Looking for a centralized, robust and efficient solution for employee attendance monitoring?
Look no further than Aftek's attendance monitoring framework! Benefitting from Aftek's seven plus years of expertise in attendance domain, this framework is developed to address your organization's employee attendance monitoring needs and more.
Aftek's attendance monitoring framework enables easy monitoring and control of day-to-day operations in time attendance, EDP and payroll departments. It can seamlessly incorporate complex and varying business rules and HR policies without hampering previous employee data.
Aftek's attendance monitoring framework records and maintains daily attendance of the employees and provides several features like leave management, shift schedule management, over-time, late arrival, out duty, compensatory offs, visitor tracking, canteen management, gate pass management with photograph and more. It can also maintain individual employee details such as passport-visa details, educational background, training records, organizational hierarchy, CTC details and appraisals feedback. Moreover, generation of various reports and logs is now literally put at your finger tips!
You can incorporate Aftek's device-independent attendance monitoring framework with any third party hardware reader, smart card reader or even with Bio-metrics reader. You can make use of its master import utility for filling up the master data quickly. Offline reader support is also provided where network connectivity is an issue. Additionally, all of the data can be exported in text, CSV, XLS, PDF and XML formats with the option of customizing rows and columns of the attendance roaster. This data can act as an input for payroll and ERP systems. You can also send the exported report through emails to the required audience, i.e. employees, HR department, accounts, management and so on.
A web-enabled workflow based application is offered to manage leave applications, out-duty details, and "forget to swipe (flash card)" details to reduce manual paper work. When a valid card flash is not found, the system can optionally send automated notification to employees for taking corrective actions. Additionally, a superior can sanction or reject these applications and can also delegate the sanctioning duty to his subordinate when required. An employee can also request a notification for his peer's leave to plan his work accordingly. Optionally, all of these features can be accessed using a Mobile interface.
To order an evaluation copy for your organization, contact us at: jayantw@aftek.com
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Solution - Residential - Details - Security
Security
-Smart card based access for residents.
-Lobby light and pre-recorded greeting message
-Multiple motion detectors for complete security
-Stay / away modes and multiple security zones
-Alarm notification in case of intrusion to neighbors, society security gate, voice call to preset phone numbers, -SMS, e-mail
-Surveillance cameras
-View image of visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Voice communication with visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Stored images of visitors in the absence of flat owner can be viewed after he is back or over Internet, with date and time stamp.
-Door latch can be operated from the display unit or from any room.
There are many more possibilities. It is important to first understand and see the features in operation. Digihome would be glad to work closely with you and help you finalize the features that you should be offering to your customers, based on the layout of the scheme, flats and the price point.
More information
http://www.digihome.co.in/security.asp
-Smart card based access for residents.
-Lobby light and pre-recorded greeting message
-Multiple motion detectors for complete security
-Stay / away modes and multiple security zones
-Alarm notification in case of intrusion to neighbors, society security gate, voice call to preset phone numbers, -SMS, e-mail
-Surveillance cameras
-View image of visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Voice communication with visitor at society gate or apartment door
-Stored images of visitors in the absence of flat owner can be viewed after he is back or over Internet, with date and time stamp.
-Door latch can be operated from the display unit or from any room.
There are many more possibilities. It is important to first understand and see the features in operation. Digihome would be glad to work closely with you and help you finalize the features that you should be offering to your customers, based on the layout of the scheme, flats and the price point.
More information
http://www.digihome.co.in/security.asp
Monday, July 5, 2010
AFTEK's Hardware design and development expertise
Aftek's substantial capabilities in hardware design and development gives a significant competitive advantage. Our customers from various segments of the industry have applied our expertise in hardware and software to build cost effective solutions; making us a true one stop shop.
Our applications cover a broad range of areas including: board design, analog and mixed signal applications, semiconductor chip validation systems, FPGA or CPLD based design and development, Analog-Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital-Analog Converter (DAC), video and audio interfaces, RF, Wi-Fi, ZigBee®, and other related technologies.
Aftek has provided services to many customers with comprehensive design cycles for a variety of projects. We have provided our esteemed customers with end-to-end design support as well as individual services for their developments.
