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HyBrix documentation management system
Future-proof
management
As an open, universal framework for managing
the entire technical documentation of an
enterprise, the HyBrix IT solution enables easy
administration and maintenance of all document
information via one central hub: the HyBrix
Xportal.
With XML (extensible markup language) as a common
platform, standard document data such as
Word files and CAD drawings are easily imported
into HyBrix. Xportal manages access rights, supports
workflow and translation management, and
also offers an easy-to-use search engine. Moreover,
the HyBrix Xportal can be designed as either
a document management system or a content
management system, or both, and for all types of
output – whether e-learning modules, handbooks
or electronic parts catalogs.
Requiring very little customization on the customer
side, HyBrix superbly supports editorial processes
for the efficient creation, management and presentation
of integrated technological documentation,
also allowing for dynamic visualization of and
access to various company data. Moreover, HyBrix
provides tools for creating content in e-learning
environments and helps to consolidate heterogeneous
documents to form an integrated documentation
system with Web capability.
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www.siemens.com/hybrix
White paper with example implementation
for mass flow controller
In support of SEMI E54
research
As the umbrella association for the semiconductor
industry, the Semiconductor Equipment
and Materials Institute (SEMI) defines standards
for the industry. One of these standards –
SEMI E54 – provides specifications for sensor/
actuator networks (SAN). The standard describes
common object device models and, based on
these specifications, also specific classes of object
device models (e.g. mass flow controllers or
vacuum pumps). Specifications for diagrams illustrating
how these device models should be
implemented together with the various fieldbus
systems are also contained in the standard, including
– as of April 2005 – a diagram of Profinet as a
SEMI E54.14 standard.
Siemens in cooperation with the Fachhochschule
Nürnberg (University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg,
Germany) is currently lending its support
and expertise to two graduate students, whose
diploma theses focus on creating a prototype from
this particular diagram for a mass flow controller.
As the hardware platform of the project, the Development
Kit Ertec 400 PN IO of Simatic Net features
an evaluation board with an example implementation
program of the Profinet stack based on Ertec
400. The objective of the research studies is to
develop a better understanding of the E54.14
standard, to correct ambiguities, and to provide an
example implementation for how semiconductor
equipment suppliers can conveniently convert to
Profinet, as well as how the SEMI standard can
more easily be applied.
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For more information, visit:
www.siemens.com/simatic-net
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