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Incorporating support for MPLS carrier services, the DynaStar OS 7.4 software release enables substation planners to take advantage of new MPLS-based carrier services that often offer more cost effective, flexible and secure networking for distributed sites, especially those with a requirement for peer-to-peer communications.

Enhancements include a setup wizard that makes it easy to set up new or existing networks. The user can see the name of each radio and review which slaves are communicating with the master and which slaves are communicating through repeaters. The user can choose to set alarms to appear at the bottom of the screen, make a sound, display a pop-up or send an e-mail/text message. A free version can be downloaded.

Products that are Vista-ready include: USB 2.0 Serial Adapters; USB 1.1 Serial Adapters; Traditional 1.1 USB serial adapters; PCMCIA Serial Cards; Mobile connectivity serial expansion cards; and UPCI Serial Boards.

The L64 Programmable Automation Controller (PAC)has 16MB of memory, twice the memory of previous models. For information-intensive applications, such as batch processing, the L64 provides larger storage capacity to store more data locally, enabling the user to switch recipes to meet production line demands.

The latest version includes 30 product enhancements that help users simplify programming and configuration and ease maintenance and troubleshooting of control and information systems. These include user-defined add-on instructions designed to improve standardization and code reuse; integrated drives configuration; Kinematics robot control; FuzzyDesigner to create fuzzy logic algorithms; and Logix alarm instructions.

The Foxboro 84S Vortex 3A-authorized sanitary vortex flowmeters are for use in sanitary liquid, gas, or steam pharmaceutical applications. It provides accuracies of ±0.5 percent of reading with liquids, and ±1.0 percent of reading with gas and steam.

Using on-board data archival, the Fast Analog module increases system throughput by reducing the overhead required in collecting high-speed data. Featuring four archiving inputs and two outputs, the module generates extremely fast sample rates, while decreasing backplane traffic for optimized system performance.

These switches feature a compact and slim package design that makes them ideal for applications where DIN rail space is a premium. Slim Line (SL) switches are available in five-port (SL-5MS) and eight-port (SL-8MS) models, with up to two fiber optic ports.

PhidgetAccelerometer provides vibration, tilt, and acceleration sensing. The module is calibrated at the factory and comes ready to use; it connects to a PC or a MAC through the USB port. The product is designed for quick prototyping and can be used in a wide variety of applications.

ProLink II lets ProTeus V users enter and track work orders over the web.