LabX pro offers manual and automatic export of data in configurable text format by default. It also allows manual import of methods, jobs and sample series. This is sufficient for many data exchange applications. If a high degree of customization or job automation is needed, we recommend the use of the optional LabX connect toolkit. LabX connect allows flexible and tight integration of LabX pro into one or multiple information management system(s) :
- Customized and automated job management:
Creating jobs in LabX balance and/or sample series in LabX titration from within an information management system - Customized and automated report management:
Export of reports (results) from weighing jobs and titrations.
LabX connect can be accessed programmatically by an IMS. To do so, a small script has to be written using a programming language such as Visual Basic or C++. METTLER TOLEDO supplies all the technical information necessary to write scripts as well as some ready-made examples with LabX connect. If necessary, we also offer this as a service.
LabX connect technical overview
LabX connect basically is a so-called COM-component. Just like standard LabX pro components (e.g. the graphical user interface GUI), LabX connect has to be registered as a client at the central LabX pro component (DLBroker and/or BALBroker). It is recommended that LabX connect be installed on the PC where the central LabX pro component (DLBroker and/or BALBroker) is installed.
Only users of the LabX pro administrator group are allowed to access the LabX pro database by an IMS via LabX connect. It is recommended that a special administrator account be created in LabX pro for this purpose. LabX connect offers two interfaces that can be accessed programmatically by its clients:
- Method interface: Offers various methods that can be triggered from an IMS such as sending jobs to LabX balance or getting methods from LabX titration. Methods have to be executed from within an IMS.
- Event interface: Offers various events an IMS can ‚listen‘ to such as receiving results from LabX balance.
Events are sent automatically to an IMS when e.g. a new result is generated.
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