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<div>Hi Everyone,</div>
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<div>We have a lot of process tools that are old enough not to have any computer control, or the computer control available does not provide login records and/or access control. We've been looking at what it would take to provide this functionality in an all-inclusive
way for about twenty years, but for various reasons it has not yet been done.</div>
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<div>I'm aware of a number of ways to accomplish what we want, but with all the new technology now available, I thought I'd first ask the Labnetwork community for some recommendations. Needless to say, we don't have unlimited funding or manpower to implement
the project.</div>
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<div>Our minimum requirements are: </div>
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<div>• Each tool user would be required to provide a unique login and password in order to operate the process tool. (The tool would be inoperable unless an approved user logged in.) </div>
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<div>• Information about the user's identity, and the log-in and log-out times would be permanently recorded, and the information would be easily exported into a spreadsheet or database. </div>
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<div>• Additional entry fields (or perhaps check-box selections) providing information pertinent to the process being performed on the tool could also be required (and stored).</div>
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<div>We have long used a fairly elaborate door access control system (Pro-Watch 3.80, w/ RFID card readers) that has been well integrated into our in-house accounting program. We would eventually like to the have the Pro-Watch and accounting programs make use
of the tool usage data, and perhaps vice-versa. (Pro-Watch has some hardware control capabilities.) </div>
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<div>Any suggestions would be much appreciated. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>John</div>
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