
Codecs used in TopView VOIP notifications
As of TopView 6.30, VOIP configurations allow the specification of call codecs. This article explains what codecs are and why you might want to use a codec that is different from the defaults used by TopView. What is a “codec”? From Wikipedia’s definition of Audio Codec: An audio codec is a codec (a device or computer program capable of […]

TopView® version 6.31 Release
TopView Alarm and Notification Software v6.31
Version highlights:
– Configurator updates
– Schedule Groups
– Configuration API (beta)
– HTTPS Support for the Mobile Web App
– New testing options : disable all notifications, disable all outputs
– Scheduled Alarm Reports: new filters for alarm start time and acknowledge state
– Email/SMS/Voice Notification Groups: Repeat count for recipients
– Voice Notification: Option to strip non-numeric characters from recipient phone numbers
– TAPI unavailable for new configurations
– Licensing: Tag/Point Count for licensing: allow duplicates and common extensions
– TopView 101 and SCADA Connect help
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TopView® version 6.30.0 Release
TopView Alarm and Notification Software v6.30
Version highlights:
– Voice Notification enhancements
– Output Tag for monitored tags
– Notification Groups: Delay setting enhanced
– Alarm color: new options for persisting
– Acknowledge Input Tag: define multiple values
– JSON output: Alarm Reports and Snapshot Output
– Configurator: new monitored tag list columns
– HTML Snapshot Report – choose columns
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New TopView data source release: TopView for SQL Events
TopView for SQL Events release Almost every running system generates some type of event log to record information, warning, error, alarm, and failure messages. Many of these systems record their events in a relational or SQL-based database. When an error or disruption occurs you can usually find event records in the database with details of […]

Send TopView messages via WhatsApp Desktop
WhatsApp is a popular messaging platform owned by Facebook. We’ve received a number of requests to allow TopView to send messages via WhatsApp. WhatsApp does not provide an API for sending messages, so it is not possible to have TopView send messages to groups from WhatsApp, but it is possible to send a message from […]

Exele and Benchmark Software announce partnership for SCADA Alarm Notification
Exele and Benchmark Software announce partnership for SCADA Alarm Notification
Exele Information Systems enters strategic partnership with Benchmark Software to offer SCADA/HMI Connectivity and Import Packages for TopView® Alarm Management and Notification Software.
TopView® SCADA Connectivity and Conversion Tools.
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