Phoenixville, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/17/2010 -- INGEAR (http://www.ingeardrivers.com) invests heavily in software development to insure applications continue to run with current automation and Microsoft technologies. The company also updates software titles by adding new capabilities, features, and functionality to enhance the application’s performance.
Automation vendors continually change, update, and improve hardware, controllers, and devices. Microsoft improves their operating systems, compilers, and languages through new releases and service packs. All these changes can severely impact how current or future INGEAR applications run and behave.
It is important that customers keep and renew an annual subscription to stay current with the latest new product features and updates.
A Yearly Subscription Includes:
- Product Upgrades (Major/Minor)
- Live Phone Support (Toll Free in US/Canada)
- Priority Help Desk response
- Unlimited e-mail support
- Special Offers and Promotions
- Invitations to Beta Releases of new product
The better the information plant personnel have regarding operations, the greater the ability to manage costs, output, quality, and ultimately – profitability. Some of the most valuable data lies within the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that automate assembly lines. Manufacturers typically deploy PLCs machine-by-machine, however, accessing that data can be a real challenge.
The INGEAR.NET software from CimQuest is a set of runtime free class libraries that simplify building, developing, and deploying connected systems for manufacturing applications using Visual Basic or Visual Studio .NET. It uses only three primary classes of .NET code:
- one of which manages the PLC,
- one manages the data that are read from or written to that PLC,
- one manages groupings of methods, properties, and events to optimize read/write operations on a collection.
It includes a direct Ethernet communication channel to the PLCs enabling developers to write HMI interfaces to PLC controls or acquiring data from them. No additional third-party components, drivers, APIs or tools, such as OPC Servers, are required. This simple programming model by CimQuest InGear contributes to faster response times and ease of use and ultimately – profitability.
CimQuest INGEAR
http://www.ingeardrivers.com
Chuck Karwoski
plc.net@ingeardrivers.com
Toll Free: 1.866.935.7979 | Telephone: 1.610.935.8282