, contractors, management
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Adheres to regulations such as ISO, cGMP, 21CFR part11
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Password validation and change control
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Illegal login control
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Support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Use the Windows login ID and password for Beamex CMX.
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Audit trail to track all database actions
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Powerful change management for record status, e.g. draft, reviewed, approved, withdrawn
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Unlimited amount of approvals and signatures for electronic records
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Separate permits for user groups to access position, device, loop and each plant level
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Professional Services

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