With this toolbox, users can combine Maple software with numeric routines from the Numerical Algorithms Group. As a front end to the NAG C Library, Maple and this toolbox provide an integrated environment to make code development easier. The toolbox eliminates compile times and provides simplified calling sequences and searchable documentation to the NAG routines.

Enhancements include two lean manufacturing solutions--Error Proofing and Andon--to help automotive industry manufacturers improve the accuracy and efficiency of production and assembly line processes. The Error Proofing solution is built using preconfigured modular templates within FactoryTalk; the Andon solution leverages FactoryTalk with the Logix Control Platform.

Agilent VEE Pro 8.0 and Agilent VEE Express 8.0 make measurement analysis easier with task-oriented building blocks, enabling engineers to focus on connecting instruments, measuring their device, analyzing the data and presenting their results.

Enhancements include a setup wizard that makes it easy to set up new or existing networks. The user can see the name of each radio and review which slaves are communicating with the master and which slaves are communicating through repeaters. The user can choose to set alarms to appear at the bottom of the screen, make a sound, display a pop-up or send an e-mail/text message. A free version can be downloaded.

The latest version includes 30 product enhancements that help users simplify programming and configuration and ease maintenance and troubleshooting of control and information systems. These include user-defined add-on instructions designed to improve standardization and code reuse; integrated drives configuration; Kinematics robot control; FuzzyDesigner to create fuzzy logic algorithms; and Logix alarm instructions.

ProLink II lets ProTeus V users enter and track work orders over the web.

Ther Sentry-V enhancement combines Eagle’s CMMS solution with advanced algorithms for performance monitoring of air distribution systems. Benefits include energy savings, greater occupant comfort, improved equipment performance and overall lower cost of operation and maintenance. It uses existing systems data and works with all major Building Automation Systems (BAS).

The MULTI 5.0 compiler yields a significant code density and speed improvement over the previous generation of Green Hills’ compilers, including a 14% performance improvement in the EEMBC Telecom benchmark.

The module is an extension to the ANSI C development environment that makes it easy for engineers to create and deploy reliable and deterministic applications to dedicated real-time hardware such as PXI and desktop PCs.

The DNP OPC Server Suite supports both serial and Ethernet drivers and provides consistent access from DNP 3.0 slave devices to a wide variety of OPC client-enabled applications. DNP is an open protocol used in applications where data integrity over minimal data bandwidth is important. It is primarily used in Power Generation & Distribution related industries but is also common in other Utility applications such as Wastewater Treatment.

Operational Insight Lite, a software tool to acquire, display, and analyze OPC data, is available as a free download to a limited number of beta users in February, then will be free to all in April. It includes the ability to access both real-time and historical data.

Enhancements to Network Shutdown Module (NSM) v3.1 software include a user-friendly, web-based interface; iServer virtualization compatibility with the possibility to trigger a graceful shutdown of VMware ESX & Guest OS; IBM Blade Center compatibility for faster installation and management; NAS support with Windows Server 2003 Appliance Edition compatibility; and 64-Bit compatibility for Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition on Xeon 64.

CADverters offers fast and accurate translation of CAD data between CATIA V5 R17 and Unigraphics NX; I-DEAS; Pro/Engineer; Parasolid; CADDS5; ICEM; and both ProductView and JT visualisation formats.

Version 8.0 of QI Analyst software has enterprise-level quality management functions that enable plant personnel to manage process variations in a standardized way, minimizing system setup, maintenance and training costs.

Version 5.60 enhancements include updated support for HMI/SCADA, Rockwell PLCs and Schneider Electric’s Concept.

This defect-prevention software package offers statistical process control and charting package capabilities designed for operators, technicians and engineers. It has user-defined charting and alarming, historical and live-data analysis, production summary reports, and worst-feature analysis.

PDXpert PLM product lifecycle management software addresses smaller companies' data management processes, including document and part definition, bill of materials (BOM) management, electronic file library (vault), and change forms with approval workflow.

Enhancements to PAS-X PHARMA V2.3 and PAS-X BIOTECH V2.2 include improved user prompts and dialogs, support for mobile devices such as Pocket PCs and PDAs, and data base security via Real Application Cluster (RAC) and DataGuard.

OPCcalc allows users to create process calculations that use OPC tags as equation inputs and outputs. OPCcalc 3.2 adds diagnostics to monitor the health of running equations, such as equation execution times, last completed execution, and missed executions.

Compatibility with Vista means that InduSoft Web Studio is still the only HMI/SCADA solution that runs on virtually every type of hardware in the automation and control industry, including cell phones, PDAs, embedded computers and panel computers, industrial devices, and desktop workstations with dual-core processors and high-power graphic cards.