Crossbow Technology Releases Industry's First End-to-End, Low-Power, Wireless Sensor Network Solution for Security, Monitoring, and Tracking Applications.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Highly Reconfigurable XMesh(TM) Protocol Stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). and MOTE-VIEW(TM) Software Enable TrueMesh(TM) Sensor Networks with 802.15.4 Support Crossbow Technology
Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBow) is a California-based company with two distinct product lines. One is based on MEMS inertial sensor systems. , Inc. (www.xbow.com), the leading end-to-end solutions supplier in wireless sensor networks and the largest manufacturer of Smart Dust wireless sensors, announced today the release of two key software systems -- the XMesh(TM) Low-Power Mesh Protocol Stack and MOTE-VIEW(TM) client software for Wireless Sensor Network applications such as security, asset tracking, and monitoring. For the last three years, Crossbow's XMesh(TM) and MOTE-VIEW(TM) software systems have been used in large-scale customer deployments including major oil companies, warehousing automation, homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , and many more applications. Today, Crossbow crossbow: see bow and arrow. crossbow Leading missile weapon of the Middle Ages, consisting of a short bow fixed transversely on a stock, with a groove to guide the missile and a trigger to release it. is making these software systems available as off-the-shelf catalog products for the mass market. Crossbow has a ten-year history of delivering sensors for applications and industries with the most stringent performance requirements in the harshest of environments. Crossbow's wireless mesh networking products, also known as Smart Dust, are being used to improve agricultural efficiency and growth, monitor and secure industrial plants and buildings, save environmentally sensitive lands, preserve national landmarks, mitigate earthquake and fire damages, and secure and protect the nation's natural resources. Crossbow is also a leading supplier of inertial sensor systems for aviation, land and marine applications and other instrumentation sensors. XMesh(TM) Stack Enables Low-Power Sensor Networks The Crossbow XMesh(TM) protocol stack is an open-architecture, flexible and powerful, embedded wireless networking See wireless network. and control platform built on top of the TinyOS operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . XMesh(TM) software runs on every node or "mote (reMOTE) A wireless receiver/transmitter that is typically combined with a sensor of some type to create a remote sensor. Some motes are designed to be incredibly small so that they can be deployed by the hundreds or even thousands for various applications (see smart dust). " in a wireless sensor network. Using XMesh(TM), motes dynamically form a reliable mesh network between nodes using field tested and proven ad-hoc routing techniques. Crossbow's Minimum Transmission technology reduces the total number of radio messages throughout the network enabling XMesh(TM) software to run sensor applications with the lowest power consumption extending the sensor battery lives up to 5 years on simple AA batteries. Automatic and global mote time synchronization to within one-thousandth of a second, allows motes to shutdown except for scheduled communications. In addition to enhancing the battery life, Minimum Transmission technology also maximizes the bandwidth and reduces network traffic and latency. XMesh(TM) offers flexible topologies, including TrueMesh(TM) or true peer to peer operation with all motes running battery powered, along with a high-speed streaming service, multiple QOS levels, integrated network-health messages and over-air firmware upgrades. The XMesh(TM) protocol stack is built on top of the 802.15.4 radio standard, and it runs on Crossbow's MICAz ZigBee-ready platform. The 2.4GHz MICAz mote processor radio module is Crossbow's FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Certified, award winning hardware platform for wireless mesh networking. XMesh(TM) also runs on Crossbow's popular MICA2 and MICA2DOT family of 400 and 868/900MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. processor radio modules. The XMesh(TM) protocol stack is written on top of the TinyOS operating system and using the TinyOS open-source development tool chain. The TinyOS operating system is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for wireless sensor and embedded networking development, with well over 1,000 development teams worldwide. MOTE-VIEW(TM) 1.0 Enables Easy-to-View Application Monitoring MOTE-VIEW(TM) is the primary user-interface and client application between a user and a deployed network of wireless sensors motes. MOTE-VIEW(TM) is targeted to end-users as a complete end-to-end software suite to simplify deployment and monitoring. It provides an easy means of logging wireless sensor data to a database, analyzing and plotting sensor readings. Sensor data can be logged on a database resident on a host PC, or to a database running autonomously on a Crossbow Stargate remote network gateway. MOTE-VIEW(TM) offers historical and real-time charting, topology map, network, and sensor-value gradient visualization, data export capability and printed report generation. For many users, MOTE-VIEW provides a turn-key deployment solution. MOTE-VIEW(TM) has been extensively used in field deployments prior to its official 1.0 Release. MOTE-VIEW(TM) is Windows(R) XP and 2000 SP4 compatible and written on top of the Microsoft .NET framework. MOTE-VIEW(TM) supports the Crossbow MICA platform of wireless sensor network hardware, including the MICA2, MICA2DOT, and MICAz Motes running the X-Mesh mesh network stack. In addition, MOTE-VIEW(TM) supports Crossbow's wide range of sensor boards (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. family), data acquisition boards (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. family), and sensor packages (MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure. MEP, n muscle energy procedure; diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Pulsed muscle energy techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) are two examples. family). These sensor boards allow for the monitoring of Light, Temperature, Relative Humidity relative humidity n. The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air at a specific temperature to the maximum amount that the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percentage. , Passive RFID Tags, Vibration, Acoustic, Magnetic Field, Soil Moisture, and Soil Temperature parameters. Deployed systems include physical security, environmental monitoring, industrial control, energy management, and building automation. For download of MOTE-VIEW(TM) 1.0 and the User's Manual, visit http://www.xbow.com/Support/downloads.htm. About Crossbow Technology Founded in 1995, Crossbow Technology, Inc. is the leading end-to-end solutions supplier in wireless sensor networks and the largest manufacturer of wireless sensor networks. Crossbow has for years been at the forefront of creating and deploying smaller, smarter, wireless sensing devices and mesh networking platforms for large-scale defense, environmental, agricultural, industrial monitoring and control, building automation, security and asset tracking applications. Crossbow's open architecture, TinyOS-based platform enables highly intelligent multi-sensing devices to dynamically and reliably self-organize to efficiently capture and send detailed physical data anywhere, anytime. Crossbow is also a leading supplier of inertial sensor systems for aviation, land and marine applications and other instrumentation sensors. The company has shipped more than 500,000 of its Smart Dust and other advanced sensors to more than 1,000 customers, including select Fortune 100 and other leading industrial, defense, technology, civil engineering and manufacturing companies. The company's strategic partners include Intel Corporation. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Crossbow has distributors in 24 countries worldwide. The company received its ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001/2000 Certification in May 2002, its FAA Certification for the AHRS AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System AHRS Attitude and Heading Reference System AHRS Attempted Hours (educational transcript) AHRS Altitude Heading Reference System AHRS Army Human Resources System AHRS Automatic Heading Reference System 500GA in January 2003 and its FCC Certification for the MICAz in October 2004. Contact Crossbow at +1-408-965-3300, e-mail info@xbow.com or visit Crossbow on the Web at www.xbow.com. Crossbow Technology is a registered trademark of Crossbow Technology, Inc. All other corporate names or trademarks stated herein are the property of their respective companies. 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