Lab Execution Software:
AP Connect
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- Now: 100 % discount at checkout!
- Kickstart your paperless lab
- Featuring key benefits of the Standard edition
- Restricted to one instrument, single user access, one export rule
Great data handling with AP Connect: Go paperless. Eliminate transcription errors. Trigger measurements. Centralize your lab data in a single digital space. Connect instruments from Anton Paar and other vendors and tap in whenever you want. With Anton Paar’s AP Connect lab execution software, your data is available from any network computer. Simply transfer data from all your instruments to your data management system with a single interface. Streamlining your data flow frees up time for analysis. We also offer dedicated validation documentation in just a few steps to support your validation and qualification process – performed by our highly qualified services colleagues, on request.
Key features
Establish a vendor-independent data repository
- Connect to 70+ AP instruments
- Connect to instruments from other vendors with the AP Connect Instrument Adapter
AP Connect offers vendor-independent digitization and integration for various laboratory instruments, creating a unified and secure central data repository. This addresses common laboratory challenges such as partial digitization, data loss, and delays due to disparate systems, and enables immediate, real-time data access across the lab network. By streamlining data management, the AP Connect lab execution software not only enhances decision-making and data analysis but also ensures data security, thereby improving overall lab quality and efficiency.
Create a unified interface to your LIMS
- Access data from across the company network
- A single interface between all your instruments and your data management system
AP Connect serves as a middleware and digital datahub, harmonizing interfaces and data models from all connected laboratory instruments, regardless of vendor or type, for seamless integration with systems like LIMS and ELN. It addresses the challenge of integrating diverse instruments with dedicated interfaces into centralized systems, eliminating manual data entry and transfer errors. By automating data transfer and allowing customer-led configuration for various instruments, AP Connect reduces operational costs and efforts, ensuring a smooth and digital data flow to the leading data management system, with options for file-based communication or REST API.
Trigger measurements on an array of instruments*
- Automated measurement scheduling and execution
- Generate sample lists directly on a PC
AP Connect brings control to laboratory operations with its automated task execution system: measurements start directly from the software, and sample lists are generated on a PC, automating and streamlining instrument laboratory workflows. This lab execution software addresses inefficiencies such as time-consuming manual data entry on instrument interfaces, and facilitates error-free transfer of critical metadata like batch numbers and sample names. AP Connect enhances ease of use, increases productivity, and reduces operational costs by utilizing PC-based metadata sources and enabling full automation of laboratory processes, including integration with Xsample automation for completely automated measurement series.
* Only available in the Standard Edition
Fulfill regulative needs with our lab execution software*
- Perform review processes in AP Connect including electronic signature
- Have all audit trails in one place (Anton Paar instruments and AP Connect)
AP Connect not only ensures your laboratory's compliance with essential industry regulations (like 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11) but also enhances your data management with its secure, traceable, and reliable system. This compliance support eases the regulatory burden on your team, guarantees data integrity, and prepares you for seamless audits, making this lab execution software an invaluable asset in regulated laboratory environments.
* Only available in the Pharma Edition
Start right away without extra training
- Use and configure AP Connect without the need for extensive IT knowledge
- Easy-to-use interface allows quick learning without requiring training
Designed with the user in mind, the AP Connect software, complemented by the Instrument Adapter for AP Connect, facilitates laboratory data management with unparalleled ease of use and seamless integration capabilities. Our intuitive lab execution software requires only minimal training. This not only boosts productivity but also significantly lowers operational costs.
