deviceTRAK

deviceTRAK is a unique configuration management tool, developed by AKA, that captures, organizes, stores, protects and controls system-specific configurations for programmable devices of an entire plant and provides all required support material for maintenance personnel.

deviceTRAK is populated and used as the software ”vault” to contain the installed versions of all programmable device configurations for the installed system. Source code is then available for modification via a “check-out” system where all configuration updates are tracked and recorded.

The deviceTRAK support documentation contains a detailed list of all programmable devices which require unique and specific configuration information to function as an integral part of the overall system. The documentation also provides information on the device itself including its location and its parent sub-system and system.

deviceTRAK:

• Creates a link between the hardware (schematic) and the software;
• Promotes discipline on the way that configurable device information is managed and stored;
• Captures system specific configuration data including interface auxiliary tools and software, for every programmable device; and
• Controls a device’s configuration file(s) by managing changes, storing and protecting revisions, and insuring the current version is always readily available.