Software simplifies user account maintenance.

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Running under Windows Server 2003 and XP Pro, D/3® Process Automation System v12.0 uses Windows' Active Directory to maintain user accounts on IT Domain Controller for increased system security. Hardware interfaces include support for Siemens 505 I/O, HART, and NovaTech's Orion processors, and multi-level redundancy is available for historical trending. Advanced Diagnostic package is also included for monitoring and alarming health of control systems.



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D/3® Process Automation System (PAS), Version 12.0



NovaTech announced the latest release of the D/3® Process Automation System (PAS), Version 12.0, on August 5, 2004. Version 12.0, running under Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional, uses Windows' Active Directory to maintain User accounts on an IT Domain Controller instead of local to the control system thus increasing system security and simplifying account maintenance.

New and updated hardware interfaces include support for Siemens 505 I/O, HART, and NovaTech's Orion processors. Multi-level redundancy is available for historical trending with an updated trend display capable of showing more trend values with more user configurable display options. Also included in Version 12.0 is a new Advanced Diagnostic package for monitoring and alarming the health of the control systems, and OPConnect, an OPC interface to PLCs.

NovaTech will not obsolete a customers' D/3® PAS. This guarantee, unmatched by any other PAS vendor, is attested by customers who have upgraded their systems for over twenty years. The D/3 guaranteed migration path ensures continuous ROI through an open system philosophy and allows customers to upgrade without major rewiring or rewriting of their application software. Version 12.0 is available for new systems or for upgrading any earlier version of D/3 dating back to 1982.

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NovaTech, LLC is a provider of process automation and high-speed communication products to industrial and utility customers worldwide.The D/3® process controller and ancillary software are used to monitor and control operations within major drug, food, chemical and energy producers. The Orion communication and protocol emulator is the recognized leader in the consolidation of multiple communication protocols from dispersed IEDs in the industrial or utility environment. NovaTech has over 350 D/3 Process Automation Systems and FlexBatch® recipe based batch systems installed around the world, in addition to the hundreds of installed SCADA, distribution automation, and integration projects in U.S.

For more information, go to www.novatechweb.com or contact

Caroline Fricks, Corporate Communications
T: 610-814-2610
F: 610-814-2614
caroline.fricks@novatechps.com

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