Control Engineering and Design World Readers Honor Opto 22's SNAP PAC Wired+Wireless(tm) Systems

Engineers Award Company's Hardware for its Technological Advancement, Market Impact, Vision, and Creativity

Temecula, CA - February 02, 2010 - Opto 22's SNAP PAC family of Wired+Wireless programmable automation controllers and I/O has won two of the automation industry's most prestigious honors-Control Engineering magazine's 2010 Engineers' Choice Award and Design World Magazine's 2010 Leadership in Engineering Award.

Control Engineering, published by Reed Business Information, has a circulation of over 86,000 North American subscribers. Russian, Middle Eastern, and multiple Asian and European editions of the magazine help make it one of the world's foremost trade publications covering the control, instrumentation, and automation industries. The Engineers' Choice Awards acknowledge products for service to the industry, technological advancement, and market impact. This year's winners were selected from 96 new products in 29 categories. Over 600 votes were cast, with Opto 22's SNAP PAC Wired+Wireless hardware winning in the category designated for wireless controllers and I/O. The selection is Opto 22's ninth such award from Control Engineering, including honors for its SNAP-PAC-R2 rack-mounted programmable automation controller, the SNAP-PAC-S2 standalone controller, and most recently, for its intelligent I/O for Allen-Bradley Systems (IO4AB.)

Design World magazine is one of the leading trade publications for OEM machine builders, design engineers, and engineering managers. Its Leadership in Engineering Awards recognize products and individuals that demonstrate exceptional vision, trustworthiness, integrity, honesty, service, and creativity. Recognition for Opto 22's SNAP PAC Wired+Wireless hardware gives Opto 22 its second Leadership in Engineering Award. The company was previously honored for its PAC Project software suite.

For each of these awards, the SNAP PAC Wired+Wireless hardware was specifically selected for being a powerful, versatile, and unique I/O and controller combination that works like a laptop. Users can plug an Ethernet cable in for traditional networking, or switch on the Wi-Fi radio for wireless networking. No additional I/O hardware is required to use wireless, and all functions work the same whether wired or wireless. The product's technological merits include support for several standard industrial networking protocols, including Modbus®/TCP, EtherNet/IP(tm), FTP, SNMP, and SMTP. The hardware's innovative design and unique product features-particularly its dual (wired plus wireless) functionality and its support for three of the major 802.11 variants (a, b, and g)-were also acknowledged for giving automation professionals unparalleled industrial networking options and making it cheaper and easier for them to design, build, and modify control systems.

Control Engineering's Engineers' Choice Award winners will be showcased in a printed supplement included with the February issue. For more information, go to http://www.controleng.com/awards.

Design World's Leadership in Engineering Award winners are featured in the special January issue of the magazine, available now. For more information, visit www.designworldonline.com.

About Opto 22
Opto 22 develops and manufactures hardware and software for applications involving industrial automation and control, remote monitoring, and data acquisition. Opto 22 products use standard, commercially available networking and computer technologies, and have an established reputation worldwide for ease-of-use, innovation, quality, and reliability. Opto 22 products are used by automation end-users, OEMs, and information technology and operations personnel. The company was founded in 1974 and is privately held in Temecula, California, USA. Opto 22 products are available through a worldwide network of distributors and system integrators. For more information visit www.opto22.com.

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