BaCon 2.4 Release

January 30, 2006

Data South Systems, Inc. announces the release of BaCon version 2.4. This version contains new PI-SDK calls to greatly increase the speed of PI tag retrieval and includes a new Email notification function. BaCon is a companion product to GrITS for ProcessBook, a graphic import tool set for converting DCS Operator Displays into ProcessBook displays, complete with DCS to PI Tag mapping.

BaCon is a PI Tag Creation and Synchronization tool for PI-Bailey Interface tags. BaCon can identify new PI tags to build, PI tags that are incorrectly configured, and PI tags that do not match any current Bailey tag. For incorrectly configured PI tags, BaCon will suggest the correct settings and identify the incorrect settings per PI tag. The output from BaCon is a set of Excel worksheets ready for use with the PI Tag Configurator for Excel, part of the PI System Management tools from OSIsoft.

BaCon is a Microsoft Excel COM Addin that is run from within Microsoft Excel (version 2000 or later). It can also be launched as a Windows scheduled task with a predefined set of run parameters. The new email notification function allows the BaCon scheduled task to route the generated Excel worksheets to the appropriate PI administrators for corrective action.

About Data South Systems, Inc.
Data South Systems, Inc. is an application development firm specializing in developing applications that provide operational visibility into enterprise processes utilizing the power of PI and RtPM from OSIsoft. Contact Data South Systems, Inc. at (912) 369-7350, email GrITS@DataSouthSystems.com, or visit our website at www.datasouthsystems.com for more information including product demonstration videos and a list of current and planned DCS/SCADA formats, or to arrange for a complimentary conversion of one of your process graphics.

About OSIsoft
OSIsoft (www.osisoft.com) delivers the PI System as the core of its powerful operational data management framework – the RtPM Platform (Real-time Performance Management Platform). The world’s leading process manufacturing, life sciences, and utility companies rely on OSIsoft’s Platform wherever real-time data fuels performance. With more than 11,000 installations worldwide, OSIsoft’s Real-time data Platform crosses IT and process boundaries to incorporate and display operational information. Providing comprehensive visibility into operations, the OSIsoft Platform unlocks the potential for timely analysis and the ability to make critical, informed, and profitable decisions.

Founded in 1980, OSIsoft, Inc. is headquartered in San Leandro, Calif., with operations worldwide and is privately held.