Use of Ethernet for real-time control reduces wiring costs for easier integration of manufacturing operations and IT systems. A comprehensive set of Layer 7 services allow the same Ethernet backbone to carry data for high-speed, distributed control and IT system communications. The publish-subscribe model efficiently distributes data in dynamic environments with multiple interacting nodes. NDDS does network addressing and data delivery chores, eliminates thousands of lines of code, and automatically detects when nodes join and leave the network. Do Studio automation software combines control and information technology with Microsoft Visio 2000, and includes enterprise connectivity and productivity analysis capabilities.
Customers span the globe, including applications in both Australia and Zimbabwe.
In South Africa, alone, customers range from platinum mines to chicken farms. Canada Building on its deviceCOM for Microsoft Windows CE and NT, Intrinsyc s new deviceCOM for Linux enables customers to use Windows at the enterprise level, while taking advantage of Linux benefits for embedded devices. Using Windows and Linux and bridging the enterprise and device levels, this represents a major step toward the development of multi-operating system solutions. Intrinsyc says deviceCOM still provides the only fully featured, binary compatible, distributed COM services for Windows CE and the best distributed COM services for OPC-based industrial systems. With deviceCOM for Linux, customers can now deploy OPC on Linux and maintain seamless integration with existing Microsoft Windows systems.