Technical specifications
Available editions
| Features | Start | Standard | Pharma |
| Target customers | For all customers who want to get to know and grow with AP Connect, and who want to connect a single instrument. | Broad base. For labs and applications across industries. | Focused on labs in intensely regulated environments. For operators with specific stringent testing requirements. |
| Industries | Food & beverage industry, petroleum industry, chemical industry, flavors & fragrances industry. | Food & beverage industry, petroleum industry, chemical industry, flavors & fragrances industry. | Pharmaceutical industry, personal care industry, healthcare industry, nutraceutical industry, government compliance. |
| License | Free | One-time license fee or annual subscription fee | One-time license fee or annual subscription fee |
| Instrument connectivity | 1 instrument | up to 100 instruments | up to 100 instruments |
| Data collection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Data analysis (results browser) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Data export | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Configurable automatic export | 1 rule | up to 100 rules | up to 100 rules |
| Supported file formats for data export | PDF, CSV | PDF, XLS, CSV | PDF, XLS, CSV |
| Desktop installation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Server installation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi user (client) access | 1 client | Multiple clients | Multiple clients |
| User management supporting Active Directory | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fileless data transfer (REST API) [1] | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Connect to instruments from other vendors [2] | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Automated Measurement Scheduling and Execution | ✔ | ||
| Roles and permissions | ✔ | ||
| Review & approval process | ✔ | ||
| Electronic signature | ✔ | ||
| Audit trail | ✔ | ||
| Compliant with Title 21 CFR Part 11 | ✔ |
- Via separate license (extra license costs apply)
- Additional adapters needed
Minimum requirements for workstation and server installation (up to 30 instruments [1])
| Minimum hardware requirements | 2.5 GHz dual core processor or faster |
| 8 GB RAM (depending on the operating system) | |
| Screen resolution 1080p | |
| 30 GB free disk space on system drive | |
| Network connection | |
| Supported operating systems | Microsoft Windows 10 (Version 1607 or higher) |
| Microsoft Windows 11 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | |
| Microsoft Windows Home Editions are not supported | |
| Supported SQL servers | MS SQL Server 2016 |
| MS SQL Server 2017 | |
| MS SQL Server 2019 | |
| MS SQL Server 2022 | |
| Storage | Up to 100,000 measurements (MS SQL Server Express Database) |
| Interface connectivity | Ethernet / RS232 |
| Export file format | .csv, .xslx, .pdf, json [2] |
- If you want to connect up to 100 instruments, please read the manual
- Via REST API
Anton Paar Certified Service
- More than 350 manufacturer-certified technical experts worldwide
- Qualified support in your local language
- Protection for your investment throughout its lifecycle
- 3-year warranty
Documents
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Automate your measurements with the AP Connect tasklist Application Reports
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Instrument Adapter for AP Connect Application Reports
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White paper: AP Connect in regulated environments Application Reports
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Brochure | AP Connect Brochures
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Brochure | AP Connect - US Letter Brochures
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Brochure | Tank terminals overview Brochures
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Brochure | Vaccine analysis Brochures
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Data sheet | Vaccine analysis Brochures
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AP Connect Reference Guide Manuals
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AP Connect Short Instruction Manuals
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AP Connect Supported Instruments and Instrument Requirements Product Information
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Instrument_Adapter_for_AP_Connect_2.0.8 Software and Firmware
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Compatible instruments
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 1001 Beer
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 3001
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 3001 Beer
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 3001 Sake
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 3001 Spirits
Alcohol measurement module:
Alcolyzer module 3001 Wine
Analyzing System:
Soft Drink Measuring System 3001
Atmospheric Distillation Analyzer:
Diana 300
Atmospheric Distillation Analyzer:
Diana 700
Automatic Kinematic Viscometer:
SVM 2001
Automatic Kinematic Viscometer:
SVM 3001
Automatic Kinematic Viscometer:
SVM 3001 Cold Properties
Automatic Kinematic Viscometer:
SVM 4001
Benchtop Density Meter:
DMA
Compact Digital Density Meter:
DMA 1001
Compact Digital Density Meter:
DMA 501
Density and Sound Velocity Meter:
DMA 5001 Sound Velocity
Density Meter:
DMA 4200 M
Digital Heavy Duty Refractometer:
Abbemat 450
Digital Heavy Duty Refractometer:
Abbemat 650
Digital Performance Refractometer:
Abbemat Performance Plus 350
Digital Performance Refractometer:
Abbemat Performance Plus 550
FTIR Spectrometer:
Lyza 7000
Gas Pycnometer for Semi-Solid and Solid Density:
Ultrapyc 3000
Gas Pycnometer for Semi-Solid and Solid Density:
Ultrapyc 5000
Gas Pycnometer for Semi-Solid and Solid Density:
Ultrapyc 5000 Foam
Gas Pycnometer for Semi-Solid and Solid Density:
Ultrapyc 5000 Micro
Modular Polarimeter:
MCP 5100
Modular Polarimeter:
MCP 5500
Multiparameter Measurement System:
Sugar Measurement Systems
Packaged Beverage Analyzer:
PBA 5001 Soft Drink Diet
Packaged Beverage Analyzer:
PBA 5001 Soft Drink Standard
Pensky-Martens Flash Point Tester:
PMA 300
Pensky-Martens Flash Point Tester:
PMA 500
Rolling-Ball Viscometer:
Lovis 2000 M/ME
Rotational Viscometer:
ViscoQC 300 H
Rotational Viscometer:
ViscoQC 300 L
