ErgoTech Releases Web/Java Solutions for Factory Floor Information Management and HMI.Business Editors & Technology Writers LOS ALAMOS Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. , N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001 ErgoTech Systems, Inc. announces the release of ErgoVU(tm), a new line of Web-enabled hardware/software solutions that bridge the gap between enterprise applications and raw factory floor data. ErgoVU's thin-server architecture provides an integrated, cost-effective solution for industrial information management and visualization. Java Applets display data remotely in a browser, or on the optional front panel display. As an option, data can be stored directly from industrial hardware, including PLCs, or from legacy and OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific enabled applications, into standard databases. Password access to the Web server and optional user authentication See authentication. options protect write-access to hardware points. Hardware authentication is provided when a keyboard is not available. ErgoVU is entirely Java-based, so it can run on any platform. It is shipped pre-configured running embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. on either a standard Panel PC or headless on a fanless PC104 system. Both of these systems can run entirely from a compact flash or with an optional hard drive for the database system. ErgoVU uses ErgoTech's "Virtual Instrumentation Virtual Instrumentation is the use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments. Beans(tm)" JavaBean(tm) library to build HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. displays for monitoring and control. The system is configured graphically and deployed automatically from ErgoTech's VIBLaces(tm) editor. Display screens and their underlying logic and connections are built and tested live, and then hot-deployed over the network to the ErgoVU hardware. Using ErgoTech's OPC Gateway, ErgoVU can access information from OPC servers and applications. This provides an authenticated web-interface to these devices without the risks associated with passing ActiveX components across the web. This also allows integration of ErgoVU with real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
About ErgoTech Systems, Inc. ErgoTech provides Java solutions for a broad range of industries. We specialize in supervisory control and monitoring, protocols for specific industries (including semiconductor), and Web-enabling of industrial devices. For more information on ErgoTech and trademarks see: http://www.ergotech.com/company or email to info@ergotech.com. ErgoTech Systems, Inc. PO Box 1287 - 190 Central Park Square Los Alamos, NM 87544. 888/ERGOTECH, or 505/662-5156 |
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