Echelon's LonWorks Technology Links Fiber-Optic Network and Security Control System at Puerto Rico Telephone Co.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) designs control networks to connect machines and other electronic devices, for the purposes of sensing, monitoring and control. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ELON) today announced that Raytheon Control-By-Light(tm) and ALYA International will provide LonWorks(R) based products for a state-of-the-art, contactless security and access control system solution for the Puerto Rico Telephone Company Puerto Rico Telephone (PRT), is the largest Puerto Rican telecommunications services company. It is headquartered in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and has operated for almost a century offering voice, data, long distance, broadband, directory publishing and wireless services for the (PRTC PRTC Puerto Rico Telephone Company PRTC Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Centroamericanos (El Salvador) PRTC PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (India) PRTC Potomac River Transportation Company ). Echelon's LonWorks technology provides the communication backbone for both the fiber-optic links manufactured by Raytheon Control-By-Light and the O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks) advanced security management system from ALYA International, for the new security system to be installed in PRTC's entire 300-building network before December 1, 1999. Motorola's Worldwide Smartcard Solutions Division, which utilizes ALYA's O.P.E.N.centrix system, has been awarded a security system contract by PRTC. Raytheon Control-By-Light and ALYA entered into a cooperative agreement earlier this year to jointly promote sales of Raytheon's fiber optic technology solutions with ALYA's O.P.E.N. centrix system. Raytheon's fiber optic solutions implement the newly approved Electronic Industry Association fiber optic transceiver protocol standard (EIA-709.4). The EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. standard, co-authored by Raytheon Control-By-Light, supports a new generation of interoperable, energy-efficient, intelligent buildings by enabling lights, appliances, heating/air-conditioning equipment, security and access control, power control, sprinkler systems, audio/video equipment and other separately manufactured products and systems to be networked via fiber optic transceivers that communicate using the standard LonWorks protocol. Raytheon's standard modular transceiver provides the interface that links Neuron(r) microprocessors in LonWorks nodes to fiber optic backbones, links or networks. The transceiver also is used within Raytheon's popular LonWorks twisted pair A thin-diameter wire (22 to 26 gauge) commonly used for telephone and network cabling. The wires are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other twisted pairs in the cable (Alexander Graham Bell invented this and was awarded a patent for it in 1881). to fiber router. ALYA's O.P.E.N.centrix system, a high-end security management system, utilizes Echelon's LNS LNS L2TP Network Server (terminates L2TP tunnels & provides PPP and network termination) LNS Laboratory for Neutron Scattering LNS Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (Italy) LNS Logarithmic Number System (tm) network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. and LonMaker(tm) for Windows(R) tool to supply the critical information of who is in a facility. Raytheon Control-By-Light, part of the Commercial Electronics Division of Raytheon Company, provides the industry's first complete LonWorks based fiber-optic solution that allows a single fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power to communicate simultaneously in two directions. This feature, coupled with other aspects of the system architecture, ensures continuous operation of the entire system even in the event of a part or cable failure. Douglas H. Corbett, President of ALYA International, stated, "Echelon's LonWorks technology is key to the high communication reliability demonstrated by O.P.E.N.centrix and required by security installations such as PRTC. In addition, by utilizing the philosophy of interoperability, products such as Raytheon's can be integrated with O.P.E.N.centrix to satisfy very sophisticated customer requirements." "This is an important project for all parties involved, and a wonderful chance for us to demonstrate the benefits of fiber-optics over traditional copper or coaxial cables in a security system," said Brian D. Morrison, director of Raytheon Control-By-Light. "Echelon's LonWorks technology helps differentiate our products and gives us an edge over the competition." "The market is voting for open, interoperable solutions based on LonWorks and the cost and flexibility advantage they offer," said Ed Sterbenc, Echelon's Vice President, Americas. "The Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. Telephone Company's selection of these products from Raytheon and ALYA is the latest example of this trend." About Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) is the developer of LonWorks networks, recognized internationally as a standard for interoperable control networks. With thousands of application developers and millions of devices installed worldwide, LonWorks is a leading open, networked control solution for building and home automation, industrial, transportation, and public utility applications. Echelon offers a full range of off-the-shelf hardware and software products to support the development, installation and management of intelligent, open and interoperable control networks. Echelon is based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. News and information are available at www.echelon.com. Echelon, the Echelon logo, LonWorks, and LonPoint are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the U.S. and other countries. LNS and LonMaker are trademarks of Echelon Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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