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The Role of Sensors and Contr ol Technology in CIM

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5.8.5 CIM Environment Presentation
Presentation in the CIM environment means providing data to, and
accepting data from, people and devices. Obviously, this data must
assume appropriate data definitions and screen formats to be usable.
Because today’s industrial enterprise contains such a wide array
of devices and information needs, it must have a consistent way to
distribute and present information to people, terminals, workstations,
machine tools, robots, sensors, bar-code readers, automated guided
vehicles, and part storage and retrieval systems. The range of this
information covers everything from simple messages between people
to large data arrays for engineering design and applications (Fig. 5.17).
It may originate from a CIM user in one functional area of the enter-
prise and be delivered to a CIM user or device in another area.