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VID stands for "Virtual Instrument Desktop" alternatively "VID", the Sanskrit root of Vidya, meaning "to know".

The VID software allows low cost industry standard Modbus or NetCommander hardware to be used in distributed control and monitoring SCADA systems. The Software combines a customisable virtual instrument display with a "behind the scenes" event monitoring, logging, alerting and control systems, to provide a full and customisable HMI to your application. VID is used in data acquisition, SCADA, HMI, process control, plant monitoring, data logging, environmental monitoring, power monitoring, BMS, and virtual instrument systems.

The virtual instrument panel can comprise a variety of meters, dials, digital displays, graph plotters, thermometers, LED indicators, control knobs, sliders, buttons and switches. These can be "connected" to a Netcommander monitoring point anywhere on the local or World Wide network allowing data sources, temperature, pressure, voltages etc. to be visualised in seconds.

The instruments are viewed in multiple virtual screens; the current screen can be selected by using the toolbar forward, backward, and page cycle buttons or from the drop down list of configured pages.

The system is equally "at home" with a local LAN or RS232/RS485 connected system or a globally distributed system using the Internet or Corporate VPN.

Each NetCommander monitoring unit can provide up to 16 analogue input and outputs, 16 switch (relay) control outputs and inputs, . The VID software will control up to fifty monitoring units. Logs can be maintained and analysed for trends and compared week on week. Control schedules can also be set up.