Microscan to Instruct Machine Vision Tutorial for Lab Automation at SLAS 2012

Renton, WA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Microscan, the global technology leader in barcode and machine vision solutions for life sciences, will conduct an educational machine vision workshop at the upcoming Society for Laboratory Automation & Screening (SLAS) Annual Conference and Exhibition, scheduled to take place February 4-8, 2012 in San Diego, CA. The presentation will be held in Room 9 of the San Diego Convention Center on Monday February 6, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM.

As the premier global provider of embedded identification and inspection technology for lab automation applications, Microscan will instruct a tutorial titled ?Machine Vision Basics and Applications for Lab Automation.? The workshop will educate attendees on the basics of digital imaging and machine vision used in lab applications, as well as technologies and parameters involved in acquiring and processing digital images.

Microscan has served major laboratory automation, medical device, and clinical diagnostics customers for the past 30 years, and brings a strong portfolio of proven barcode and machine vision solutions to the life science market. To meet specific customer requirements, Microscan continues to develop new and innovative embedded inspection technologies for regulated manufacturing environments.

Course instructor Niels Wartenberg, Senior Applications Engineer, brings over 12 years of experience instructing identification technology courses in a variety of venues. Prior to joining Microscan, Wartenberg spent more than eight years implementing barcode technology in clinical laboratory systems for a major manufacturer of diagnostics instrumentation. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering, and served as an instructor for barcoding technology overview courses for the Association of Laboratory Automation for 11 years.

For more information about Microscan, visit the company at SLAS in Booth #1013 or visit http://www.microscan.com.

About Microscan

Microscan is a global leader in technology for precision data acquisition and control solutions serving a wide range of automation and OEM applications. Founded in 1982, Microscan has a strong history of technology innovation that includes the invention of the first laser diode barcode scanner and the 2D symbology, Data Matrix. Today, Microscan remains a technology leader in automatic identification and machine vision with extensive solutions for ID tracking, traceability and inspection ranging from basic barcode reading up to complex machine vision inspection, identification, and measurement.

As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company recognized for quality leadership in the U.S., Microscan is known and trusted by customers worldwide as a provider of quality, high precision products. Microscan is a Spectris company. For more information, visit http://www.microscan.com.

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Open Automation Software Announces a New Level of Secure OPC Connectivity for SCADA Systems: OPC Systems.NET

Evergreen, CO, USA (PRWEB) February 22, 2011

Today Open Automation Software announced the release of OPC Systems.NET Enterprise Version 4 with enhanced OPC Connectivity, and security, designed to provide full user friendly support for SCADA systems and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs). The new release of the Open Automation Software's platform provides full support for 32 and 64 bit Windows operating systems exponentially expanding the amount of real-time data supported from each server to 1,000,000 tags.

The OPC Systems.NET Enterprise solution is specifically designed with the needs of the End-User in mind to integrate business application systems with plant floor production data. The GUI Interface provides a user friendly environment that enables End-Users with the ability to set and control the range of tags from 100 to 1,000,000 per server. Continuing a tradition of providing flexible and open solutions, Open Automation Software incorporated a distributed multi-server design in the OPC Systems.Net Enterprise solution that provides full functionality and support for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems such as: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003-2008, and Windows 7 (32 Bit and 64 Bit).

Unlike other HMI SCADA software, OPC Systems.NET Enterprise implements a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to deploy scalable solutions which leverage the power of the network communications functions built into the Microsoft .NET Framework. This unique SOA design also enables the platform be the first true "Smart Client" SCADA solution on the market today. End-Users benefit from having an HMI, trending package, and alarming package all in one easily deployable bundle. This combination of functionality eliminates the additional costs of add-on software as data transfer and manipulation needs grow. Everything that an end-user or OEM needs is already included within the OPC Systems.NET Enterprise software package providing the ability to be an agile and scalable solution that enables system growth.

"The problem that many plants face today is turning data into useful information quickly, at a reasonable cost, and on mobile devices. By getting the important real-time information to the right individuals each critical decision can be made with confidence by knowing the current real conditions of any system in your plant or facility. By choosing a flexible, and scalable, product like OPC Systems.NET Enterprise End-Users can easily implement and deploy solutions quickly with little or no programming experience." said Ken Eldridge, President of Open Automation Software.

OPC Systems.NET Enterprise is a completely secure solution offering the following features:

????The ability to archive data and alarms for easy queries from third party reporting and database consumers.

????Easy and secure access from the web, WinForms, WPF, or Windows Service applications.

????Easily configurable systems based on end-user business data requirements such as: data logging, alarm logging, alarm notification, and recipe management.

????The elimination of custom code or specialized scripting to share data with third party applications.

????Secure communications to external databases, management applications, remote locations, and mobile devices via a built-in 128 bit TCP/IP security feature.

????Robust and open data exchange between: OPC Clients and Servers, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and .NET applications.

More information about the Enterprise version of OPC Systems.NET is available at: http://www.opcenterprise.com

About Open Automation Software:

Open Automation Software was formed in 1993 with the vision of empowering end-users and OEMs with the freedom to create the applications they needed to truly build "best of breed" systems. Open Automation Software achieved this by providing the tools to quickly and easily develop SCADA products using Microsoft Visual Studio. The culmination of this vision was the creation of OPC Systems.NET. OPC Systems.NET is the flagship product for Open Automation Software and leverages OPC standards from the OPC Foundation to enable secure communications and support for Smart Clients, Web-based Clients and Server, Mobile Clients, and Mobile Devices.

http://www.opcsystems.com

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