ABBA Logic Selects Echelon Corp. Embedded Industrial Internet of Things Solutions for Security Access Control Products
October 25 2016 - 10:04AM
Business Wire
Access control specialist expects significant
growth based on better value and expanded functionality afforded by
new Echelon 6050 processor and connectivity solutions
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) today announced that ABBA
Logic, a supplier to security integrators, has introduced a
revolutionary upgrade to its line of access control products based
on the latest Echelon embedded IIoT solutions. Echelon’s 6050
processors enabled ABBA Logic to increase the speed, simplify the
design, improve IP connectivity and reduce the size and
manufacturing costs of its new control panels. The panels work with
the company’s sophisticated managed automation security controls
(MASC) HMI software to provide integrated security and building
control solutions. Together this makes ABBA Logic’s controls
extremely competitive and accessible to more customers in a variety
of secure facilities.
ABBA Logic’s unique combination of access control and
programmable logic controllers (PLCs) provide security integrators
with off-the-shelf customizable solutions that can be used with a
variety of software front ends without a large service commitment.
Applications include correctional facilities, police stations,
courthouses, airports, schools and other facilities that require
high levels of secure access. Partnering with Echelon, ABBA Logic
has been able to create extensible IP network-based solutions that
have provided value for years, growing along with the company’s
customers.
Using Echelon’s new technology, ABBA Logic now is able to reduce
the number of processors required in their devices while increasing
the number of secure physical access points that can be controlled
by one controller. In addition, with the advanced distributed
processing capabilities of the 6050, more access points can be
controlled on a single cable run.
Rick Ashmus, owner of ABBA Logic comments, “We use Echelon’s
products to create a subnet off the customers’ network. We also
dropped the number of processors needed per control panel from four
down to two. This increased the speed of operations, and we saw a
50 percent reduction in the overall cost of the product.” Ashmus
goes on to state, “The MAC-4Rx was started with the goal of
creating a two-door controller, but we ended up with a four-door
controller. With the new processor we also plan on creating a
single door controller that can be located at the door to eliminate
all the home run wiring. By combining Echelon’s flexible 6050
processors we can harness IP connectivity in a single product to
deliver a superior experience.”
IT directors in secure facilities note that ABBA Logic solutions
support their needs for connectivity between buildings and areas of
control and allowing peer-to-peer functionality via preferred IP
standards. The network architecture and asynchronous communications
afforded by the Echelon platform simplify installation and improve
performance. There is no need for extensive home run wiring, as
with some other systems, or polling for status, which adds overhead
and can result in latency.
ABBA Logic has partnered with Echelon since 1999. In addition to
door control, the company can integrate cameras, intercoms, fans,
lighting, televisions and telephones.
About Echelon Corporation
For 25 years Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) has pioneered the
development of open-standard networking platforms for
connecting, monitoring and controlling devices in commercial and
industrial applications. With more than 110 million devices
installed worldwide, Echelon’s proven, scalable solutions host a
range of applications enabling customers to reduce energy and
operational costs, improve safety and comfort, and create
efficiencies through optimizing physical systems. Echelon is
focusing today on two IoT (Internet of Things) market areas:
Creating smart cities and smart enterprises through connected
outdoor lighting systems, and enabling device makers to bring
connected products to market faster via a range of IoT-optimized
embedded systems. More information about Echelon can be found at
www.echelon.com.
Echelon and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon
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countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the
trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may contain statements relating to future
plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and
uncertainties, the risk that Echelon's offerings by themselves or
combined with other applications or offerings do not perform as
designed or do not offer the expected benefits and savings; and
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