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Primate’s Historian software gives control room teams structured access to historical operational data for analysis, trending, and reporting. It is designed for engineers, analysts, and compliance teams who need more than visual replay and require reliable data outside the live display environment.
Primate’s Historian captures and aligns time-series data across SCADA, EMS, OMS, ADMS, pipeline systems, and external feeds. Rather than focusing on what appeared on a display at a given moment, Historian focuses on the underlying data itself.
The result is a time-aligned historical record that supports long-term trending, root-cause analysis, and data extraction for use in external tools and reports.
Replay and Historian software are often discussed together because both relate to past events in the control room. While they overlap in timing, they serve different purposes and are designed for different types of users and workflows.
Replay
Used to review what operators saw on the display during an event.
Video-style playback of storms, outages, and system transitions.
Best for operator training and post-event walkthroughs.
Lives inside the Primate visualization environment.
Answers: “What did the operator see?”
Historian
Used to analyze operational data over time.
Data-driven analysis focused on trends, patterns, and root causes.
Best for engineering analysis, compliance, and long-term planning.
Provides structured access to historical data, including export to external tools like Excel.
Answers: “What does the data show over time, and why?”
Store high-resolution operational data over long periods to support trending, analysis, and regulatory or internal review requirements.
Synchronize data points across SCADA, EMS, OMS, ADMS, pipeline systems, and external feeds to create a unified, time-aligned historical record.
Extract historical data sets for use in external tools such as Excel and engineering applications, supporting deeper analysis beyond the control room.
Analyze historical trends to identify performance patterns, precursor conditions, and long-term shifts that impact system reliability.
Use historical data to support engineering studies, post-event investigations, planning exercises, and operational improvement initiatives.
Primate’s Historian software helps teams maintain an authoritative, time-aligned record of system states, alarms, and operational conditions. This supports audit preparation, internal reviews, and post-event investigations without relying solely on logs or screenshots.
Because data can be extracted and analyzed externally, compliance and engineering teams can work directly with the information they need, using familiar analytical tools.
Real-Time Interface
Access critical system information from anywhere through:
Desktop workstations
Video wall displays
Mobile devices
Remote access points
Emergency backup displays
Visualization Processor
Purpose-built for control room environments, delivering:
High-performance graphics processing
Multi-screen synchronization
Interactive control functions
Remote access capabilities
Real-time data updates
Display Engine
Transform complex data into clear visualizations with:
Optimized rendering for any screen size
Seamless zoom level integration
Automatic data point rendering
Lightning-fast navigation
Custom display formatting
Historian is not a standalone archive. It integrates with Primate’s broader platform while remaining focused on historical data access and analysis. Visualization tools support context where needed, but the primary value lies in exporting, trending, and working with historical data beyond the control room display.
With reliable historical data, teams can identify precursor conditions, validate system behavior, and refine operating procedures over time. Historian supports smarter planning by turning past operational data into actionable insight rather than passive storage.
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