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Find out the answer to the
question: which is better an open computer system or a closed one?
Without hesitation, 9 out of 10 computer savvy consumers will say
open. This response is the result of nearly 30 years of PC
development during which the hardware has been open and the various
Microsoft operating systems have been de-facto open.
Automation products have long lifetimes that are measured in decades and not years. So advances in technology particularly PC technology may mean that automation products and applications have to change, sometimes painfully.
Several companies, including Advantech, have produced a powerful and useful hybrid of the programmable controller and the PC. This device is generally called a PAC, or programmable automation controller.
Network hosts typically have to poll the I/O server repeatedly in order to obtain remote sensor data over an Ethernet network. This white paper presents a new approach to IP-based data acquisition and control that is dramatically faster, more flexible, easier to configure, and easier to program for.
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