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Open Data Acquisition Association
Announces New President and
Conference Participation at Electro '99
Stamford, CT (April 26, 1999). The Open Data Acquisition Association, a group of leading manufacturers responsible for developing interoperable standards between PC-based data acquisition products, today announced the appointment of Dr. Frederick A. Putnam as President of the organization. Dr. Putnam is also President of LABTECH Corp., a pioneer in the field of high performance data acquisition and process control software.
"The focus of ODAA is the continuing development of the Open Data Acquisition Standard," said Dr. Putnam. "As the Association and the standard grow and mature, we will maintain our goal of providing data acquisition customers with choices. Real choices based on real, open standards. As a result, using ODAS-compliant products will allow developers of PC-based data acquisition systems to select products from multiple vendors and easily integrate them into a single measurement system. A dream come true in any market."
Electro 1999 Conference Sessions
The ODAA also announced its participation in the Electro 1999 conference, June 15-17, 1999, at the Bayside Convention Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Putnam will represent the
group, giving two talks during the conference. The first, entitled "ODAS: A New Standard for the PC Data Acquisition Hardware/Software Interface," will be held on June 15, 1999, at 1:30pm. This session will provide attendees with an overview of the Open Data Acquisition Standard, a new API currently under development for interfacing plug-in data acquisition cards and software. Dr. Putnam will cover all aspects of ODAS, the need for a standard, design objectives, technical description of the standard, and how ODAS relates to other industry standards, such as OPC and IVI. A live demonstration of how the standard is used in practice will also be provided.
The Association will also participate in a roundtable discussion entitled, "Instrumentation & Measurement: The Next Millennium," to be held on June 15, 1999, at 10am. The panel will include Dr. Fred Putnam, President of LABTECH Corp. and the Open Data Acquisition Association; Fred Molinari, President of Data Translation and a founding member of the Association; and several distinguished members of the editorial community.
For more information on Electro 1999, which is co-located with the NEPCON conference program, see http://electro.reedexpo.com.
The Open Data Acquisition Association is a non-profit association whose objective is to provide users of data acquisition systems with a universal, open standard (the Open Data Acquisition Standard) that allows interoperability between PC-based data acquisition hardware and software solutions from multiple vendors. For more information on ODAA and ODAS, visit the organization's Web site at http://www.opendaq.org and/or join the technical forum mailing list by sending e-mail with the line "subscribe odas-technical <yourname>" to listserver@labtech.com. Questions about how companies can become members of the Association are directed to John Coschigano, OMEGA Engineering, at 203-359-7808 or e-mail: coschigano@omega.com.
Founding Open Data Acquisition Association Members
Data Translation, Inc
Marlboro, MA
LABTECH Corporation
Andover, MA
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto, CA
OMEGA Engineering, Inc.
Stamford, CT
Strawberry Tree, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
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Open Data Acquisition Association
PO Box 4462
1 OMEGA Drive
Stamford, CT 06907
www.opendaq.org
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