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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

The homepage highlights new products, upcoming events and other current information, with links to information about the company, its products and services.

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.

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

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

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 OPC UA is emerging as a fundamental technology for implementing Digital Factory concepts to increase production efficiency. The concept was reinforced at the ARC Forum in a session titled, Transforming Manufacturing with OPC UA: From Embedded to the Enterprise.

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.

With virtualization, users can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, with each having access to the resources it needs when it needs them.

Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor These results of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable (PAR) Emerging Technology Benchmarking Survey addressed major automation topics including DCS vs. PLC, Fieldbus Technology, Smart Devices, VFDs, PAT, APC, Wireless, Operator Interfaces, Computing Technology, Validation and Skills gaps.

QA Graphics will develop a custom 3D symbol library exclusively for Tridium's NiagaraAX building automation platform.

Source code of M-Series drivers will be made available to approved OEM developers.

Donaldson joined ICONICS in 2003, and was promoted to Director of Marketing in 2004 where he oversaw day to day marketing activities and events for ICONICS.

Catalog contains 100 full color pages of products from Omega’s automation line: PLCs, smart relays, enclosures, process measurement and control devices, motion control sensors, HMIs and more.

PSCo Technical Distribution will build turnkey video wall solutions that complement their existing line of high-performance displays.

QA Graphics’ interactive team can create custom mobile applications for Apple iOS (iPhone/iPad/iTouch), Android and BlackBerry devices.