CSWorks Introduces Protocol Connectivity For Modbus Devices

Online, January 18, 2012 (Newswire.com) - CSWorks Inc., global provider of web-based industrial automation solutions, announced today that the latest release of its HMI/SCADA software framework expands its protocol support. CSWorks 2.1 adds support for Modbus - an application layer messaging protocol that provides client/server communication between devices connected on different types of buses and networks.

Modbus has been the industry's de-facto standard since 1979 and continues to enable millions of devices worldwide to communicate and it continues to grow in most industries. Now you do not need any additional software or middleware to make your CSWorks-powered applications talk to Modbus devices.

CSWorks Inc. is a leading provider of web-based SCADA and HMI development tools for different industries. Its innovative product offers a rich and constantly growing feature set, based on support for data acquisition from a variety of data sources using OPC, BACnet, Modbus and SQL database connectivity, historical data management, powerful alarming and trending.

CSWorks leverages the power of Microsoft Silverlight, a platform and web browser-independent Rich Internet Application (RIA) software framework, which enables applications to run on various devices and desktop operating systems without any modifications.

On the back end, CSWorks provides a modular, service-oriented, open architecture which means that application engineers can configure complex distributed solutions without writing a single line of code.

Taking a revolutionary approach to screen graphics editing, CSWorks does not require application developers to learn yet another editor. Instead, CSWorks client components are integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 development environment that provides full WYSIWYG support for building Silverlight applications.

To address concerns about the responsiveness and performance of web-based solutions, CSWorks uses available network bandwidth for data transfers and only transports actual data changes between distributed components.

Also designed with security in mind, CSWorks operates on top of a number of standard, secure communication protocols that guarantee data privacy and integrity.

CSWorks is available for download from the company's website at http://www.controlsystemworks.com.