Software improves workplace collaboration
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Sep 10, 2007
The Wonderware Development Studio provides a unified environment for the collaboration of IT and engineering teams
Wonderware's InTouch 10.0 HMI software now has ArchestrA graphics capability.
The intelligent graphics capability, along with direct support for Microsoft .NET technology, enables InTouch 10.0 HMI to provide enterprise-wide visualisation for a wide range of real-time applications.
InTouch 10.0 HMI delivers intuitive graphical interaction and animation techniques for maximum operator response and comprehension, while minimising design and engineering efforts.
Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory group said "ARC is a strong advocate of solutions that offer migration from legacy to state of the art functionality while not disrupting a manufacturer's production schedule or requiring a significant amount of time or work".
"It appears that Wonderware has met this challenge by enabling customers to take an InTouch software application that was developed 20 years ago on Windows 2.0 and have it continue to operate with their latest version of InTouch 10.0 HMI, running on the newest Windows Vista environment, without any significant effort or loss of production time for the manufacturer".
The Wonderware Development Studio provides a unified environment for the collaboration of IT and engineering teams to perform software application modelling, development, change management and deployment across the full range of Wonderware software applications.
Using the Wonderware Development Studio, applications can now be deployed across a wide range of enterprise devices running on Windows Mobile, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating environments.
The Wonderware Development Studio supports a range of plant floor and business system connectivity products and technologies.
It is compatible with more than 325 I/O servers and DA servers and provides support for OPC, XML, SQL, SAP Netweaver and Microsoft .NET.
As a result, users benefit from having one highly productive tool for building, integrating and maintaining virtually all of their manufacturing and industrial operations software applications.
Wonderware System Platform 3.0 delivers major runtime performance updates to the Wonderware Application Server, including the ability to take full advantage of the latest multi-core microprocessor technology.
Wonderware System Platform 3.0 also provides a set of software services for creating, deploying and managing distributed real-time applications, with faster time to value and with lower life-cycle costs.
System Platform 3.0 works seamlessly with InTouch 10.0 software, offering complete integration of ArchestrA application objects with ArchestrA graphics running inside InTouch HMI visualisation.
Wonderware is offering discounts for customers that upgrade their existing InTouch software licenses to InTouch 10.0 software and additionally purchase the Wonderware System Platform 3.0 and customer support.
The new Wonderware Compact Panel offerings provide easy installation and a new entry price point by bundling a subset of InTouch 10.0 HMI runtime functionality, along with rugged, industrial touch screen operator panels operating Windows CE 6.0.
A range of screen sizes and industrial environments can be supported with these devices including, NEMA 4X/IP 66 and Class 1, Division 2.
Customers can now have a common visualisation strategy from the smallest devices to a network of servers and hundreds of clients - all using InTouch 10.0 software and the Wonderware Development Studio.
"In collaborative manufacturing, it's critical to get the right information to the right employees so they get the data and insight needed to do their jobs better on a daily basis", said Chris Colyer, World Wide Director, Manufacturing Operations Strategy at Microsoft.
"These new offerings from Wonderware leverage the latest technologies from Microsoft to deliver innovative new ways of tying people and information together".
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