The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997.
Legal revision of deregulation of power industry was performed in 2000. These
facts caused us to feel the prospect of energy problems. And also, we
considered that all facilities consumed enormous quantity of electric power
would have to be supervised and controlled by effective ways for conservation
of energy, might be needed to solve these problems. A lot of stand-alone
industrial computers ware already under operation for supervisory and
controlling for these facilities in the world. Communication network was also
available here. One of the most effective ways to solve problems was expected
that all stand-alone computers under operation would communicate each other in
order to control these facilities together via communication network. Here, it
was needed to provide additional new function for each current computer, in
order to operate facility by an effective method. Unfortunately, software of these
computers ware usually designed based on stand-alone environment and installed
by deregulated ways, caused to serious problems to provide the additional
functions for each computer, which is under operation.
Only the engineer who had designed just
these computers, are able to do these works of improvement of function, or to
provide new function for current computer. That is, it was very difficult for
the 3rd person to do this work for computer, which once began to operate.
We made up our mind to solve these
problems, and lunched out into development in 2003.Fundamental design of
application software of current computer under operation had no open
environment, caused to prevent the 3rd person form improvement of function, or
to provide new function.
O Automatic operation for energy
conservation
For example, the function for excellent energy conservation, which those who manufacture a function developed can be used by computer under operation, independent of maker and form.It is called so to speak multi vendor.
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Remote supervisory control and data acquisition
The excellent supervisory control and
data acquisition function which those who manufacture a function developed can
also be treated similarly.
We will do effort for research and development in order to provide more
advanced functions in which such an effect is expected.
Industrial computer usually is provided
the fundamental function to show the states of facilities, as well as the
function to control facility to change state, as operator aimed. Here, he can
know the current state of facilities correctly by monitoring the screen of a
computer.
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Multi-vender environment for industrial
computer is available for system engineer of computer, to provide new functions
for automatic control of facilities. He is always free from restrictions causes
by computer maker or product specifications. He prepare macro commands
(scenario), in order to control facilities by way of graphic operation, which
consist of mouse and key board operations, such as start operation and change
status of air-conditioner etc., for individual computers.