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VDVPRO Vista Data Vision Professional Software
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Overview

Vista Data Vision Professional includes all of the data handling features of Vista Data Vision Standard, plus powerful tools for advanced users and service providers to organize and display data from Campbell Scientific dataloggers. Developed and supported by Vista Engineering, it consists of the three applications in the standard version, with added features and capacity, and the ability to add tool kits that enhance it into a robust data-management system.

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Benefits and Features

  • Offers data handling, storage, visualization, alarm service, reports, and web access to data
  • Comprehensive report generator with automatic reports and ability to quickly generate customized project reports
  • Requires no coding
  • Runs automatically 24/7
  • Flexible configuration of graphs
  • Displays up to 300 trend lines simultaneously
  • Upload documents and files, making them available to other users
  • Easily access data from anywhere through password-protected web interface

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Technical Description

Vista Data Vision Professional includes all of the data handling features of Vista Data Vision Standard, plus powerful tools for advanced users and service providers to organize and display data from Campbell Scientific dataloggers. Developed and supported by Vista Engineering, it consists of the three applications in the standard version, with added features and capacity, and the ability to add tool kits that enhance it into a robust data management system.

Data recorded by LoggerNet software is imported by Vista Data Vision into a MySQL database (license included), and is then available for rapid calculation and formatting for display and analysis. Tool kits add features like alarms, data validation, and enhanced Web-user capabilities.

If you use dataloggers from Campbell Scientific in applications such as research, education, weather, forestry, mining, or aquaculture, Vista Data Vision gives you powerful and easy-to-use applications for storing data, browsing and reporting that data, and publishing it to the Web.

Click on this link to visit a demo website highlighting applications of this software in such places as weather stations, lighthouses, building sites, and schools.

 Specifically, Vista Data Vision Professional will:

  • Support up to 20 sites.
  • Store data in MySQL database.
  • Display data as graphs and tables.
  • Print histograms, x-y graphs, and wind roses.
  • Edit data in database.
  • Publish data to the Web.
  • Allow service providers to control access to data for privacy and security.
  • Let users customize their login page.
  • Support customized logos for users accessing data on the Web.
  • Provide a data browser that has a special wind-energy tool.
  • Accommodate tool kits for extra features, such as alarm emails and validation and correction of data.

Specifications

Operating System VDV may be installed on Windows 7 and 8, Windows Server 2010/2012, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Professional. Full support is given for both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. VDV can be run as a service.
CPU 1.5 GHz or faster. 2.2 GHz or faster is preferable and greatly improves overall response.
RAM 1 GB or more. Increasing the RAM improves the performance of the application.
Hard Disk Minimum space available on hard disk for installation is 190 MB.
Web Browsers VDV supports all major web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.

Compatibility

Computer Requirements

  • Computer Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista
  • CPU: 1 GHz or faster
  • RAM: 512 Mbyte or more. 1024 Mbyte is preferable and does greatly improve application response.
  • Minimum space available on hard disk for installation: 120 Mbyte

Related FAQs

Number of FAQs related to VDVPRO: 8

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  1. In Vista Data Vision, it is possible to download summary data, such as the average, maximum, minimum, or sum values for any variable over a specific time period. The user can select a start and stop time, a summary action, and a summary period length. For example, the user can easily download the average value per hour, day, month, or year for any period.

  2. No. Vista Data Vision software must use its own database; it cannot be put on top of another database. This is because Vista Data Vision has multiple configuration tables that are all linked together to provide the whole system of features offered by Vista Data Vision.

  3. Some of the features are listed in this table:

     VDV Standard

     VDV Professional

     Less expensive

     More expensive, but includes the standard version  

     10 sites included, max 20

     20 sites included, max 100

     Web interface

     Runs as a Windows service

     View data as graphs and tables  

     Access control to web interface

     X-Y graph

     Real-time display

     Sort by size

     Web page logo and custom user logo

     Wind rose

     Configure online

     Overlay graph

     User setup

     Intensity plot

     Contact setup

     Download data

     Alarm setup

     Virtual variables

     VDV quick view

     Variable alias names

     SAA quick view

     Split data files

     Wind energy quick view

     Import modified data

     Webcam

     Backup data files

     Direct login

     Moving average

     Notes

     

     Custom SQL queries

     Export data task

     Relative plot

     Diurnal plot

     User log

     Login page editor

  4. VDV is a sensor data management service provider whose standard and professional software versions are used by Campbell Scientific customers.

  5. The software reads *.dat files into a database and allows for the real-time manipulation of the views of the data. Vista Data Vision software simplifies the data management of large data sets by pulling data from one or many stations and providing real-time visualization. For example, with a graph populated with data, the choice can be made to view the data for one week, one month, or even one year.

  6. A 90 day evaluation version of the Vista Data Vision software is available from the “Download” section of the Vista Data Vision website. Typically, the evaluation version is the Enterprise version; however, a Pro or Standard version can be requested. To request the download, complete a short online form.

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