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Opto aPAC Android application for monitoring and managing the SNAP PAC System received the first place award at ISA ExpoControl 2012 in Mexico City.

The Japanese operator terminal market is projected to see surprisingly high growth of nearly 10 percent in 2012--provided the terminals come from Japan.

Catalog covers push buttons, sensors, switches, HMIs, PLCs, controllers, relays, signal conditioners and more.

Web Studio v7.1 provides students a complete SCADA/HMI package that enables them to develop real-world applications, without limits on development time.

Rice University is developing a visualization wall at its Chevron Visualization Laboratory, allowing scientists to transform detailed data into 3D imagery.

By Darryl Vipond, Vipond Controls Vipond developed a cloud-based SCADA system for the oil and gas industry using InduSoft's WebStudio HMI software. It eliminates the need to purchase, install and maintain local SCADA hardware and software at each site.

DT-Remote app allows iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android users to view real-time data collected from remote dataTaker systems.

The project includes control of the pipeline receipt system, tank farm, truck loading system, and terminal automation, through Experion Process Knowledge System and Terminal Manager.

Metso will supply automation technology for greenfield waste-to-energy plants in Italy, Estonia and the UK.

ABB will supply automation and safety systems, electrical equipment and related services for the Erzincan Gas Compressor Station located in eastern Turkey.

SCADA/HMI videos give users direct online access to training. The video training site currently offers two training modules that provide instruction on subjects ranging from alarms to trends.

Website covers industrial joysticks and Hall effect control devices including fingertip joysticks, industrial trackballs and handgrip controllers.

Barber succeeds Dennis Gillespie, former President of Wonderware West, who retired.

An I/O checkout on a DCS system is rather difficult because there is no means to “force” the I/O as you can most PLCs

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Automation.com, April 2012 By Dan Roessler, AspenTech Mobile application usage in manufacturing is expected to continue to increase. Mobile applications provide users with production insight twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week regardless of their physical location. This expanded data access helps leverage expert resources and improve employee effectiveness.

Microsoft will help Invensys develop its Wonderware Historian and Workflow applications to enable them to run on the Windows Azure cloud.

Since its founding in 2005 Certec has specialized in the development of state-of-the-art web HMI and SCADA systems.

NiagaraAX Advanced Workstation and Operator Workstation are approved by BACnet Testing Laboratories as meeting and conforming to BACnet standard ISO 16484-5/ANSI ASHRAE 135.

Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor During a half day session at the Sixteenth Annual ARC World Industry Forum Conference some automation vendors made it clear they are adopting OPC UA. This adoption is intended to close the gap between advances in the general computing industry and industrial automation systems.