Day: November 5, 2019

Prama Hikvision, India’s leading security and surveillance solution provider, participated in the 14th edition of Automation Expo 2019 to showcase its innovative solutions for the fast growing automation sector. The automation show, recently held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, attracted a record number of exhibitors from over two dozen countries. Commenting on the participation, Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Pvt. Ltd., said, “At the Automation India Expo, we displayed Hikvision’s innovative solutions in the machine vision system category including area scan camera, line scan camera, 3D camera, smart camera, vision box, FA lens, light source and software. These solutions are relevant to industry segments including semiconductor, medical and pharma, auto parts, drinking/ food, electronic connector, printing, solar cells, logistics and 3C products.” The exhibition had on display a vast array of products and innovations from global leaders in the field of industrial automation, now entering the era of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The show was inaugurated in the presence of the Chief Guest – Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman Forbes Marshall Group, and other dignitaries. The exhibition had the concurrent events like CEO Summit, Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) Conference and Safety Automation Conclave. The four-day event had on display state-of-the-art products and cutting edge technologies from the field of process automation and control systems, factory automation, industrial automation, field instrumentation, smart sensors and controllers, robotics and machine automation, motors and drives, software solutions, bus technologies, wireless technologies, building automation, automation in hydraulics and pneumatics, automation in renewable energy, and safety and security systems. Hikvision booth at the Automation Expo got good response from relevant visitors and delegates.  

Athenta Technologies, a leading product company specializing in integrated infrastructure management business is championing to connecting non-IT and IT Infrastructure entities for end to end monitoring, management and control. By the help of Athenta solutions, the companies can now address and keep an immaculate vigil so that the equipment performs as per their expectations and SLA ensuring high-end performance. The company offers state-of-the-art next-generation products for comprehensively and cohesively managing all aspect of the infrastructure – IT, building, industrial controls and energy. It helps optimize operational expenses, enhance customer experience, improve profitability, and reduce your carbon footprint in a cost-efficient manner. Athenta has also developed innovative solutions across every class of infrastructure management – IT and networks, energy and SCADA – based on their ground breaking AES platform that provides a unified environment to manage all classes of infrastructure. It holistically enables effective communication between the disparate subsystems and devices for proactively alerting the operations staff on any performance degradations or change in status. This is done while instantly making them aware of the cause of the degradation so that the equipment or the system could be changed or repaired. The products enable the customers to monitor and manage their infrastructure whether it’s facility, IT compute or operations, in real-time. They have an ‘open framework,’ to integrate with any vendor equipment and devices, or any third-party tools or applications. It has both northbound and southbound gateway integration capabilities. This facility allows the administrator to have seamless data sharing to build a collaborative decision-making system by integrating with any third-party system, existing in the customer premises. Athenta’s solution has an inbuilt device certification mechanism which would allow adding new equipment in the environment, without worrying about its manageability in sync with the other equipment. It also provides web-based consoles, which will headend all the proposed safety and security system. The integration enables viewing of all the systems through icons on the software. Upon selection of each icon, the screen for the respective system appears on the ICMS Workstation. The products have a smart software-embedded hardware which are easy to handle using simple ‘UI,’ also called ‘HawkEYE.’ It monitors and controls various infrastructure elements seamlessly through a single unified framework which can include – servers, networks, communication backbone, applications, databases, storages, wireless, CCTV, transformers, breakers, energy, fire – safety and security, pumps, AFC, DG’s etc. Athenta Appliance provides ‘manager of managers’ view that enables distributed environments to be managed with ease on single platform and on a single Windows. Key functionalities managed by Athenta Centralized monitoring and reporting of the energy utilities, safety and security equipment. Integrated helpdesk/ trouble ticketing system with the problem and resolution management. Efficient technology management to ensure optimum productivity of resources – cutting edge man and machine interface. To ensure that all safety and security devices are ready to handle any emergency. Complete fault management system with the support of topology view and aid for root cause identifications. An integrated fault and performance management system.  

Printronix Auto ID, a leading global player in enterprise-grade industrial printing solutions announced its popular ODV-2D printer/ barcode verification solution with three major upgrades. Combining verification & validation The ODV-2D can verify and validate barcodes as they are printed. For added accuracy, data printed on the label is validated to match the data sent from the host, and the barcode image is verified based on ISO standards. This is the only integrated solution on the market that prints, verifies and validates barcodes. This upgrade comes standard with the new release and can be added at no cost to the existing ODV-2D printers. Field kit Printronix is now offering a field kit that allows companies to transform their existing T8000 printers into an ODV-2D solution. The ODV2D prints labels, validates and verifies the content, over-strikes labels with rejected barcodes and reprints new labels. Additionally, it can provide detailed grading reports for every barcode printed and then be exported to a standard database file. Field kits can be installed on any T8000 (4 inch) printer by an ODV-2D certified partners. New reporting options Printronix has expanded its compatibility with third-party applications to capture ODV grading reports, enabling a full closed-loop barcode printing solution. This option allows companies that already use a third-party application to easily integrate ODV-2D reporting into their existing process. However, where the third-party applications are not required, companies can continue to use the Auto ID Data Manager, one of the many applications within Printronix PrintNet Enterprise software suite, to capture detailed reports of every grade and barcode printed. “When we introduced the ODV-2D 18 months ago we immediately captured the attention of the compliance and regulatory markets not only due to the 1D and 2D barcode verification capability, but also because of its ability to seamlessly integrate into production environments,” said Andy Edwards, Director of Product Management, “We will continue to invest in the technology and the latest version adds several enhancements that increase the versatility, expand the application scope, and optimize the installation process.” With the introduction of the integrated ODV-2D, Printronix has eliminated the need for companies to piece together their own solution from separate printers and scanners. Built on the ultra-reliable T8000 printer platform, the ODV-2D offers robust printer performance integrated with advanced barcode verification and validation technology plus a full suite of thermal printer language emulations and features that allow it to integrate easily into any environment. As companies struggle to meet industry requirements for barcode compliance, many businesses are turning to barcode verification solutions to eliminate refused shipments and costly fines, as well as meet regulatory printing requirements. The ODV-2D provides a comprehensive and affordable solution for this market.