DAQFactory Express Software

New! Internet SCADA, now with control capability: Real-time access to DAQFactory data from the Internet made easy: no firewall changes

DAQFactory is now integrated with the DAQConnect service allowing you to view your data, both real-time and historical, on screens you design, from a web browser anywhere in the world. All this while keeping your DAQFactory system securely behind a firewall, without having to deal with any IT issues and without any coding. The DAQConnect service works with any version of DAQFactory including DAQFactory Express (release 5.80+). Update your DAQFactory Express installation and get your data on the Internet! (DAQConnect account required)

Learn more about DAQConnect at www.daqconnect.com

This is the main page for users of DAQFactory Express. Here you will find the latest release of DAQFactory Express that includes samples of how to use DAQFactory Express with your LabJack. This page is a subpage of the main AzeoTech website and is only available through www.daqexpress.com. You will not be able to get here from the main AzeoTech site.

DAQFactory Express, release 5.84

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This contains the latest DAQFactory Express release with U6 support. If you are upgrading, install this release into the same directory as your original Express installation.

NOTE for LabJack UD users: This release only works with the LabJack UD release 2.77 or higher. Please make sure and update your LabJack driver by going to the downloads page at www.labjack.com. This does not apply to U12 users.

DAQFactory Express forum

DAQFactory Express is a powerful and flexible tool that can be used in many different applications with your LabJack. If you need more features or wish to communicate with other hardware devices, you can easily upgrade. All documents created in DAQFactory Express are compatible with all other versions of DAQFactory. Below is a feature grid for the various versions of DAQFactory. For more information, please visit the main AzeoTech website by clicking on any of the links in the menu at the top of this page.

Note: DAQFactory's Standard, Lite and Starter are only available from this page! They are not promoted on the main website.

(expand/collapse all)	DEVELOPER	PRO	STANDARD	BASE	LITE	STARTER	EXPRESS
Acquisition and logging Read inputs and control outputs from all of the supported devices. Log the data to ASCII or binary files.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wide device support All versions except Express support a wide variety of devices including serial and ethernet based devices. Express only supports the hardware it came with.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only device it came with
Custom screens Create an unlimited number of screens for displaying your data and controlling your system.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 pages max	2 pages max
Graphing / trending Create trend (Y vs time), XY and 3 dimensional graphs of your data. Unlimited traces on up to 12 axes. Error bars, wind barbs and other advanced features. Enter calculations directly into the graph.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
44 screen components Use the screen components to create your custom screens. Components include gauges, knobs, sliders, buttons, switches, graphs, panels, images, and much more.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Only 10
Data analysis Perform realtime mathematical and statistical calculations on your data.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sequences and automation A flexible scripting backend lets you extend DAQFactory's built in functionality to create truly custom, powerful applications. Program scripts to completely automate your process.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email and FTP (send / upload) Send email with attachments, or upload files to an FTP server. Use for alarm notification, periodic updates, secure web viewing and more	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Serial / Ethernet Generic serial and Ethernet support including both built in protocols like Modbus, easy communication with serial devices like scales, and the ability to create your own protocols.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-lingual applications Easily create multi-lingual applications	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Call external DLL's Call any external DLL from within DAQFactory as if it were a DAQFactory function to allow for greater expandability	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PID loops Perform PID loop control with autotuning. Unlimited loops	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email and FTP (receive / download) Check your POP3 email account, and download from FTP servers.	Yes	Yes	Yes
ODBC database logging Log to and query from any ODBC compliant database, including MySQL, MS-SQL, Oracle, Access and more	Yes	Yes	Yes
3800 symbol library Includes a 3800 symbol library of machinery, pipes, switches, standard symbols and more for use on your custom screens	Yes	Yes	Yes
Networking and web server Connect one copy of DAQFactory to another for real time data and control, or use the built in webserver to share screenshots of any of your custom pages	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced data analysis Including FFT, Histogram, Correlation, Convolution and more.	Yes	Yes	Yes
Alarming Monitor your system for alarm conditions and generate acknowledgable alarms. Use other DAQFactory features such as email and autodialer from alarms to notify you remotely, or perform automatic correction using sequences	Yes	Yes
Auto-dialer Dial out or receive calls in using a voice modem. Do text-to-speech to announce conditions, or play a .wav file. Detect speech and DTMF tones for remote telephone control.	Yes	Yes
Maximum channels / tags This is the maximum number of input and output channels (also known as a tag) that can be created. Variables are not considered a tag, only I/O channels.	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	64	32	16	16
Runtime licenses A runtime license is identical to a development license, but you cannot make changes such as adding or editing I/O points, screen components, or scripts. You can, however, control outputs and perform any function accessible from the screens you created with your development version of DAQFactory.	Unlimited	$99 each	$99 each	$99 each	$99 each	Not available	Not available
	$2499	$899	$699	$399	$199	$45	OEM/VAR only
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