Gensym's G2 brings intelligent reasoning and analysis capabilities to Allen-Bradley PLCs to create intelligent real-time control systems.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1994--Gensym Corp. will be exhibiting at the Allen-Bradley Automation Fair in St. Louis on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Gensym's family of software products is built around G2, a graphical object-oriented development and deployment environment. Typical G2 applications include process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. , supervisory control Supervisory control is a general term for control of many individual controllers or control loops, whether by a human or an automatic control system, although almost every real system is a combination of both. , dynamic scheduling, real-time quality management, advanced control using fuzzy logic fuzzy logic, a multivalued (as opposed to binary) logic developed to deal with imprecise or vague data. Classical logic holds that everything can be expressed in binary terms: 0 or 1, black or white, yes or no; in terms of Boolean algebra, everything is in one set or and neural networks, and process re- engineering. In booth #708, Gensym will be demonstrating solutions created by integrating its family of intelligent software products with Allen-Bradley PLCs to create robust, real-time, advanced control systems. Gensym provides off-the-shelf bridges to a number of A-B A-B Air-Britain (UK-based aviation historical society) A-B Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis (Graz, Austria) devices and is a Referenced Allen-Bradley Pyramid Solution partner. "Gensym is committed to providing a wide variety of off-the-shelf connectivity solutions for our customers and partners," said Paul Lindenfelzer, Gensym's director of systems engineering. "We offer a range of bridge products that connect G2 and Allen-Bradley devices including their Pyramid Integrator, PLC-3, and PLC-5 through INTERCHANGE software Interchange is an open source web application server written in Perl. It is a versatile tool for automating and database-enabling a web site or building an online application. Its focus has traditionally been on e-commerce, but is now seen as a full-blown application server. , Data Highway, and Data Highway Plus. By combining the device control capabilities of PLCs with the intelligent reasoning and analysis provided by Gensym's G2, our bridge products create a robust 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
Gensym provides four bridges to Allen-Bradley devices: G2-ABPLC Bridge, G2-ABInterchange (EI) Bridge, G2-ABInterchange (EP) Bridge, and the G2-ABInterchange (KT) Bridge. These Gensym bridges are configurable software packages, consisting of executable programs and a G2 knowledge base, that allow users to leverage the data stored in Allen-Bradley devices for a complete integrated solution. The G2-ABPLC Bridge allows users to leverage the data stored in PLC-3s and PLC-5s through an Allen-Bradley KF2 module or another interface to the Allen-Bradley Data Highway and Data Highway Plus network. The G2-ABInterchange (EI) Bridge exchanges information between G2 and any Ethernet-based PLC, including the Pyramid Integrator with Ethernet Interface. The G2-ABInterchange (EP) Bridge exchanges information between G2 and the Pyramid Integrator using INTERCHANGE software running on the Enterprise Processor. The G2-ABInterchange (KT) Bridge exchanges information between G2 and any PLC-3 or PLC-5, including the Pyramid Integrator, on a Data Highway or Data Highway Plus network via an Allen-Bradley 1774 KT Card. "Our PLC bridges provide all G2 object definitions needed to represent PLC data," continued Lindenfelzer. "Users can plug G2 and PLCs together quickly. They do not need to spend time creating a class hierarchy (programming) class hierarchy - A set of classes and their interrelationships. One class may be a specialisation (a "subclass" or "derived class") of another which is one of its "superclasses" or "base classes". of object definitions for the G2 application and they can clone G2 objects for faster development. The bridges have been designed in a modular fashion for maintainability and usability and include executable programs that enable G2 to communicate with the PLCs." At the Automation Fair, Gensym will be interfacing G2 with Allen-Bradley's automated magnet pressing demo through an Ethernet interface. Two Gensym marketing partners will also be demonstrating G2-based solutions at the Automation Fair. In booth no. 805, ORSI ORSI Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance (Social Security) America, a Gensym value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. , will be showing its EXAD EXAD Excellence Through Advanced Technologies Expert Advisor, a G2-based environment for the development of process management and control applications, and SugarExp, a software product that manages the diffusion, purification, evaporation and refinement phases of sugar production. In booth no. 202, Sverdrup Facilities Inc., a Gensym Systems Integrator, will be showing open client/server manufacturing information system solutions using G2. Founded in 1986, Gensym Corp. is the leading supplier of software products for developing and deploying intelligent real-time solutions for industrial, scientific, commercial, and government applications. With over 3,000 product licenses installed worldwide, Gensym serves 30 industrial sectors including the process industries, discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , telecommunications, environmental, power, and aerospace. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Gensym has regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Dortmund, Hong Kong, Houston, Leiden, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seoul, Toronto, Uppsala, and Washington, D.C. CONTACT: Gensym Betsy Gartner, 617/547-2500 |
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