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Essensium

Incorporated March 25, 2005Spin-off from IMEC and supported by SilterraAcquired Mind March 10, 2006Corporate Headquarters

Gaston Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, BelgiumTel +32 16 28 65 00 - Fax +32 16 28 65 01www.essensium.com

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IDCS

Intelligent Data Capturing SystemsEstablished in 1987Corporate Headquarters

Hellebeemden 9, 3500 Hasselt, BelgiumTel +32 11 27 94 50 - Fax +32 11 27 58 32www.idcs.be

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Overview

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Advantages

Secure and reliableuse of UTP cables

standardavailable in most cases

Robust system:Redundant central componentDistributed controlMulti-site through IP network

Fast developmentEasy debugging (ssh)Re-use of hard and software

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Disadvantages

Installation requires networking knowledge

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Tamper proof

Signed software updatesbase packagesoptional packages

openSSLremote monitoring

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Single network

Use of existing network infrastructure

use of DHCP (dynamic)extra option added

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Planned extensions

General IO controllers for sensoring and special devices(e.g. AD convertor over SSL)Distributed scripting engine using luaMultifunction devices

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USB devices in LPURedundant power supply and networkDebugging in shellHardware reusePoEComponents

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