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Parks Associates’ Forum 2001

Parks Associates’ Forum 2001, will take place on October 1-3 at The Regent Las Vegas.

This year’s theme, Leveraging Digital Opportunities, focuses on small office and home applications that leverage the growth of the Internet to deliver new and innovative services to the end customer in a variety of environments. Each year, Forum provides a cross-industry roundup of strategic thought, current activity, and market trends for companies offering products, systems and services to consumers-at-home.

Topics will range from:

• telematics to telemedicine to the connected home;
•  innovations in energy management, broadband, and entertainment; 
• distribution shifts and the role of brand in a digital world.

ExperTune's New PlantTriage Monitors and Prioritizes Loop Performance

PlantTriage Assessor continually watches and analyzes the process for the areas that will make the greatest economic impact. The Assessor monitors and evaluates over 20 separate analytical measures for every loop in the plant. All of these measures are archived for historical trending of each performance measure. Any combination can be viewed if detailed analysis is desired. In addition all the performance measures are made available via OPC - so they can be made available to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

PlantTriage Notification reports via email with areas that will benefit the most economically from improvement. Optionally, PlantTriage can send a complete priority analysis report to have your plant watched from an outsourced engineering house.

Slaney Controls new range of control valves

Slaney Controls announces the launch of an exciting new range of control valves with a selection of actuators for all applications.  

Competitively priced to meet today's economic challenges at the same time maintaining the high standard associated with all Slaney products.

Simply click on http://www.slaney-controls.com/productnews.htm to be taken directly to information on the new range and/or print out a copy of the new valve prices for your catalogue.

BACnet - IT works!

The 2001 BACnet Conference and Exposition is being held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, located in State College, PA. September 23 – 25, 2001.

You are cordially invited to attend the 2001 BACnet Conference and Exposition hosted by the BACnet Interest Group - North America (BIG-NA) and the BACnet Manufacturers Association (BMA). The conference is intended for anyone interested in automation systems that employ the BACnet protocol. Presentations, panel discussions, and question/answer sessions will feature speakers considered to be experts in the building automation field and the BACnet protocol.

Wireless LAN 2001 

Developing Wireless Connectivity for Public and Private Network Infrastructures
Wyndham Emerald Plaza San Diego, California October 29-31, 2001

The Wireless LAN industry is growing at an exponential rate - fueled by meeting the needs of today's mobile professional in both the public access and corporate enterprise space - making Wireless LAN the technology to watch and a catalyst for business networking, equipment development and new service offerings.

Broadband Building and Technology Show

The only technology show designed specifically for building and facility owners and managers - to meet the technology demands of their tenants. November 8 & 9, 2001, Atlanta Georgia.

BAPI New Engineering Guide

BAPI has available a new Engineering guide, a printed handbook with an accompanying CD-ROM. The Engineering guide was designed to assist engineers and designers in specifying and applying the most effective temperature and humidity sensor solutions based on their application. The CD Rom contains specifications that can be extracted and placed directly into
a master spec or product specification division 15900 series. Ask your BAPI professional to send you a copy of the Engineering Guide today.  For more information http://www.bapihvac.com/

Essential Reading on Digital Economy and Enterprise Energy Management

VICTORIA, BC, Aug. 30, 2001 - Power Measurement, a leading provider of enterprise energy management systems, today released its third in a series of energy management white papers addressing the challenges facing the US energy industry.

The paper, "Powering the New Digital Economy: How Enterprise Energy Management Systems Help Maximize Power Reliability" examines how many of today's high-tech enterprises need to operate 24 hours a day, yet cannot always rely on the existing power grid to provide an uninterrupted source of power. The paper also describes some of the specific requirements of digital economy businesses, and proposes ways to optimize power system performance and maximize uptime.

To download the full white paper in PDF format, please visit the white paper page (http://www.pml.com/press/de/default.asp?orig=pr) on the Power Measurement web site.

ProSyst and Siemens Household Appliances present "Future Home"

Cologne, 08/22/2001 - Future scenarios become reality: At IFA in Berlin (25th August- 2nd September) ProSyst Software AG and Siemens Household Appliances will demonstrate how household appliances can be controlled over the Internet.

ProSyst Software AG has developed innovative solutions that enable new forms of communication. This leading technology provider for the Internet-based networking of terminal devices shows how you can regulate a heating system and household applications via Internet, DECT and WAP. In one scenario an increasing temperature in the refrigerator will cause the notification of the customer service. The customer himself has to do nothing. The various devices are controlled via television, which can be used as a Set-Top-Box.

The ProSyst technology is capable of using a single Internet connection to interconnect (also wirelessly), control and enable communication between all household systems and technical devices regardless of the technical standards. 

Silent Witness to Exhibit New Digital Video Sensor 

Surrey, BC: August 22, 2001 - The OEM Division of Silent Witness (NASDAQ: SILW / TSE: SWE), a leading provider of video monitoring technology, announces that it will be exhibiting its new Digital Video Sensor at the ISC (International Security Conference and Exposition) East Expo in New York. Co-developed for Stanley Access Technologies, a division of The Stanley Works - a leading supplier of doors, access technology, and hardware - the Digital Video Sensor system integrates and improves upon the current automatic door solution for large industrial and commercial sites.

SimplexGrinnell Introduces Simplex *TrueAlarm* Laser Compact

HOUSTON, Texas and WESTMINSTER, Massachusetts (August 22, 2001) - SimplexGrinnell, a unit of Tyco Fire and Security Services and a leader in fire protection systems and services, today introduced the Simplex TrueAlarm Laser Compact - an air-aspiration smoke detector that provides outstanding very-early-warning fire detection capabilities in small high-risk areas such as telecommunications facilities, clean rooms and data processing cabinets.

The Simplex TrueAlarm Laser Compact from SimplexGrinnell brings the benefits of air-aspirating smoke detection - the preferred technology for high-risk areas - to smaller environments, improving fire protection and system flexibility while lowering the costs of installation and maintenance.

Slaney Controls Updated Web Site

Have a look at our New Relay Modules and Power Controllers. - An extensive range of input/output modules for various applications. Includes a new range of Alarm Integrators with fully enclosed housings. - More Valves! Further sizes of Butterfly and Gas valves with stainless steel disc and closed position indication. - Latest Multi-Sensor Design. Innovation in sensor technology with a ceiling mounted "3 in 1" design. - Valve Tags. Further details on types, shapes and sizes. - Read all about it! Technical Bulletin section allows you to catch up with the technical aspects behind the products. - A new 'Product News & Offers' section has been added to keep you up to date each month with our new products and promotions. - Data Sheets. New Data Sheets available on-line. - Interactive Catalogue Updated. Download a copy! www.slaney-controls.com

Air Liquide Deploys eMation DRM to Remotely Service Its New HimALaya Product Line

Mansfield, MA - August 21, 2001 - eMation, a pioneer of Device Relationship Management (DRM) enterprise software solutions, today announced that eMation DRM technology has been deployed by Air Liquide, the 8.1 Billion Euro global provider of industrial and medical gases and related services. Air Liquide is utilizing eMation DRM technology to provide Web-based control and monitoring of its new HimALaya continuous freezing machines, helping its customers to achieve higher levels of service and uninterrupted operation.

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