Metquip Systems News 2004

New Member

The Sydney team is expanding its techincal resources with a new memeber. Billy Adhi is our latest new addition to the Sydney team working in the Technical Support and Consulting Services area. Billy bring with him a wealth of experience having worked in a Sydney plant for more than 3 years. He currently has already MCP certification which he is currently using in an up coming DTAnalyst solution that he is working with. We welcome Billy in to our team

New offices for Metquip Systems

We are pleased to announce that in August, new recruit Chris Vains commenced with Metquip Systems. And we moved our Melbourne office.
Located in Dandenong South, this office provides much needed space; that is, there is room for Chris. ;-) We can now also conduct our Melbourne-based training "in house".

And September 29 is a significant date for Metquip Systems, marking the first day of business at its new headquarters.
We moved to a brand new, two-story industrial/commercial unit which gives us much needed space with room to grow. Located adjacent to the Sydney Olympic Park precinct, it should be easy for people to come see us - be it for training or whatever.
Please be sure to update our details. They can be found on the Contact Us page.

WonderWorld Sydney - July 3rd to 4th

The recently concluded Sydney leg of this worldwide series of events was conducted by Metquip Systems in conjunction with the principal, namely Wonderware, and the distributor for Wonderware in New Zealand, namely Process Software.

It was extremely well attended and those that came learned about all manner of things Wonderware, especially the new Industrial Application Server and ArchestrA. Some were introduced to flagship products such as InTouch and IndustrialSQL Server whilst others attended sessions focussing on advanced techniques.

NWA Seminars - May 26th, 28th & 30th

This series of seminars, held in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne respectively, introduced statistical process/quality control concepts and related software products from Northwest Analytical.

It was extremely well attended and those that came learned how statistical process control (SPC) and/or statistical quality control (SQC) can save a manufacturing facility significant dollars. They also heard success stories - direct from those who achieved such successes - how "millions were picked up" via use of NWA products and by applying some statistical thinking!

InTouch 8.0 SP2 released!

Metquip Systems is pleased to announce the release of both InTouch 8.0 with SP2 and Terminal Services for InTouch 8.0 with SP2. This version provides exciting enhancements and new features and the client/server SP2 release includes support for the Microsoft Tablet PC platform.
The InTouch 8.0 with SP2 CD-ROM and the Terminal Services for InTouch 8.0 with SP2 CD-ROM will be supplied with the latest FactorySuite A2 media. Subscribers to Wonderware Comprehensive Support can expect to receive these two CD-ROMs in the Volume 3 instalment for calendar year 2003, expected to be in December. And both InTouch 8.0 with SP2 and Terminal Services for InTouch 8.0 with SP2 can be downloaded immediately from the Wonderware technical support website.

DT Analyst 2.2 released!

Metquip Systems is pleased to announce the release of DT Analyst 2.2. This new version continues to provide insight into improvement opportunities and real-time Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), thereby potentially increasing plant profitability.
Note: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 is no longer supported. Further, SQL Server 2000 SP3 is a mandatory requirement.

Industrial Application Server 1.5 released!

Metquip Systems is pleased to announce the release of Industrial Application Server 1.5. This Wonderware FactorySuite A2(TM) server provides an infrastructure for simplifying the development, deployment, maintenance and administration of distributed automation applications. The Industrial Application Server provides real-time data acquisition, alarm and event management, data manipulation services and collaborative engineering capabilities, which have been designed from the ground up for use in industrial automation applications. Its primary benefits to industry include: significantly reduced engineering time, lower cost of application ownership and maintenance, scalability, flexibility and an extensible framework.

Wonderware’s Industrial Application Server is ideal for discrete manufacturing, process plants, remote SCADA operations, utilities or any hybrid combination of these types of operations. It also offers distinct advantages for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance projects and manufacturing information management systems.

Calendar year 2003 marks a major milestone in the evolution of Wonderware's FactorySuite product line onto the Invensys ArchestrA architecture. The FactorySuite A2(TM) product series provides industrial a automation software solutions based on the Invensys(TM) ArchestrA(TM) software architecture. The “A2” - pronounced A squared - signifies the ArchestrA product family.

Throughout this year and into next Wonderware will be leveraging and incorporating the ArchestrA architecture throughout all of its software products, thus enabling customers with greater levels of productivity, flexibility, and scalability while lowering the total cost of ownership.

The Industrial Application Server 1.5 consists of a development environment and runtime licences. It works with InTouch 8.0 SP1 / InTouch View 8.0 SP1, IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 SP2 and supports all I/O servers as well as the new generation DAServers from Wonderware. Also supported is SuiteVoyager 2.0 SP1 Patch01.

IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 SP2 released!

Metquip Systems is pleased to announce the release of IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 SP2. InSQL 8.0 represents a significant addition and major enhancement to Wonderware's product offering for the industrial intelligence market, which includes ActiveFactory, QI Analyst, DT Analyst and SuiteVoyager.

SuiteVoyager 2.0 SP1 Patch01 released!

Metquip Systems is pleased to announce the release of SuiteVoyager 2.0 SP1 Patch01. SuiteVoyager 2.0 is the most powerful Industrial Information Portal for enabling both historical and real-time information via a web browser.