The data connectivity products and solutions developed by ILS Technology are firmly rooted in stringent standards, protocols, and technical requirements as demanded by the industries and operational domains the company serves.

Our technology offerings are standards-compliant in a variety of IT and production operations environments and are compatible with the many diverse operating system platforms in use today. By conforming to rigorous international standards specifications, our technologies can keep operations running smoothly all day, every day in organizations around the globe.

See the application of ILS Technology’s innovations.

Data Connectivity

Connecting the world to automation
With integrated, component-based software, ILS Technology’s data connectivity solutions, offered under the deviceWISE platform[Link], bridge the gap between production data and business intelligence with the following components:

• A device server to collect plant floor data
• A collection of device specific drivers and protocol handlers
• A logic composer for rapid, intuitive application development
• A logic engine to convert data to usable information
• A native web-based GUI to enable intuitive process views
• An object server to deliver information to enterprise applications and databases

Easing the integration process
Communication with devices on the factory floor is best achieved using a network of peer-to-peer based systems in a distributed applications environment that removes the complexities of managing distributed resources and improves application program portability to other machines or environments. This enables easy development with the following features:

• Device Data Management System
• Communications Interface Modules
• Applications Interface Modules
• Data Access Support
• Applications Programming Interfaces

Secure Collaboration

Compliant with chip industry standards
ILS Technology’s collaboration framework, offered by the secureWISE platform[Link], enables remote, secure links to process tools on the manufacturing floor, as well as data bases in an MES environment and is designed to meet the current and future equipment connectivity needs of any manufacturing industry. The framework is easily adaptable to domain-specific applications within remote diagnostic systems and offers:

• Compliance with International Sematech e-Diagnostic Guidelines and SEMI  Interface A standards
• Robust device connectivity to in-situ sensors
• SECS/HSMS and XML messaging protocol
• XML, Java and Web browser compatibility
• Notification through e-mail
• Support for wireless technology
• Remote equipment operation with safety interlock
• Secure file transfer
• Collaborative session management
• Easy to use, distributed, authentication and authorization security feature
• Audit trail
• Remote application access
• HTTP proxy protocol

Vendor-Neutral Compatibility, Wide Adaptability
                       
Operating system platforms

• IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HPUX, Redhat Linux, Suse Linux, Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Windows CE, Palm OS, PocketPC, MV Linux, VxWorks, EmbeddedXP

Communications

• TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, XML/SOAP, Web Services, Email/MIME, PDA/WAP

Databases

• IBM DB2, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, ODBC, JDBC

Middleware

• IBM WebSphere, Microsoft MQ, BEA WebLogix, webMethods, JBoss
• Sonic MQ, TIBCO, OSGi, IBM WCTME
• Security (LDAP, Public Key, Biometrics)

Devices

• Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Modicon, Telemecanique, Omron
• GE FANUC, ASCII Based Devices (Symbol/Intermec/Wasp Scanners, Vorne/ProLite Sign Displays, etc.)

Domains

• Automotive, Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Textiles, Discrete, Process Industries