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MARKETING CONTACT:
Stephen Martin
Quadros Systems, Inc.
Main: +1 832-351-2830
Direct: +1 781-641-2777
stephen.martin@quadros.com
MEDIA CONTACT:
Janice Hughes
Hughes Communications, Inc.
+1 860-423-6513
Cell: +1 860-450-2292
janice@hughescom.net
Quadros Systems Supports Seamless Device Networking
Software enables development of UPnP-compliant devices
ESC: #924
Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, MA - September 12, 2005 -
Quadros Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of configurable and scaleable
real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced RTXC Quadnet UPnP
SDK, a software development kit for adding pervasive peer-to-peer
network connectivity to embedded devices. With the rapidly increasing
number of devices that can be networked and the widespread demand for
home networks, consumers have complained about the difficulty of
connecting devices within the home whether that be a digital camera with
their computer or a printer to a computer in another room. The UPnP
standard makes such seamless networking possible and augments the drive
for even more home networking technology.
The Quadros RTXC Quadnet UpnP software enables a device to dynamically
join a network with zero configuration, obtain an IP address, and
advertise its capabilities to all other devices on the network. The
device can also exit the network smoothly and automatically when it is
disconnected. The consumer is no longer required to understand network
management protocols or even to be able to walk through configuration
wizards to operate a device on the home network. RTXC Quadnet UPnP
software is useful for consumer electronics, home automation and
security, computers and peripherals and networking appliances.
“Today’s consumers have become accustomed to networked technology in
their work place and want these same benefits in their homes,” notes
Stephen Martin, director of marketing for Quadros Systems. “However, the
typical consumer is often baffled by the set up and configuration
required to create a home network or to bring a new device online. The
UPnP architecture allows our OEM customers to develop products that
increase the consumers’ satisfaction and reduce the OEMs post-sale
support costs.”
The RTXC Quadnet UPnP software integrates the following elements:
- Quadnet Device Control Protocol – XML device description page and XML
service description page based on the UPnP Forum template standards.
- Quadnet Web Server – Serves up the device's device description and
service description documents to interested UPnP control points
- Quadnet SSDP (Simple Service Discovery Protocol) – advertises the
device's services to UPnP control points
- Quadnet GENA (General Event Notification Architecture) – notifies
subscribed UPnP control points of changes in the device's state such
as a networked printer that is out of paper.
- Quadnet SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) – a web-based messaging
and remote procedure call mechanism which combines XML and HTTP to
control the device and to query its status.
- Quadnet device code generator (upnpcgen) – processes the UPnP device
description and service description XML documents, generating code
that implements the skeleton of a UPnP network device. The device
code generator also performs full XML schema validation for these
documents.
Virtually any device can benefit from seamless network connectivity.
Immediate consumer demand for UPnP-enabled network devices focus on
Internet gateways, MP3 players, A/V media servers, security cameras,
PDAs, smart appliances, and printers.
Availability and Pricing
The RTXC Quadnet UPnP software development kit is available immediately.
Project licenses start under $35,000.
About UPnP Technology
UPnP technology provides an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer
network connectivity of intelligent devices, particularly within the
home. UPnP technology builds on Internet standards and technologies,
such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and XML, to enable these devices to automatically
connect with one another and work together to make
networking—particularly home networking—possible for more people.
About the RTXC Quadros Family of Real-time Operating Systems
The RTXC Quadros RTOS family features four highly scalable real-time
operating systems, offering distinct performance advantages for each of
the major processing models. RTXC/ss (single stack) utilizes a
lightweight specialized executive to support high data rate and signal
processing applications. RTXC/ms (multi-stack) is optimized for control
processing using an event-driven, prioritized, preemptive scheduler.
RTXC/dm (dual mode) marries RTXC/ms and RTXC/ss and is ideal for
convergent processing applications which combine DSP/dataflow and
RISC/control processing in a single-core architecture. Both RTXC/ms
and RTXC/dm are brought together under RTXC/mp (multiprocessing) in
various combinations to support multicore and multiprocessor
implementations.
About Quadros, Systems, Inc.
Quadros Systems, Inc. develops and markets RTXC technology, bringing
together RTOS, hardware and software professionals into one development
team to provide innovative technology that maximizes real-time
responsiveness and eases the development process for customers. In
addition to the RTXC RTOS family, Quadros Systems offers a wide range
of communications stacks and middleware including RTXC Quadnet (a suite
of integrated communications protocols) and RTXCflashfile (a high
performance file system for resident flash devices). RTXC products have
been deployed worldwide in thousands of embedded systems, serving
markets such as communications, medical, and industrial automation. For
more information, contact Quadros Systems, Inc. at 832-351-2830 or
visit www.quadros.com.
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