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Accord User Guides

Complete documentation for Accord. From installation through engineering, runtime operations and management. Log in to open or download the PDFs.

New to Accord? Start with the Installation Guide, then move to Designer to build your process model and screens. Server and HMI Runtime cover running the system; Manager covers recipes, plans and audits. Log in to access all guides.

Getting started

Install the platform and understand how the modules fit together. Please install MS SQL Express before installing Accord, and an OPC Server before connecting to a PLC. A useful SQL Express installation guide is available here, and a list of OPC Servers can be found here.

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Installation Guide

V4.12 · PDF

Install the Accord platform and distribute its modules across a single PC or many PCs, with an overview of Designer, HMI, Server and Manager.

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Designer – engineering & configuration

Build the process model and the operator screens. Object-based, no tagging, coding or scripting.

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Designer – Controller / Process Model

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Build the process model: projects, equipment units (tanks & lines), devices and PLC I/O configuration, cross-references and unit linking.

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Designer – HMI

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Create HMI screens: device bindings, controls and faceplates, instance properties, popup triggers and the HMI audit trail.

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Designer – Service

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Configure the Server/Service side: HMI tasks, the Simulator, Relay, data integrity and the historian (logging, deadbands and archiving).

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Runtime & Server

Run the platform, the server service and the operator runtime.

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Accord Server

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Run and manage the Server service: database, redundancy, users and archiving, plus utilities like Project Synchroniser/Verifier, OPC diagnostics, PLC register status and scan-time optimiser.

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HMI Runtime

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Operate the plant from PC screens: runtime connection and options, alarms, device faceplates and historical reports.

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Manager – operations management

Recipes, plans and compliance, for Operations Managers.

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Manager – Plan & Recipe

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Create Plans and sequences and configure Recipes, setpoints, step times and decisions, with export and plan history.

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Manager – Audits

V4.12.1.0 · PDF

Run Process and Security Audits, report types, scheduled triggers and automatic email, with audit coverage across every module.

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