Tools And Utilities Provide Added Value To Leading HMI/SCADA Products

Charlottesville, VA - GE Fanuc Automation, Inc. announced the availability of its first Productivity Pack for its Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX and CIMPLICITY customers. Beginning with this release, GE Fanuc will turn out a regular pulse of new tools, utilities and add-ins for its HMI/SCADA products in the form of Productivity Packs available to its Proficy GlobalCare customers.

"GE Fanuc openly embraces input from our large customer base, and from that ‘voice of the customer,' develops and delivers features that solve our customers toughest problems," said Bill Estep, Vice President of Automation Solutions. "The Productivity Packs provide us with an additional way to continually deliver timely value to our customers. In quarters when there is not a major release of our HMI/SCADA products, customers can look forward to Productivity Packs delivering additional features."

Among the many features that HMI/SCADA customers can look forward to in the future are additional Discovery and Auto Configuration tools for device communications including Siemens and Rockwell PLCs, biometric device driver support, email support, and scripting enhancements.

iFIX and CIMPLICITY customers that subscribe to GE Fanuc's Proficy GlobalCare will be notified of the availability of the Productivity Packs for download. GlobalCare offers a combination of high-quality support services, tools and cost-effective maintenance so customers can optimize their investment in their software solution. GlobalCare provides a consistent worldwide backbone of professionals that offer 24 x 7 emergency support, software version upgrades and advanced support tools to keep customers productive and plants operational.

SOURCE: GE Fanuc Automation Corporation