ACD/Automation Server

Key Capabilities

ACD/Automation Server automates ACD/Labs processing, silently and effectively, without user intervention. A well defined application program interface (API) facilitates the implementation of custom modules to easily build your own solutions integrated with ACD/Labs software.

This automation software robot offers:

• 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year processing capabilities.
• Minimal downtime.
• Minimal maintenance.
• Extensive instrumentation type and raw data compatibility.
• Remote directory scanning.
• File handling capabilities - move, copy, delete, import, export, and renaming.
• Custom scripting.
• Custom application development interface.
• Process-driven decision making capabilities.
• Data type driven processing requirements.
• Automated report generation.
• Automated database population.
• Configurable error logging.
• And more...

ACD/Automation Server is designed to operate fully unattended, recognizing instrument and data types and executing a series of predefined processing tasks. Processing and execution scripts integrate directly to the Macro and ChemBasic capabilities of the ACD/SpecManager portfolio of products. Augmented with fully programmable scripting abilities using C++, Pascal, Basic, and Java, this software enables IT and Informatics personnel to create third party applications that integrate directly with ACD/Labs technologies.

Processed data can be reported in hardcopy with the electronic version added to a database which in turn can be searched, viewed, and reported using either desktop-driven processing and data manipulation interfaces or Web client visualization and reporting using ACD/Web Librarian or ACD/Web Librarian Web Services developer's API. If spectrometrists that have access to the processing environment need to update the results of the automation server processing output, they can retrieve the data from the database, perform all necessary tasks, and then update the original record in the database with the modified results. Once data is updated into the database, this information is then available directly for viewing and reporting by any chemist or client with viewing access.