The Metasys Server software family includes variants with different feature sets to meet a variety of different applications.
| Feature | Application and Data Server (ADS) | Extended Application and Data Server (ADX) | Open Application Server (OAS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Platform | Desktop
computer platform:
|
Server
platform:
|
Turnkey and virtual
desktop platform (virtual machine (VM)):
Virtual server platform (VM):
|
| Supported Simultaneous Users | Up to 5 users | Up to 10, 25, 50, or 100 users (license specific) | Up to 5 users |
| Network Engine Management | Up to 14 engines | Up to
1,000 engines Note: Support for engines varies depending on size of
server hardware.
|
OASMIN: 0 engines OASSTD: up to 2 engines |
| Direct BACnet Device Management | Yes | Yes | Yes. BACnet/IP and BACnet/SC devices can be managed directly. BACnet MS/TP devices can be managed by using a BACnet/IP to MS/TP router. A maximum of 200 devices are supported. |
| Archival of Historical Data | Manual, scheduled, or automatic | Manual, scheduled, or automatic | Manual, scheduled, or
automatic Note: You need to
purchase the Metasys Historical Data add-on license to use this
feature.
|
| User Interface | Metasys UI SMP |
Metasys
UI SMP |
Metasys UI SMP |
|
Note: SMP UI is a separate
license that is available only to existing Metasys sites and to
new or existing Metasys for Validated Environments (MVE)
sites.
|
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| Supports Export Utility | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports Metasys Advanced Reporting | No | Yes | No |
| Support for Split Configuration | No | Yes | No |
| Supports Metasys for Validated Environments (MVE) | No |
No
Note: MVE is not
supported at Release 14.0.
|
No |
| Five Years of Historical Data in Metasys UI | Yes | Yes | Yes Note: You need to purchase the
Metasys Historical Data add-on license to use this
feature.
|
| Supports Metasys Database Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports Fault Detection and Fault Triage features | Yes | Yes | Yes Note: At a minimum, you require 16 GB of
RAM and four virtual cores to support the Fault Detection and
Fault Triage features on an OAS.
|
|
Note: You need to purchase the
Fault Detection and Fault Triage add-on licenses to use these
features.
|
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| FIPS 140-2 Level 1 compliance using FIPS validated components | Yes | Yes | Yes |
|
Note: You need to purchase the
FIPS 140-2 add-on license to use this feature.
|
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| Supports External Identity Provider (OAuth) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
|
Note: External open authorization
(OAuth) with OIDC authentication is available to only Metasys UI
users.
|
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| Supports Server IP Controller Integration | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports Energy Dashboard and Reporting | Yes | Yes | No |
|
Note: At Metasys Release 14.0,
the Energy Dashboard and Reporting feature is available as a
trial.
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| Supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports IEEE 802.1X authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports BACnet/IP, BACnet/SC, Modbus, KNX IP, C-CURE/Victor, and OPC Unified Architecture (UA) integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports BACnet/SC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
|
Note: You need to purchase the M4-BACNETSC-0
add-on license for each Server to use BACnet/SC.
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| Supports Warning Banners | Yes | Yes | Yes |
For more information, refer to the Application and Data Server (ADS) and Extended Application and Data Server (ADX) Product Bulletin (LIT-1201525) and to Open Application Server (OAS) Product Bulletin (LIT-12013309).