Advanced OPC Data Logger
supplies several versions called
Enterprise, Professional, Standard, Lite. These versions contain different features and are ideal for users who either want a low-cost solution or are not interested in more advanced features.
This page lists the principal features of
Advanced OPC Data Logger
and identifies those features that are not available in the corresponding version.
Advanced OPC Data Logger
Users can upgrade to the higher version at any time, simply by paying the difference in price between the versions. The actual software is identical, since the software activation key is used to configure all editions. A code can be sent by email that allows the user to upgrade the software.
The following table illustrates the main features in
Advanced OPC Data Logger
and shows which of these are eliminated from the corresponding edition:
| Feature |
Enterprise |
Professional |
Standard |
Lite |
| General |
| Number of configurations 4) |
Unlimited |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| OPC servers at the same time |
Unlimited within one configuration / Unlimited |
Unlimited within one configuration / 3 |
Unlimited within one configuration / 2 |
Unlimited within one configuration / 1 |
| Connection to local and remote OPC servers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Unlimited number of OPC tags |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| OPC DA 1, OPC DA 2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| OPC HDA 1 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
| OPC AE 1 |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
| OPC UA 5) |
✓ |
|
|
|
| OPC XML |
✓ |
|
|
|
| Output received data without any changes to file |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Log rotation (depends on date or time, size etc.) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Log deletion |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Log file access control |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Configurable log file access |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Auto program restart at the specified time |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Auto data source re-opening at the specified time |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Program messages logging |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Simple, menu-driven step-by-step set-up |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Capability to run multiple instances simultaneously so that multiple data sources can be logged |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Save settings to INI-file |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Save settings to Windows registry |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| On-line help |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Windows service mode |
| Windows 2000 - Windows 11 (2022) (incl. Server, x86 and x64) service |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Starts as soon as the operating system starts and doesn't require a user to log in and run it |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Data export plugins (list) |
| Data export to any ODBC-compatible database (MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL and many others) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Data export to the most popular cloud databases (Microsoft Azure, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
| SQL Database Professional (Oracle, Microsoft SQLServer, Sybase, DB2, Informix, Interbase, Firebird, MySQL, PostgreSQL) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
| Any other plugin with the "Professional" suffix |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
| DDE or OPC servers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Write data directly to rows and columns of a Microsoft Excel file (using OLE) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Write OPC data to a file of Microsoft Excel, RTF, HTML, CSV , DIFF, SYLK, Plain text, Windows Clipboard, XML, DBF, PDF formats |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Write OPC data to Google Sheets |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
✓2) |
| Event plugins (list) |
| Send data to a remote server through email, HTTP or FTP. |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Execute programs or script |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Send notifications through email or network messages. |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Data filter plugins (list) |
| Expressions plugin allows you to use math, string and boolean expression on parsed variables. |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Deadband provides a method to exclude less significant data records from the final data export. |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Aggregator is an additional module that collecting data from several different parsed data records into one common data record. |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Price (USD) | 470 | 410 | 350 | 270 |
