Automation equipment to promote construction of smart city
"Wisdom" is a popular topic in recent years to explore the shaping power of this trend can be summed up for two reasons, first, automation technology matures, gradually let the application from the original manufacturing gradual extension to other areas, the second it is itself the needs of the industry, such as healthcare, transportation, government agencies and other automation equipment imported a large number of these areas, then through the tight integration between devices, so that the overall system with a certain degree of intelligence, and when the city scattered all After all sectors one by one at the completion of construction, intelligent energy of the whole city is almost a matter of course, why it is "almost"? Because the current development trend of view, there is one last piece of the puzzle did not put up, that is "cloud."
The cloud is a key final
Automation technology in recent years from the manufacturing industry, the rapid extension to a variety of vertical applications, and now both the retail, transportation, medical care, food, automation equipment is a major force behind the business operations, but conventional automation equipment, although the networking function, but it is limited to only a single information transfer and control in recent years, the rise of cloud computing concept, the concept of automated systems to take advantage of many imported cloud, so that the overall system more intelligent, but also to the smart city vision come true.
Cloud computing based mainly in the consumer side, so that the general public to build public cloud can be connected to the cloud, access all kinds of data, applications, automated equipment is less likely to be referred to, in fact, is the most important cornerstone of automation equipment smart city, The cornerstone of cloud computing with a variety of functions, and the wisdom to shape the city.
Breakthrough time and space constraints
Smart city vision, through the network equipment scattered throughout the series, the unified management of hardware and software, such as department stores within DigitalSignage system, each floor set DigitalSignage will depend on the sale of products, and there is not the same as broadcast content, it The method may be used manually, or replace the CD and enter the latest content with the portable storage device, not far from the department store in the device may be able to take this approach, but is distant devices such as high-speed rail, banks, stores, etc., use artificial Replace the contents one by one will be time-consuming and expensive, and these devices once introduced into the cloud concept, not only broadcast content can be transferred unified management background, break time and space constraints, and back-office systems also can be controlled by the terminal status of all devices, such as device crashes, back-office systems informed immediately and directly from the remote reboot, so to maintain the normal operation of the device, the operating system For updates, real-time information can be transmitted, so that each field device manager choose the time to update.
Then to the medical field, for example, in October 2011, Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan hospital bed hospital attached to a new school district, full import "bed care system", the patient can use the Internet to set up a system to bedside, watching movies, or even ordering it sets of the system also integrates medical form application, facility repair, catering services, inpatient drug information queries and other operations functions, the platform combines Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud computing concept, before that, Zhongshan Medical also import laws the registration, see the doctor, etc. and DigitalSiganage KIOSK systems, these devices are the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) concept, introducing these concepts, so that the original intelligence apparatus has been constructed so that the clouds away, interlocking, Smart City has become an important beams.
Innovative business model
Cloud has become an important trend in the automation industry, not only for all future automation products must have certain networking capabilities, but also be included in the cloud, while introducing the biggest advantage of the cloud, it is that the decline in system management costs.
Conventional automation devices are fragmented operate independently, and although automation equipment, although stress stable, but if the fault will bring great losses on the production line, so you must configure certain human supervision equipment, when all devices have become part of the online features Cloud After all the operating condition of the equipment will not only be fully mastered, but can also produce more added value, for example, a comprehensive understanding of the life of all equipment and scheduled maintenance time, the equipment status, the light can be remote response, more serious who can understand the causes of damage to the remote system, and the information given to the maintenance personnel and shorten the rescue time.
In addition to a substantial decline in the cost of hardware and software management, the import of the cloud, but also to produce new types of systems management business model, such as the Palace Museum of the traffic monitoring system monitoring system, which network management functions are not provided in the seat of the Organization, and is constructed from the system who hosted this specialization, which allows the system to import does not have to re-enter the resources to set up another group of dedicated team responsible for network management, but also allow system integrators to develop new profit model to create a win-win situation.
