Upload and Compare agents¶

With the help of agents, the upload and comparison of device and project data in octoplant can be carried out 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 (in running operation).

Figure: Integration of Upload and Compare agents

Advantages of Upload and Compare agents¶

Decentralized job execution to increase performance and load distribution during job execution.
Task distribution and parallelization.
No editor installations required on the server or the clients.
No hardware upgrades or conversions required for the server or the clients.
Automated SmartUpdate of the agents during server updates.
Online backup of HMI runtimes during operation.