Upload and Compare Agents

With the help of agents, the upload and comparison of device and project data in octoplant can be performed decentrally and, if necessary, in parallel.

The agents can be used for all device and data types supported by octoplant. In addition, HMI Upload and Compare Agents are available for WinCC, which enable the upload and comparison of HMI runtimes (during operation).

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Benefits of Upload and Compare Agents

Remote job execution in order to increase efficiency and provide load distribution when executing a job.

Task distribution and parallel processing

No editor installation necessary on the server or the clients

No updating and modifying the hardware for the server or clients necessary

When updating the server, automatic SmartUpdate of the agents is available

Online backups of HMI Runtimes (during operation)

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Last updated: 9 September 2022