NI announces the launch of SystemLink, application software for distributed systems management. SystemLink improves operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by providing a centralized interface for automating tasks such as software deployment, remote hardware configuration, and system performance and status monitoring.
The trends of the Industrial Internet of Things, 5G and vehicle electrification combined with current realities such as the maintenance of legacy distributed systems are driving companies to seek new approaches to systems management. Efforts to implement centrally connected and coordinated systems have transformed theories and pilot projects into large-scale distributed deployments that are producing substantial returns on investment. Companies derive these returns from actionable, data-driven analytics that enable them to maximize availability, improve efficiency and accelerate innovation. At the same time, companies need to reconcile the adoption of new connected technologies with continued support for older equipment with long life cycles.
Systems that manage, maintain and extract information from small-scale pilot projects or groups of systems are relatively simple to implement. However, attention is now turning to the next challenge, namely the evolution and management of large-scale deployments, different life-cycle stages and distributed testers and nodes across entire power plants, chip manufacturing units and factories. This challenge involves remotely configuring software and systems, managing data and monitoring performance. It applies to industries such as aerospace and defense, transportation and manufacturing.
With SystemLink, engineers can connect, deploy and manage distributed systems (from NI or third parties) using a centralized interface accessible from anywhere, enabling them to configure and deploy software remotely, monitor the status and performance of their equipment, manage alarms and view application parameters. In addition, engineers can automate data communication to customer-defined dashboards and remote operator interfaces.
" SystemLink significantly reduces the administration time needed to deploy software on test systems and manage their configurationsays Daniel Huang, Head of Test Technology at Siemens AG. This enables our engineering teams to focus their efforts on higher-value tasks.. "
To meet the demands of increasingly complex unit-under-test (UUT) testing and ever tighter deadlines, engineers need tailor-made tools they can use throughout their workflows, enabling them to respond precisely to the requirements of their applications. SystemLink is the latest addition to NI's software-based platform, which includes products tailored to the needs of each stage of their workflow. These products have been adopted in whole or in part by over 300,000 active users. With LabVIEW system design software at its core, and TestStand test management software providing the overall execution, this workflow helps improve the productivity of test and validation labs across a wide range of industries. Each component of the workflow is also interoperable with third-party software to maximize code/intellectual property reuse, and draws on software and tool complements from the LabVIEW Tools Network ecosystem for more application-specific requirements.
Learn more: ni.com/systemlink