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ASTRA is Windows based Human Machine
Interface Software for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA). ASTRA is a full fledged, feature packed and user friendly
SCADA package that helps industrial users to address their manufacturing
process automation needs.
It operates on the windows 9X/2000/XP/NT platforms and will very soon be Windows CE compatible.
ASTRA can monitor and control industrial processes by communicating
to loop Controllers, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs),
Data Acquisition Systems and other field instruments. Device
drivers for all popular PLCs have been developed & tested
and are available with ASTRA.
The complete designs of ASTRA and
its drivers have been done using the Object Oriented Methodology
to ensure high-grade reliable software. Given its applicability
in critical areas, great care has been taken to guarantee the
robustness of the product. More than 4000 test cases take an
efforts of more than 14 person-months for formal testing before
release, further enhancing the reliability of ASTRA in SCADA
applications. Drivers have been specially designed and are flexible
enough for the user to configure applications to increase protocol
efficiency. All these modern presentation features are easy to use and
provides higher productivity. |