Fire alarm systems are essential in providing an early warning in the event of fire. They help to save lives and protect property whilst also fulfilling the needs of insurance companies and government departments.Fire alarm systems typically consist of several inter-linked components, such as smoke detectors, heat detector, carbon monoxide, manual call points, sounders, alarm and buzzer. The fire alarm system should give immediate information in order to prevent the fire spread and protect live and property.To get maximum protection a shoe manufacturer in Indonesia opted for a new fire alarm system to monitor 13 production sites spread over 160 hectars. Although the company had an existing fire alarm system, it could not be monitored remotely.It was essential that the new system would be able to be monitored from a central control room. It needed to be able to connect to the existing smoke detector and manual call point. Information should be easily collected and passed on to the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. Furthermore, the system should have several features such as alarm management, auto reporting, being connected to many client computers without additional cost, and run 24/7 without fails. The company also needed a system which could be implemented without changing the architecture of the existing fire alarm system.

At any given time, the textile company’s manufacturing facility has up to 2,000 textile carts in use. These carts are pushed from room to room, carrying materials or semi-finished products. Previously, a paper with a hand-written description was attached to each cart. This traditional method of processing made product tracking extremely difficult. Additionally, making sure that every cart of materials or semi-finished products went to its correct processing work station was also a problem. Therefore, the company desired an intelligent solution for tracking assets at their factories. They also wanted a solution that would help them collect process data so they could improve their manufacturing efficiency.

Recently a university in Taiwan was experiencing dramatic power usage increases due to its growing number of campus buildings and students. Aiming to analyze their power consumption and increase their power efficiency across 52 buildings, the university wanted to build a power management system utilizing web-based hardware and software. With these goals in mind, they contacted Advantech to help them develop their system and provide them with the means to save energy in the years to come.

APAX-5045 modules provide excellent flexibility by offering both digital input and output channels. DI channels can accept 2-wiring inputs from a DC voltage source, to determine the state of limits, standard switches or proximity switches, and DO channels can generate discrete signal to external devices and change its output value to control the external devices.

APAX-5017 modules offer analog input channels for voltage and current signal measurement. Users can configure each channel with different input type and measurement range.

APAX-5620KW is a RISC-based Controller with an Intel XScale PXA270 CP. It also features two CAN bus interfaces, which support CANOpen stack (DS301 & 302), and two RS-485 ports allowing it to connect to remote I/O devices as well as being able to support up to 32 APAX I/O modules. The APAX-5620KW supports Microsoft Visual Studio, and .Net programming language, thereby allowing PC-based users to easily develop their own applications. It is also compatible with IEC-61131-3 based Multiprog KW languages, which allow users to download change functions and time deterministic support. With these great features, the APAX-5620 is an excellent cost-effective solution for a wide range of applications, such as steel production monitoring, spinning & weaving machinery, factory automation, and tunnels & freeways.

