ErgoSIS

ErgoSIS

The SECS Information System and APC Portal

ErgoSIS™ is designed to easily log and monitor SECS messages. ErgoSIS is ready-to-run as a SECS monitor that can be added to a fab network as a transparent pass-through without any network reconfiguration. It can also provide SECSI-HSMS conversion and be extended with the ErgoSIS TransSECS™ Toolkit to create advanced customized applications for advanced process and equipment control, E-Diagnostics, fault detection, recipe management, and message logging and snooping, among other possibilities. It is delivered installed on a small multi-port Ethernet Linux-based embedded hardware platform.

The system provides Web-based SECS message monitoring and logging for off-line analysis. With the extensions provided by the ErgoSIS TransSECS™ Toolkit, ErgoSIS provides links to Oracle, SQLServer, MySQL and a large number of other databases. It also provides direct links to standard factory automation products through Windows™ OPC servers as well as the ability to collect and modify data in real-time controllers such as PLCs or other high-speed add-ons.

ErgoSIS can be customized using the ErgoSIS-TransSECS Toolkit. Additional logic can be added to the run-time to enhance the capabilities of the message snooping and data collection of the application. Some possibilities are listed below, but there are many more:
  • Collect data from reports for fault tracking and other statistics and e-diagnostics
  • Add or replace data in reports
  • Intercept messages that cannot be handled by the equipment (and respond)
  • Send special report requests to the equipment (and not forward to the host)
  • Intercept recipes for database storage
  • Recipe Management
  • Log to databases
  • Send alerts and alarms to pagers, e-mail, or instant messages
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    The ErgoSIS box is based on a CE-rated fanless, diskless 533-MHz x86 compatible hardware. The ErgoSIS hardware provides two serial and three Ethernet connections, as well as USB (for transportable logging to flash drives). The ErgoSIS software runs under an embedded Linux, and the user interface is entirely Web-based. The system runs “headless”, without any keyboard, monitor, or mouse.

    For more information, you may download the ErgoSIS user guide, and ErgoSIS product literature. You are welcome to ask questions by phone (+1 505 662 5156 x11) or by email (info@ergotech.com).

    Other Products that may be of interest:

    ErgoTech SECS: our Java implementation of the SEMI standard.
    ORGi: our HSMS to SECSI "black-box" converter.
    TransSECS: Quickly generate SECS Host or Equipment Applications

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