Movicon is used on every continent in
applications from manufacturing and process
control to energy and water distribution,
building automation, infrastructure and
traffic monitoring. UK representative,
Products4Automation, has supported
installations in steel mills, dairies, distilleries,
refineries, factories and biomass power
plants.
For the system integrator Movicon’s exclusive
“XML-Inside” technology offers an all-in-one
development environment for managing
HMI, SCADA, soft-logic and statistical
production data analysis applications. It
provides unrivalled openness, simplicity
and can interface with web services, SVG
graphics, OPC, SQL, ODBC, .Net and the
java technology. In short, Movicon is a truly
universal SCADA/HMI platform, independent
from hardware, adaptable and - as Gatwick
demonstrates - deployable anywhere.
A critical function of the system for Gatwick
is that it automatically sends text and MMS
alerts to appropriate management level
staff so that they are always kept up to date
with events and warned of any unusual
occurrences.
Following installation of the new Automated
PA system, Gatwick was able to close all its
fixed information desks and redevelop the
space as retail outlets, while the mobile
assistants provided more and better face-to-
face interaction with the public. Staff gave
the system a thumbs-up and it was soon
extended to handling agents and other
companies’ personnel working at the airport.
Gatwick Airport has incorporated Movicon SCADA software from Products4Automation (P4A) in
its North Terminal PA system.
Photo: Gatwick Airport Media Centre
www.products4automation.co.uk
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