SymphonyTM Plus includes a comprehensive suite of engineering tools. S+ Engineering’s Composer tools provide a visual environment for easy configuration of control system strategies, global configuration databases, management of system libraries of reusable software components, and integration and management of intelligent field and electrical devices.

 The working environment provided by Composer simplifies the configuration and maintenance of Symphony Harmony and Symphony Plus systems. Composer is designed to operate on Microsoft Windows 7 Professional or Server 2008 and support both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It is compatible with INFI 90 OPEN system configurations and is capable of importing existing WinTools configurations. Once imported, these configurations can be fully integrated into Composer and use all its features.

Additional features 

Configuration viewing and monitoring 

View and Monitor is an optional Composer add-on feature that allows control logic documents (CLDs) to be monitored from a Web browser in read-only mode. View and Monitor functionality is based on Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) technology. Using the base Composer functionality, CLDs can be published in SVG format in a virtual directory on an IIS workstation. The IIS workstation provides the contents of virtual directories as websites to any Web browser

Multiuser client/server architecture 

Composer applications use client/server technology to support multiple users operating in a networked environment. Confi guration information managed by Composer’s confi guration server can be accessed simultaneously by multiple users. In addition to interacting with confi guration information, users can access online data from a running Symphony Plus, Symphony or INFI 90 OPEN system by using Composer’s communication server. The Composer architecture supports one confi guration server per system and multiple communication servers.

Configuration database 

A configuration server can support up to 10 simultaneous client connections and provide users with shared access to a system’s configuration information. Composer’s configuration server manages and stores configuration data in one configuration database per project or system. This configuration database eliminates duplication of data entries, simplifies database management, and automates many configuration tasks. Information can be imported and exported in many formats.