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GE FANUC ANNOUNCES NEW PROFICY HMI/SCADA IFIX WITH FIX DESKTOP
18 November 2004 - GE Fanuc Automation CNC Europe SA
| Echternach, Luxembourg GE Fanuc has introduced the new Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX with FIX Desktop software. This enables users of FIX software to take advantage of the many advanced database and connectivity features of Proficy iFIX, while continuing to view and control their plant-wide processes in their existing graphics environment. This simple add-on is transparent to an existing software infrastructure, allowing users to quickly and cost-effectively enhance their current HMI/SCADA investments without having to re-configure their system. |
Echternach, Luxembourg GE Fanuc has introduced the new Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX with FIX Desktop software. This enables users of FIX software to take advantage of the many advanced database and connectivity features of Proficy iFIX, while continuing to view and control their plant-wide processes in their existing graphics environment. This simple add-on is transparent to an existing software infrastructure, allowing users to quickly and cost-effectively enhance their current HMI/SCADA investments without having to re-configure their system. Proficy iFIX with FIX Desktop represents a significant leap forward for users of both software technologies and reflects GE Fanuc's commitment to make advancements available to all its customers. GE Fanuc has combined many of the latest features and the mainstream technology of Proficy iFIX with the traditional FIX Desktop that its customers have relied upon for more than 20 years, a convergence that can enhance existing user productivity and extend their capabilities, bringing this entire FIX software user base forward. Available now, Proficy iFIX with FIX Desktop allows users to: - Get updated with the latest technology FIX users can now experience many of the latest features of Proficy iFIX 3.5, including: new displays with ActiveX, OPC support, VBA and more; ODBC database and Historian connectivity; VisiconX relational database connectivity; and AB Productivity Pack;
- Implement quickly and cost effectively No graphics conversion is required, helping users to keep their system up and running and eliminating the need for a costly re-configuration;
- Capitalise on proprietary FIX graphics Proficy iFIX users now have access to the classic FIX graphic environment, which permits the launch of SPC, XY and histogram charts alongside the Proficy iFIX application with tools including FIX Draw, FIX View and History Trend Display;
- Continue to benefit from new enhancements As Proficy iFIX continues to be enhanced and developed, FIX customers will be able to take advantage of future product improvements and migrate to a full upgrade quickly and easily, when desired.
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About: GE Fanuc Automation CNC Europe SA
GE Fanuc Automation Corporation, established in 1986, is a joint venture of General Electric Co. (GE), USA, one of the worlds largest, most diversified technology, manufacturing and service companies, with roughly 300,000 employees worldwide, and of FANUC Ltd., Japan, an automation pioneer with more than 30 years of experience in factory automation and the global leader in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology. GE Fanuc Automation Corporation develops products and solutions for the worldwide factory automation market. GE Fanuc Automation Europe, headquartered in Luxembourg, serves customers in Europe, Africa, the Near and Middle East. GE Fanuc Europe employs about 400 people in Luxembourg and at offices located in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Nordic Countries, the Czech Republic and is represented in Poland, Balkan, Dubai, North and South Africa. |
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