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                                <b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">eNewsletter<br>
             February 2003</font></b> 
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                                &#62; <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/features/ordercd.htm">Request F R E E CD</a> &lt;</font><br>
                                <b><i><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">CD updated in November with new<br>
              Linux IPm info and a live demo!
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                                  <b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Truly Open Industrial Automation Solutions</font></b> 
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                                                        In the true spirit of open systems, <b>SIXNET</b> includes the popular <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/ipm_web/ipm_web.htm">&quot;Boa&quot; web server</a> as part of the firmware that ships with Linux <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/ipm_units.htm">IPm</a> units.
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                    <td height="25" valign="middle"><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"  color="#ff0000"><b>Peace of Mind With Redundant Datalogging</b></font></td>
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                    <td><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SIXNET's</b> New <b><a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/datalog_server.htm">Datalog Server</a></b> software provides users with the ability to gather time stamped data in remote locations and easily transfer these records to a central database or SCADA system using an Ethernet, telephone, or 
                        wireless link.&nbsp; At each remote location a <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/sitetrak.htm">SiteTRAK Remote Site Manager</a>, <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/ipm_st.htm">SixTRAK </a></font></td>
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                    <td height="55" colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/ipm_st.htm">IPm Controller</a>, or <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/ipm_vt.htm">VersaTRAK IPm RTU</a> can collect real-time data and store it in protected memory.&nbsp; At selected intervals these records are transferred to your central database. This client 
                        initiated data transfer offers important advantages over traditional polling methods, including:
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                            <td align="left" valign="top"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Safe passage of data through firewalls</b></font></td>
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                                          <td align="left" valign="top"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Redundant datalogging capability</b></font></td>
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                            <td align="left" valign="top"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Fast response in a &quot;report on exception&quot; system</b></font></td>
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                            <td align="left" valign="top"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The ability to use DHCP protocol (so you avoid having to assign permanent IP addresses to each station)</b></font></td>
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            <td width="350" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/datalog_server.htm"><img src="http://www.sixnet-io.net/images/ipm2/datalog_server3.gif" width="350" height="228" border="0" alt="SIXNET Datalog Server"></a></td>
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                                <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At the central host, the <b>SIXNET Datalog Server</b> software receives the data records from the remote dataloggers and passes it to your data storage system. For critical archiving requirements, 
                                        <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/datalog_redundant.htm">two servers can be run in parallel</a>, and the datalog clients can be instructed to transfer the data to these redundant servers.
                                        For more information, <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/features/ordercd.htm">request a FREE  CD</a>.
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                                        <font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000"><b>A True "World Modem"</b></font>
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                                        <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/modems.htm"><img src="http://www.sixnet-io.net/images/full%20spectrum/vt-modem-2.gif" width="111" height="66" border="0" alt="Industrially hardened VT-Modem 2"></a>
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                                        <font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[ <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/modems.htm">More Info</a> ]</font>                                
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                                        <font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SIXNET's</b> rugged <a href="http://www.sixnet-io.net/html_files/products_and_groups/modems.htm">VT-MODEM-#WW</a> works virtually anywhere <i>without 
                                        setting any country specific parameters</i>. Just plug it in...<i>and it works!</i>&nbsp;  Proven performance and
                                        ease of installation are why this is the modem of choice for remote access in data acquisition and control systems across the globe. Plus you save money and simplify supply logistics by being able to use one modem everywhere!</font>                        
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            or contact us at 518-877-5173, email: <a href="mailto:sales@sixnet-io.net">sales@sixnet-io.net</a>.</font></b> 
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