Ken Wild

"We created a new HMI based on InduSoft's WebStudio software," says Ken Wild, president of CRISP Automation.Although CRISP and its successors Anatec and Square D are all essentially out of the DCS business, together those companies built and installed about 100 CRISP systems during their heyday, Now Wild works to keep them all running."Our upgrade allows customers to import their existing operator screens into WebStudio," he explains."It adds state-of-the-art functionality, such as allowing users to access their systems over the Internet or run their HMI on a handheld PDA."

Wild says the old CRISP systems have legendary reliability and are virtually bullet-proof.Originally based on DEC PDP-11 and VAX computers and I/O, these 1970s and 1980s-vintage systems just keep on ticking.

Like many companies with legacy systems, some CRISP users don't want to change."No change in the application is very important to our pharmaceutical, food and chemical customers," says Wild.
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Wild says CRISP Automation can upgrade any CRISP system from an old DEC PDP-11 or VAX platform to the newer DEC Alpha platform, and soon will be able to upgrade those systems to the new Itanium platform running Open VMS.He can also do this for non-CRISP systems as well."We can migrate any type of DEC VAX system running Open VMS to run on a DEC Alpha or Intel server, without any application changes," he claims."We are currently developing a generic OPC server/client product for all VMS users, which will add enhanced connectivity to the many thousands of existing legacy DEC VAX systems."

Wild also claims that he has access to enough replacement DEC computer hardware and I/O boards to support all the legacy CRISP systems that the installed base is still running.

Be sure to contact Ken Wild first.
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Once again, contact Ken Wild at 410-255-2334 if you are interested. InduSoft releases an interface to OSI's PI software package!

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Kenneth Wildemail: kenwild@mindspring.com

Ken Wild: CRISP Automation: 410-255-2334

“We created a new HMI based on InduSoftâ€s WebStudio software,†says Ken Wild, president of CRISP Automation.Although CRISP and its successors Anatec and Square D are all essentially out of the DCS business, together those companies built and installed about 100 CRISP systems during their heyday, Now Wild works to keep them all running. “Our upgrade allows customers to import their existing operator screens into WebStudio,†he explains. “It adds state-of-the-art functionality, such as allowing users to access their systems over the Internet or run their HMI on a handheld PDA.â€

Wild says the old CRISP systems have legendary reliability and are virtually bullet-proof.
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Wild says CRISP Automation can upgrade any CRISP system from an old DEC PDP-11 or VAX platform to the newer DEC Alpha platform, and soon will be able to upgrade those systems to the new Itanium platform running Open VMS.He can also do this for non-CRISP systems as well. “We can migrate any type of DEC VAX system running Open VMS to run on a DEC Alpha or Intel server, without any application changes,†he claims. “We are currently developing a generic OPC server/client product for all VMS users, which will add enhanced connectivity to the many thousands of existing legacy DEC VAX systems.â€

Wild also claims that he has access to enough replacement DEC computer hardware and I/O boards to support all the legacy CRISP systems that the installed base is still running.

Wonderwareâ€s Steve Garbrecht says control engineers can find many listings on Ebay for “new old stock†or used PLC and DCS hardware. “If the online auction environment is not your cup of tea, then there are several companies that specialize in used and refurbished equipment, like Western Process Computers (www.westernprocess.com), located in Phoenix, Arizona, which specializes in refurbished Honeywell DCS hardware,†he adds.