CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Software Toolbox® today announced that its Symbol Factory.NET and Industrial Gadgets.NET graphics technologies have been integrated with new Pulse SCADA/HMI application software from AFCON Software and Electronics Ltd. The addition of Software Toolbox advanced graphics technologies enables engineers to select animated images from a library of more than 3,600 industrial and manufacturing objects to create custom control panels.

“Because Pulse is based on the Microsoft .NET framework, Industrial Gadgets.NET and Symbol Factory.NET from Software Toolbox are natural complements to Pulse,” said Orly Inbar, marketing director at AFCON. “AFCON customers have confirmed that the availability of Industrial Gadgets.NET objects significantly reduces engineering time, while providing strikingly realistic and state-of-the-art visualizations of real-life equipment. Engineers from Software Toolbox worked closely with the AFCON development team in making a smooth integration of their tools with Pulse.”

With AFCON’s Pulse software, application engineers can work within a unified SCADA/HMI environment which now combines the powerful .NET graphics tools from Software Toolbox. Symbol Factory.NET allows engineers to use the built-in object browser to pick from a wide range of animated objects to create custom screens that address their specific operations responsibilities. The addition of the Industrial Gadgets.NET application enables users to select from analog and digital controls to create realistic industrial control user interfaces to view input and data controls.

“The Software Toolbox object-oriented graphics components will enable engineers to rapidly build solutions for specific manufacturing and infrastructure requirements,” said John Weber, president of Software Toolbox. “Symbol Factory.NET and Industrial Gadgets.NET capabilities will enhance an operator’s ability to customize each process screen. The advantage of AFCON’s Pulse application is that it allows users to incorporate software components from vendors such as Software Toolbox to extend an application’s capabilities. Engineers can now spend less time creating and modifying HMI applications.”

NOTE TO EDITORS: High-resolution 300dpi graphics for Symbol Factory.NET, Industrial Gadgets.NET and Pulse SCADA/HMI are available for download at the following links:

http://bit.ly/au5w6a

http://bit.ly/9fjWUl

http://bit.ly/aPWYH6

ABOUT AFCON SOFTWARE AND ELECTRONICS

AFCON Software and Electronics Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of the public company AFCON Industries Group (AIG). Founded in 1987, AFCON Software and Electronics was one of the first software houses to pioneer the research and development of SCADA/HMI software for complete industrial automation solutions. AFCON's products, which include P-CIM for Windows, Dart and ProGate (protocol gateway), are installed and applied in more than 45,000 industrial sites worldwide. AFCON systems are in use in a variety of market sectors, including food, oil & gas, chemical, steel, water treatment, cement and transportation. AFCON also provides services such as consultancy, technical support, specifications writing, design and research. AFCON's products are supported worldwide and distributed in more than 40 countries.

AFCON Software and Electronics recently announced the launch of the next generation software to its P-CIM SCADA/HMI software, called Pulse SCADA/HMI. Pulse is a SCADA/HMI application generator software that enables application engineers to work with a unified environment regardless of the nature of the project deployment. It fits stand-alone stations, networked applications, Web architecture and terminal service deployments, and is also ready to run as a client from flash disks. The integrated development environment supports the transportability of applications over any .NET-compatible platform such as Windows XP/Vista and the Windows Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems. Pulse is one of the first SCADA tools on the market to be fully validated on Windows 7. For more information, visit http://www.afcon-inc.com/.

ABOUT SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Since 1996, Software Toolbox has been an industry source for industrial automation software, from project conception to completion. The company has served more than 10,000 clients in 110 countries helping them find, evaluate, purchase and support automation software solutions. These solutions include OPC servers, clients, development toolkits, HMI/SCADA add-ins/enhancements, and ActiveX and .NET development tools for Visual Studio C#/VB/C++. Software Toolbox works with its clients in all phases of projects to help them find and determine the right tools to use and to support overall project objectives and maximize their industrial software results. For more information, visit http://www.softwaretoolbox.com.

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