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News Release from: Sixnet | Subject: Industrial Automation Products
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2003
SIXNET Adds LINUX Web Server to IPm
Products
In the true spirit of open systems, SIXNET now includes the popular "Boa" web server as part of the standard firmware installed on each IPm product.
This general public license (GPL) Linux application serves standard web pages that can be viewed with any browser SIXNET's IPm line of Linux based open industrial automation products currently includes the SixTRAK IPm Open DCS Controller and the VersaTRAK IPm Remote Terminal Unit (RTU)
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 26 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The addition of the Boa web server to the IPm firmware provides users with the option of creating their own web based solutions for their automation needs using common HTML/web development languages and tools.
Sample PERL scripts for accessing information from within the IPm unit are also included in the firmware.
Web applications can be installed on IPm units using standard FTP utilities or the SIXNET I/O Tool Kit software (users must license the "web server accessibility" option of the I/O Tool Kit software to access IPm I/O registers in their web pages).
A live demonstration of web-based process monitoring on the SixTRAK IPm Open DCS Controller can be viewed at www.sixnetio.com by selecting the "IPm in Action" link. Request a free brochure from Sixnet ...
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