June 29, 2011 - Tridium announced several new features and enhancements for Niagara Framework with the release of NiagaraAX 3.6. These initiatives include support for battery-less JACE embedded controllers and 802.11 WiFi on selected JACE's, heightened security features and a number of usability enhancements. This release offers a variety of enhanced capabilities and includes expanded functions for Niagara's Wire Sheet, Weather Module and additional support for server drivers including BACnet, OPC, Modbus TCP, iLon, SNMP and relational drivers such as SQL, DB2, Oracle and MySQL.
In addition, Release 3.6 adds full validation for Windows 7 and support for Windows® 2008 Server. The Niagara Framework is a software platform used to develop device-to-enterprise applications, Internet-enabled products and automation system solutions and increase the functionality and value of smart devices and systems. It integrates diverse systems and devices regardless of manufacturer, or communication protocol into a unified platform that can be easily managed and controlled in real time over the Internet using a standard web browser. Today, there are over a quarter million instances of Niagara operating in 50 countries.
"This new release reflects our ongoing commitment to provide the best possible software platform for automation and integration," said Marc Petock, Tridium's vice president, global marketing and communication. "These new additions add tremendous versatility and even greater functionality to the Framework and provide more options for manufacturers, system integrators, developers and end users".
About Tridium
Tridium is the global leader in open platforms, application software frameworks, automation infrastructure technology, energy management and device-to-enterprise integration solutions. Our technology and applications have fundamentally changed the way devices and systems connect, integrate and interoperate with each other and the enterprise. The company is an independent business entity of Honeywell International Inc.
