1999

N° 021 of the 23-12-1999Problems encountered between a protection board and a chipset fitted to the Compaq PC

We inform users that an operating problem has been encountered between our systems' hardware protections and the Compaq PC. As regards this we have received this communication from the board supplier today. The problem has arisen on the Compaq EPC 466/4A/5/32 PC. The possibility that the chipset referred to in the communication has been used in other Compaq PCs or by other PC manufacturers is not to be excluded.
As of now website www.eutron.it carries no information on the subject so users are asked to connect themselves to check whether any relevant information has been inserted.
We ask those involved to contact Automa for further information when we reopen on January 10 2000.

N° 020 of the 16-12-1999Suspension of the telephone assistance service

The telephone assistance service will be suspended from Monday 20 December to Friday 7 January for the Christmas holidays. The service will restart regularly on Monday January 10.
We take this opportunity of wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

N° 019 of the 08-11-1999Disactivation of the BBS service

As of today, November 8 1999, the BBS service has been disactivated. We inform users that the promotional activity and the product acquisition service were transferred to this website some time ago.

N° 018 of the 04-11-1999Beckhoff TwinCat® Driver

Automa has implemented the DLL allowing dialogue with the TwinCat® soft-PLC produced by Beckhoff. We remind you that soft-PLC is software installed on the PC that manages the I/O boards in the same way as a PLC. In the case of TwinCat®, programming complies with standard IEC 1131-3.
The DLL developed is used in combination with WRunfile 3.2a; the operating system must be Windows NT since TwinCat® can only run under this operating system.
TwinCat® is a registered trademark of Beckhoff Industrie Elektronik.

N° 017 of the 21-10-1999 "Super-Flash Problems" documents update

The documents containing the problems encountered in Super-Flash, WRunfile and WSF have been updated and are available in the Download section.

N° 016 of the 25-09-1999 "Il Sole 24 Ore": EPS at the centre of information systems

Valerio Alessandroni is the author of the article that appeared in "Il Sole 24 Ore" on September 24 last ("Supplemento Informatica", page 13) covering industrial information technology levels. It dealt specifically with EPS systems, a bonding element between in-field automation and management systems.
The article contains ample extracts of an interview the author had with an Automa executive, Mario Borali.

N° 015 of the 26-07-1999 "Super-Flash" documents

The documents containing the problems encountered in Super-Flash are now in the "Download" section.

N° 014 of the 15-07-1999 EPS product information

More in-depth information about EPS (Enterprise Production Systems) products has been published in the "Download" section: the presentations of MainteX and Dolphin are available.

N° 013 of the 10-07-1999 Discontinuation of BBS service

Automa announces that BBS will be discontinued by the end of 1999 after 5 years of precious service.
We remind all users that the new service for obtaining products from the website, accessible from the "Download" section, has already been available for several months. It has already proved the numerous advantages deriving from Internet: greater ease of use, lower user costs and retention of the level of security.

N° 012 of the 02-07-1999 Suspencion of assistance service

In view of the well-deserved holiday period we remind customers that the technical assistance service provided via telephone and E-mail will be suspended from August 2 to August 20.
The service will be resumed normally from Monday August 23.

N° 011 of the 30-06-1999 "Super-Flash Problems" documents update

The updates listing the problems encountered in Super-Flash (versions 3.2 and 3.2a), WRunfile (versions 3.1 and 3.2a) and WSF (versions 3.1 and 3.2a) have been published in the "Support" section. All documents have been updated as of June 30 1999.

N° 010 of the 30-04-1999 Program maintenance package

Right Systems presents version 1.0 of MainteX, a compact, economical solution for programmed maintenance. MainteX 1.0 will incorporate Dolphin, the new Automa product for communicating with Super-Flash networks.
Thanks to Dolphin, MainteX 1.0 will be able to access the internal resources of all man-machine interface PCs connected to the network. MainteX is a product developed for the Windows environment. It is supplied in two different versions: standard package and open package. In the second case the user will have the product source code available to enable him to make modifications to his own requirements. The MainteX keywords are: ease of use and machine communication.

N° 009 of the 15-04-1999 Easy Trend

Using the possibilities offered by Super-Flash in an exemplary way, Tiesse Informatica and Right Systems (a Super-Flash Solution Provider) have prepared EAST TREND, a specialised application for displaying trends. EAST TREND allows a file of 100 curves to be defined. Infinite vistas containing a maximum of 10 curves can be created from this file. The product, fully configurable by the user in guided and visual fashion, is supplied in two versions. The first, called EASY TREND 1.0, is a complete application allowing the remote display of Super-Flash trends, with loading functions from floppy or network. The second, EASY TREND 1.0s, is an application with sources that allows the product’s functions to be integrated into any Super-Flash application.

N° 008 of the 30-03-1999 Activation of the "Download" service

After a suitable testing period, the service for downloading products via Internet is available as of now. Users can register and, after the necessary authorisation, can download the various Automa products via the convenient access to Internet. Further information about the use of the service in the "Download" section. The BBS service will be discontinued in the near future.

N° 007 of the 30-03-1999 – "Super-Flash Problems" documents

To provide information that it is easier to access, the Super-Flash problems document has been reset and divided into six different documents: each document contains the problems of a specific Supervisione Libera product. Users are asked to access the "Support" section, from which it is possible to download these documents.

N° 006 of the 29-03-1999 – Y2K Compliant engines

The new Y2K Compliant engines are among the solutions proposed by Automa for a smooth move to the year 2000, in other words the solution consists in the mere replacement of Runfile.EXE or WRunfile.EXE. Automa announces that these new engines are available as of today. The products are available on BBS at 035655150.

N° 005 of the 15-03-1999 – Release of WSF 3.2a

The WSF 3.2a development system for Windows 95/NT is available. In terms of functions and performance the product is aligned to version 3.2, it also includes the corrections already introduced into Super-Flash 3.2a. The product has been released in Italian, English and Spanish versions. Users up to date with the update contract can download the product from BBS at 035655150 after having received the password by phone.

N° 004 of the 15-03-1999 – Release of WRunfile 3.2a

For Super-Flash 3.2a users the driver for Windows 95/NT aligned to the aforementioned version of Super-Flash is available as of now, namely WRunfile 3.2a. The product also includes the corrections already introduced into Super-Flash 3.2a. The product has been released in Italian, English and Spanish versions. Users up to date with the update contract can download the product from BBS at 035655150 after having received the password by phone. Those not in possession of WRunfile and who want to find out more about it can download the WRunfile DEMO 3.2a product from the same BBS. It is available in Italian and English. The cost of the demonstration will be absorbed if the complete product is purchased.

Drgn0005.gif (921 byte)N° 003 of the 17-02-1999 - Super-Flash 3.2a release

After five month from 3.2 release the new 3.2a version, fixing some bugs pointed out by Automa and some users, is now available. If allowed you can download the development system software, available for Italian, English and Spanish language, by accessing our BBS. Please, contact Automa by phone to obtain the password needed to use the
product.

Drgn0005.gif (921 byte)N° 002 of the 10-02-1999 - "Super-Flash detected issues" document

A link to the document "Super Flash v. 3.2 detected issues", containing the
list of problems present in version 3.2, is available in "Support" section. The document is furnished in PDF format: in the same page you can download the freeware PDF reader program. Actually this document is available only in italian language.

Drgn0005.gif (921 byte)N° 001 of the 18-01-1999 - Issue of version Beta of WSF and WRunfile

Version 3.2.2 Beta of WSF and WRunfile are available on BBS. Contact Automa for further details on downloading from BBS.

 

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