Advantech Webaccess, as the core of Advantech's IoT solution, provides users with a cross-platform, cross-browser data access experience and a user interface based on HTML5 technology. With Webaccess, users can build an information management platform and improve the effectiveness of vertical markets' development and management.Advantech WebAccess provides an HTML5 based Dashboard as the next generation of WebAccess HMI. System integrators can use Dashboard Editor to create the customized information page by using analysis charts and diagrams which are called widgets. After the dashboard screens have been created, end user can view the data by Dashboard Viewer with any browser for a seamless viewing experience across PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones.WebAccess / CloudAdvantech dedicated to offer the comprehensive solutions to meet our customers' needs. In addition to the sustainable development of project based monitoring and control application software, WebAccess is also committed to develop the service based cloud application platform. WebAccess provides various types of services such as data communication, data synchronization, data visualization, IoT administration, and multi project maintenance in the cloud architectureKey advantages:1. Cross-Platform/Browsers Monitoring2. Data Synchronisation3. Data Visualisation4. IoT Administration5. Multi-project maintenanceWebAccess / SCADAAdvantech WebAccess is a browser-based software package for human-machine interfaces HMI, and supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA. It is used to automate complex industrial processes for situations where remote operations are needed. All the features found in conventional HMI and SCADA software packages are available in an ordinary browser including Animated Graphics Displays, Real-time Data Control, Trends, Alarms and Logs.Feature Highlight: Business Intelligence DashboardWebAccess provides Business intelligence analytic services by a HTML5-based Dashboard. User can create the customized information page by using analysis charts and diagrams which are called widgets. User can view the data in different browsers, like Explorer, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox for a seamless viewing experience across PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones.WebAccess / CNCAdvantech WebAccess/CNC is the core solution for network CNC devices. Based on the 100% web based WebAccess/SCADA software structure, WebAccess/CNC provides major CNC networking functions and provides the advantages of SCADA software to the CNC market. Through the additional ability to monitor I/O devices, WebAccess/CNC brings the benefits of CNC information management and status visualization. Users can browse the SCADA web pages through Internet Explorer to monitor and capture real time CNC information and the production status. This improves efficiency by analyzing device availability.Advantech WebAccess/CNC is CNC networking software designed specifically for the machine tool market. Through the integration of a large number of SCADA drivers, WebAccess/CNC supports the majority of CNC, I/O and PLC devices to collect factory equipment information and develop the industrial networking applications.Key advantages:1. Supports major CNC and I/O monitoring device functions2. Supports various protocols to connect common industrial devices and PLCs3. 100% web-based SCADA including HTML5 dashboard and cross operating system display4. Provides the full functionality of WebAccess professional version5. Available CNC connection numbers upgrade6. Provide details of the availability of CNC devices to handle the production efficiencyWebAccess / HMIWebAccess/HMI Designer is powerful yet intuitive software to create total solutions for Human Machine Interface products. WebAccess/HMI Designer is proven in many application fields and is an easy integrated development tool. The features include solution-oriented screen objects, high-end vector graphics, Windows fonts for multilanguage applications, a recipe, an alarms, a data logger and operation logging. WebAccess/HMI Designer also provides online/offline simulation and other utility programs such as Data Transfer Helper (DTH), recipe editor and text editor.WebAccess/HMI Runtime, a part of WebAccess/HMI, guarantees reliability and performance of Open Platform because of the minimum system overhead, high communication data rates, sub-second screen switching, and 24/7 operation. Our fast response software team adds new functions, communication drivers ands solutions to the software all the time to meet dynamic needs.

The flexible and expandable architecture of the WISE-PaaS platform allows for seamless integration between a diversity of cloud solutions and equipment by applying 150+ RESTful APIs, web services, and MQTT messaging protocol. These APIs allow the programmer to make function calls in order to access system features without worrying about the underlying source code or understanding how the internal hardware works. Customers can choose from a variety of solution-ready sets, simply purchase a standard set to create a completely unique object, or choose to combine standard and theme-based packages to fully customize an IoT solution that suits their individual requirements and working conditions. An online platform that supports multiple modules and solutions, from security to remote access and control.

To fulfill the ever-changing specialized demands of various industrial applications, Advantech designed an intelligent self-management agent with software control functions and standalone hardware design: iManager, a built-in solution chip, is a perfect solution that provides a standardized API, integrating several unique platform consolidating functions needed by embedded system integrators to help improve consistency, lighten the development effort and speed-up a product’s time-to-market.

Rockwell is a provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that helps manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage for their businesses. Rockwell operates in two segments: Architecture & Software, which deals in hardware, software and communication components of the organization, and Controls Products & Solutions that handles a portfolio of intelligent motor control and industrial control products, application expertise and project management capabilities.

Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems.Year founded: 1910Revenue: $94.0 billion (2014)TYO: 6501

Denso Wave Inc. is a leading company which provides best solutions in the business of Automatic Data Captures, Industrial Robots and Controllers.