HP MAP File Transfer Access and Management

File Transfer, Access, and Management, or FT AM, is an OSI Standard that defines the framework upon which layer seven file transfer services can be built for accessing and managing files across open systems. THE BASIC DISTRIBUTED file system capability for OSI communication is defined by the file service standard called File Transfer, Access, and Maoage-menl FTAM FTAM defines facilities for Ihe transfer of files between open systems and provides a framework for accessing and managing files...

To provide a standardized implementation of a directory service for locating

by Beth E. Cooke, Colleen S. Fettig, Paul B. Koski, Darrell O. Swope, and Roy M. Vandoorn AS COMPUTER NETWORKS BECOME larger and more cumplex, applications are being distributed throughout a network for maximum efficiency in the use of the computer resources. Determining the location of these applications is critical to the success of the network from the user's perspective. A facility called a direclorv service can be used to determine the location of applications and other resources in a...

HP Manufacturing Automation Protocol

The Manufacturing Automation Protocol MAP is an intervendor program that addresses the problems that have plagued factory automation in the past. HP's MAP 3.0 product provides international standard network services and protocols and a multivendor MAP programmatic interface. by Collin Y.W. Park and Bruce J. Talley COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING CIM has traditionally meant equipment from different vendors residing in isolated islands of automation because the proprietary components used by...

HP MAP Manufacturing Message Specification

The first re ease of HP's implementation of the MMS standard offers powerful communication tools for monitoring and controlling robots, PLCs, and other factory-floor devices in the manufacturing environment by Peter A. Lagoni, Christopher Crali, and Thomas G. Bartz HE MANUFACTURING FLOOR of the 1990s is a highly competitive and complex environment. Sophisticated factory-floor devices such as sensors, logical controllers, and robots are used to manufacture a variety of products. These...