1. CONFIGURING THIN INTERNET SERVERS FOR INDUSTRIAL DATA COLLECTION (512) 306-0511/0558 fax mich@concursys.com WWW.concursys.com Jeffrey C. Michalski Concur System Technologies 2525 Wallingwood Drive, Suite 804 Austin, TX 79746 USA

2. Appliance Thin Server Market

3. Types of Industrial Appliance Server Nodes Enterprise $1000-$9999 8/16 Bit Processors System on a Chip HTTP, XML, EMAIL using basic TCP/IP 32 Bit (x86, RISC) Web Modems Designed into Systems and Equipment Standalone Bridge to Legacy Systems Flexible Protocol Support Data Acquisition Direct Sensor Replaces PC /PLC Based Data Acquisition Database, Virtual User Interface Device $10- $100 Module $50-$500 Interface $300-$1500 Acquisition $500-5000 Communication Concentrators Network Storage

4. Industrial Uses of Appliance Servers Monitoring => Automation => Control  Enterprise Planning (Intranet)  Supply Side Management (Extranet)  Remote Monitoring & Control (Internet)

5. Defining the Problem for Industrial Appliance Servers Collect Data from Equipment, Systems & Devices … provide Real-Time access … using Established Internet Standards & Protocols Internet

6. Industrial Appliance Server Flowchart Collect Data Store the Data Is the Data Requested Send Data Through the Service

7. Industrial Appliance Server Network Services Web Server (Virtual Interface & XML Transfer) FTP Server (File Transfer) Email Server (Alarm Data & Firewall Proof Access) Database Server (Structured Data Transfer) Data Socket Server (High speed/volume Transfer) Multimedia Server (Video and Audio Transfer)

8. Industrial Appliance Network Topologies Central Distributed Web Pages Emails Data Web Pages Emails Data Web Pages Emails Data Web Pages Emails Data

9. Network Load for Industrial Application 1 Channel of 1 Second Data for 1 Day Data Record Data Transfer Sizes Start Time Stamp Raw Data: 2,419,200 End Time Stamp Channel # XML: 9,360,000 Data Value Status Compressed (ZIP) : 640,000 Network Load must be managed Data Compression/Decompression is Important

10. Appliance Servers & Industrial Networking Appliance Servers HTML/XML Smart Hub/Router Switching Priority Mgmt Compression Encryption

11. Appliance Servers Web Page Types Dynamic Scripts Interpreted at Run Time Slow / Resource Intensive Hardcoded Pages Template Pages Active Pages Dynamic Tags Search & Replaced at Run Time Fast Static Pages Dynamic Code Into App Hard to Modify Fastest Static Built in HTML Editor

12. Managing Configuration of Industrial Appliance Servers File Management Master Server Database Synchronization Application/Content File Transfer Through FTP or Secure File Transfer Utility Master Server of XML configuration Maintain Local Default XML File Works well for a number of similarly configured Nodes Master Database of Configurations Synchronize to Update Works well Diverse Configuration

13. Industrial Appliance Server Application Example Semiconductor Cleanroom –Device Server reporting temperature humidity –Module Server in Deposition Machine Device Server Temperature/Humidity/Particle Count Interface Server Solder Paste/Pick & Place (Intranet) Acquisition Server Monitoring Exit Temperature on Reflow Module Server Built In Automated Inspect/Test (Extranet) Enterprise Server Recording Historical Data Records