Accessing Wireless Sensor Networks: Gridlogix adds support for Dust Networks’ SmartMesh™ Wireless Sensor Network
Gridlogix, Inc., a leading creator of enabling interoperable XML Web Services technology today announced enhanced support for Dust Networks’ SmartMesh™ wireless sensor network. SmartMesh is a wireless mesh sensor network used in remote monitoring and control. The Gridlogix EnNET® XML Web Service application extends the functionality of the SmartMesh system to include robust protocol translation between the wireless mesh network and other automation protocols and systems. EnNET translates the SmartMesh wireless protocol into BACnet/IP, SNMP, and LonWorks® allowing Dust Networks’ wireless sensor network to be seamlessly integrated with existing automation networks.
St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) June 16, 2005 -- Gridlogix, Inc., a leading creator of
enabling interoperable XML Web Services technology today announced enhanced
support for Dust Networks’ SmartMesh™ wireless sensor network. SmartMesh is a
wireless mesh sensor network used in remote monitoring and control. The
Gridlogix EnNET® XML Web Service application extends the functionality of the
SmartMesh system to include robust protocol translation between the wireless
mesh network and other automation protocols and systems. EnNET translates the
SmartMesh wireless protocol into BACnet/IP, SNMP, and LonWorks® allowing Dust
Networks’ wireless sensor network to be seamlessly integrated with existing
automation networks.
Other Gridlogix enhancements to the SmartMesh
system include:
- support for real-time writes to ODBC compliant relational
databases
- event-based email notifications transmitted to multiple
recipients
- the Gridlogix standardized XML Web Service and its WSDL (Web
Service Description Language) interface now supports the unique capabilities of
the SmartMesh system.
- EnNET’s Firewall Proxy technology provides remote
access to the SmartMesh network without requiring the use of fixed and public IP
addresses
- The Gridlogix multi-protocol device management application known
as EnNET Device Explorer now includes robust support for managing and
configuring the SmartMesh wireless network.
Tim Huneycutt, VP of
Application Engineering at Gridlogix, said, "We have eliminated the need to
differentiate between wireless-based data sources and all other corporate data
sources. Thanks to the market leading position of Dust Networks, we saw an
opportunity to extend our existing EnNET web services framework into the
expanding domain of wireless mesh networks. This extension of our integration
framework will help our global community of developer-partners embrace wireless
mesh networks in their enterprise solutions. The same way EnNET is extending
BACnet™, LonWorks™ and many other smart device networks to the enterprise, we
now offer wireless mesh services based on accepted IT standards.”
Examples of uses include:
- Enterprises desiring to integrate
wireless sensor data with existing “wired” networks.
- Multi-facility
enterprises wanting to utilize centralized monitoring and remote control.
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Enterprises interested in outsourcing or centralizing information and alarm
management.
- Software developers wanting to avoid writing code that is
specific to the requirements of wireless mesh protocols.
- Real-time
integration between SmartMesh wireless networks and Asset/CMMS/Work Order
Management systems.
About Gridlogix Inc.
Gridlogix is a leading
creator of enabling interoperable web services technology. By delivering
progressive products and services, our customers reap the benefits from
integration of automation and control systems with enterprise business
processes, to maximize the value of time sensitive information throughout the
organization.
Gridlogix’s management team has more than 75 years of
experience working with over 500 utilities and private enterprises in more than
a dozen countries. Using the latest technologies, Gridlogix provides integrated
solutions for engineering and planning, operations and maintenance, and
enterprise management applications.
For more information about the
company, see www.gridlogix.com.
EnNET is a registered trademark of
Gridlogix, Inc. SmartMesh™ is a product of Dust Networks – www.dustnetworks.com. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
©2005
Gridlogix, Inc. All rights reserved.
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