Software & IT

MEX Work Order module for iPad

31 August, 2011 | Supplied by: MEX Pty Ltd

The Work Order module of the MEX CMMS system has been released for the iPad. With the growth of the iPad, particularly as a business tool, MEX saw the opportunity to integrate MEX and the iPad and give customers the opportunity to use the iPad platform to manage their maintenance.


ExperTune PlantTriage with Root Cause Finder

30 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Daesim Technologies Pty Ltd

ExperTune’s PlantTriage software now automatically finds the root cause of process upsets. The Root Cause Finder automates the in-depth analysis that was previously performed by an experienced engineer.


Honeywell Remote Collaboration, Optimisation and Operations solution

30 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Honeywell has announced the launch of its Remote Collaboration, Optimisation and Operations solution, designed to help customers share their expertise across remote facilities, improve safety in hazardous environments and optimise production and improve recovery.


Intergraph Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data

23 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Intergraph Corporation Pty Ltd

Intergraph has released the newest version of Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data, a preconfigured, best-practice solution to enable rapid implementation of SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D (collectively known as Smart 3D), and materials management. The Standard Database reduces the effort required to define items, descriptions and dimensions that satisfy requirements throughout various phases of a project by delivering a comprehensive range of commodity codes used to uniquely describe materials through a project life cycle, while employing sophisticated and exhaustive rules to maintain material descriptions.


Post-Stuxnet industrial security

17 August, 2011 by Torsten Rössel, Director of Business Development, Innominate Security Technologies AG, Germany | Supplied by: Phoenix Contact Pty Ltd

By now, Stuxnet has become well known as the computer malware worm that allegedly infected Iranian organisations in 2010, most notably those plants alleged to be used for uranium enrichment. But regardless of its original purpose, Stuxnet now proves that insufficient IT security opens automation networks to a clear and present threat.


MDT Software AutoSave automation change management software

16 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric, the Australian distributor of MDT Software, has released the latest version of AutoSave, designed to protect, save, restore, discover and track changes in industrial programmable devices and documents.


GE Energy 4Sight calibration and maintenance software

08 August, 2011 | Supplied by: GE Energy

The 4Sight calibration and maintenance software from the Sensing business of GE Energy’s Measurement & Control Solutions is a scalable solution for single-user or multisite businesses. It can streamline maintenance workflow by improving data integrity, optimising work schedules, automating calibration and maintenance, and correcting instrument deviations. Using web-based technology, the software will help to achieve regulatory compliance and safety, and can provide 25 to 40% reductions in maintenance costs in the industrial, petrochemical, chemical, process, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical sectors.


National Instruments CompactRIO cRIO-908x systems and sbRIO-9605/06 boards

03 August, 2011 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty Ltd

The NI cRIO-908x systems feature an Intel Core i7 1.33 GHz dual-core processor for increased processing power, Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the option of a Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) OS configuration for monitoring and control applications that require high performance and the ruggedness of CompactRIO.


Matrikon OPC Tunneller

01 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Matrikon Asia-Pacific

OPC Tunneller from MatrikonOPC now supports encryption and data compression to provide an easy, reliable and secure way to communicate between networked computers. It does away with the difficulties typically associated with DCOM configuration. Different protocols, security settings or locations are no longer a factor when sharing data between computers. This is achieved by installing OPC Tunneller on the OPC client and OPC server nodes and then telling the Tunneller client where the Tunneller server exists.


A life cycle approach to energy management in the process industries

31 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

In most process industries, the management of energy consumption has become a high priority in recent years. But standalone and ad hoc efforts to manage energy will not achieve the results that can be achieved when a comprehensive life cycle approach is used.


Schneider Electric MachineStruxure automation software solution

29 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has launched MachineStruxure, an automation offer designed to give OEMs the ability to engineer an entire machine from one software package - creating time, cost and energy efficiencies. It is based on flexible hardware platforms and a comprehensive single software suite, SoMachine, which simplifies programming and commissioning of the machine by building all the required elements into one software environment.


MathWorks Simulink Design Verifier v2.0

26 July, 2011 | Supplied by: MathWorks Australia

MathWorks has announced that Simulink Design Verifier now includes Polyspace analysis technology for automated error detection in Simulink models. Simulink Design Verifier 2.0 integrates Polyspace error detection with existing property proving and test generation capabilities to help reduce the time required to find and fix the root cause of design errors, decreasing the overall cost of verification and validation.


Effective OPC security for control systems - Part 2

21 July, 2011 by Eric Byres, PEng, ISA Fellow, CTO, Byres Security Inc | Supplied by: Matrikon Asia-Pacific

Recent security incidents such as the Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens WinCC and PCS7 systems in Iran and the remote sabotage of a Texas power utility are a wake-up call for the industrial automation industry. We continue our article from last month with a more in-depth look at the concept of ‘defence in depth’.


Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Batch version 11

10 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia

The application development capabilities of FactoryTalk Batch software have been expanded to help users design and run batch applications more rapidly. Version 11 features intelligent recipe capabilities, secure operator overrides, expanded data collection and reporting and improved material management capabilities.


MathWorks SimDriveline software

09 July, 2011 | Supplied by: MathWorks Australia

The new version of SimDriveline software helps simplify the integration of other physical domains into drivetrain models, including thermal losses in geartrains, electrical solenoids and hydraulically actuated clutches. SimDriveline, based on Mathworks’ Simscape technology, helps engineers model and simulate mechanical systems in Simulink for a variety of automotive, aerospace, defence and industrial applications.


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