GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces QuickPanel View Integrated
Communications
GE Fanuc
Intelligent Platforms
RELEASE: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, April 15, 2008 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise
Solutions, today announced that its QuickPanel View products have been enhanced to allow greater
integrated communications with a vast array of products through collaboration with Kepware
Technologies' KEPServerEX.
"By using Kepware Technologies' software, we added 39 new third-party protocols to the QuickPanel
View platform and will add 97 protocols for View Runtime on the PC platform," said Paul Daugherty,
Operator Interface Product Manager for GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms. "We can now easily connect
the benefits of our QuickPanels to virtually any device in the world. This helps manufacturing run
better."
A joint development team from Kepware Technologies and GE Fanuc worked to integrate KEPServerEX
and drivers into GE Fanuc's award-winning Proficy Machine Edition View software. This integration
means that users can add drivers, devices and tags just as they did before. Tag Variables are created
once and once only. Integration provides consistency in configuration from driver to driver and access
to in-depth diagnostics for troubleshooting. QuickPanel View drivers are included in the Machine
Edition View Development package.
Available in a variety of display sizes, the QuickPanel View bundled visualization solution provides the
tools required for today's application needs. By integrating the best-selling QuickPanel family of touch
screens with Proficy Machine Edition software, QuickPanel View delivers flexible, scalable performance
on a rugged hardware platform. The intuitive environment of Proficy View – Machine Edition software
helps reduce application development time, and connectivity is made easy with a family of serial,
Ethernet and fieldbus interfaces.
"GE Fanuc is a leading vendor in the HMI/SCADA and HMI Panel marketplaces and we are excited to
have been selected as a supplier of communications technology," said Roy Kok, Vice President of
Marketing and Sales for Kepware Technologies, located in Portland, Maine. "GE Fanuc has always been
a supplier of open technology and this relationship will significantly enhance their ability to serve
customers with third-party controller solutions."
"Because our system is open and connected," continued GE Fanuc's Daugherty, "users can configure
it to act as the bridge between the enterprise and the plant floor providing useful data in managing
the business. As information needs grow, the hardware easily grows as well with the ability to connect
to any device with more than 100 built in drivers and a wide range of communications options. We are
very excited about the possibilities for our customers."
ABOUT KEPWARE: Kepware is the world leader in
communication software for automation and offers unique experience
in both OPC and embedded
device communications. Since 1995, Kepware has focused on
the development of communication drivers to automation controllers,
I/O and field devices. Today, with over 100 communication protocols,
and through the efforts of our direct sales, distribution and
embedded partners, Kepware is the leading provider of communications
with annual shipments exceeding 100,000 units. Kepware's responsiveness
to customer needs and strong partnerships with other leading
automation suppliers ensure that your next application will be
a success. Ask around and you'll hear why automation professionals
everywhere consider Kepware Technologies; "Automation's Best
Friend";. (http://www.kepware.com)
About GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms: GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a joint venture between General Electric (NYSE: GE) and FANUC LTD
of Japan, is a high-performance technology company and a global provider of hardware,
software, services, expertise and experience in automation and embedded computing, with
products employed in virtually every industry, including manufacturing automation, defense,
automotive, telecommunications, healthcare and aerospace. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is a
worldwide company headquartered in Charlottesville, VA and is part of GE Enterprise Solutions.
