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News Release from: Eurotherm | Subject: Bridge 5000 remote viewing software package
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2002
Remote viewing software accesses data
recorders
Remote viewing software package enables remote workstations to access and control any data recorders over unlimited distances.
Eurotherm has introduced a new version of its Bridge 5000 remote viewing software package, enabling remote workstations to access and control any of its 5000 Series data recorders over unlimited distances This latest version provides a powerful, user-friendly interface via a direct connection, Ethernet link, Local Area Network or the Internet, with a number of new features and greater functionality
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The software will support any Java compatible client capable of running a TCP/IP connection protocol, including PCs, Macs, Unix workstations or Industrial Panels.
Alternatively, more than one recorder may be viewed from a single workstation by running multiple Bridges.
Instrument user screens on 5000 Series recorders are a fixed size (using the whole of the display area), however, as Bridge 5000 operates within a Windows environment, remote screens may be customised, and screens dynamically resized as with any other Windows application.
The new release comes with a number of powerful options, including Batch Operation, (allowing the remote user to perform all batch control and logging operations that can be done locally), User Screens (allowing remote creation, display and modification of custom screens) and File Explorer (allowing instrument files to be viewed and manipulated remotely).
Karen Rigby, Eurotherm's Data Management Product Manager, believes that the new version of Bridge 5000 will significantly improve functionality and versatility of 5000 Series recorders, particularly when sited in remote locations.
She comments: "The proliferation of industrial networks means that instruments which record process data must now be easily accessible and controllable by remote users.
This is particularly true of instruments working in unmanned exterior locations.
Not only does Bridge 5000 provide all the functionality necessary, it will be a significant timesaver in today's networked environment.
Process managers no longer need to be on site with the process to control the monitoring of their process.
They can do it all remotely, without the need to leave their desk." Eurotherm is part of the Automation Division of Invensys, one of the world's leading automation and controls companies.
Eurotherm manufactures at a number of locations in Europe and the USA, and is a major supplier to the worlds processing and manufacturing industries.
In the UK, design and assembly is carried out at the company's sites in Worthing, West Sussex.
Product offerings include temperature and process controllers and indicators, data recorders and data acquisition systems, and complete process automation solutions.
Eurotherm are an ISO9000 approved Company, and operate TickIT protocols for software management.
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