-Requirement analysis
-Hardware architecture design
-Component and chip selection
-Schematic level designing
-PCB layout designing
-Board bring-up program
-System integration and testing
-Certifications and compliance
Infrastructure:
Aftek has up-to-date infrastructure for its teams to carry out its multifaceted services:
R&D lab: Full antistatic lab with SMD reworks station and highly skilled technicians
Instruments: Logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DSO, DMM with data logger and similar such instruments
Tools: PADS Power PCB, Allegro PCB design and Allegro SI, XDS510, MultiICE and other tools
Our applications cover a broad range of areas including: board design, analog and mixed signal applications, semiconductor chip validation systems, FPGA or CPLD based design and development, Analog-Digital Converter (ADC) and Digital-Analog Converter (DAC), video and audio interfaces, RF, Wi-Fi, ZigBee®, and other related technologies.
Aftek has provided services to many customers with comprehensive design cycles for a variety of projects. We have provided our esteemed customers with end-to-end design support as well as individual services for their developments.
-Requirement analysis
-Hardware architecture design
-Component and chip selection
-Schematic level designing
-PCB layout designing
-Board bring-up program
-System integration and testing
-Certifications and compliance
Infrastructure:
Aftek has up-to-date infrastructure for its teams to carry out its multifaceted services:
R&D lab: Full antistatic lab with SMD reworks station and highly skilled technicians
Instruments: Logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DSO, DMM with data logger and similar such instruments
Tools: PADS Power PCB, Allegro PCB design and Allegro SI, XDS510, MultiICE and other tools
Friday, July 2, 2010
Intelligent Transport System
Intelligent Transport System
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is designed for the urban / state / private road transport organizations (public and private RTCs). The system consists of a backend and a hardware component to provide an integrated solution for the driver console unit, electronic ticking machine, passenger information system and vehicle tracking system. ITS provides a single solution for transport companies to schedule and monitor buses with the help of advance technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi and GPRS.
The Need
Road transport organizations typically have huge fleet of buses that operate from depots situated at remote locations. With the increase in population the public transport organizations need to improve their services to provide better facilities. Without having an intelligent transport system in place, it is very difficult to improve the service. ITS will enable the transport organization to get the required bus, schedule, route and passenger information very quickly to execute public queries in a very efficient manner. With the help of Vehicle Tracking System, people can get the current location of the bus without communicating with the staff members. The electronic ticketing machine stores information of each and every ticket issued to the passengers. This ticketing data is used for managerial decisions such as introducing new bus routes or allocating part-time buses to operate at crowded locations. To have a better up-time for bus, ITS provides a driver console to monitor the bus 'health'. With the increase in terrorist attacks, public security is critical. ITS also provides security cameras which record the audio and video inside the bus.
Solution
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facilitates better public transport services by considering the bus earnings, public safety and security.
Driver console unit
A driver console unit (DCU) is a hardware device having Wi-Fi, GSM / GPRS, RS232, RS 485, USB, CAN BUS host interfaces, Digital IO, Analog IO for communication and interfacing with other devices such as LED display boards, GPS, Electronic ticketing machines, CAN bus, etc. The device has a touch screen enabled driver console application that displays the current stage and next stage details with audio visual alerts and vehicle engine CAN BUS parameters like temperature, engine speed, door status, etc. The bus stages are advanced automatically based on the GPS position. It can also control the security camera as well as vehicle rear camera units fitted inside and outside the bus.
Electronic Ticketing Machine
An Electronic Ticking Machine (ETM) is a hardware device capable of issuing passenger tickets and sending the ticket data over serial and GPRS interfaces. It is capable of automatic fare collection (AFC) using smartcards and recharging the smart cards. All these transactions will be stored on the ETM itself which are uploaded directly to the PC based application or on the driver console unit over a serial interface.
Passenger Information system
A Passenger Information System (PIS) consists of a DCU application which controls LED display boards fitted in the bus. The display board shows route and stage information on which the bus is currently plying. The internal display board is also capable of displaying advertisement contents as configured from the backend application.
Vehicle Tracking System
The Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) is integrated with the DCU unit to get the vehicle positioning data along with other information such as driver, route and stages. The VTS online map console shows the vehicle position with bus details. The VTS system provides powerful search criteria to drill down the search to the route level. Zoom in, zoom out, pan and identify features are provided for the user to view the map more conveniently.
Ground Booking Terminal
Ground booking terminal (GBT) for conductor-less buses, is an optional feature that can be used for issuing the tickets using ATM cards. It also acts as a query terminal to obtain information such as: buses between two stops, information about the nearby important places (bank ATM, Mall, historical places, etc) on the map.
More information please write to me @ jayantw@aftek.com
Jayant Wagh
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) is designed for the urban / state / private road transport organizations (public and private RTCs). The system consists of a backend and a hardware component to provide an integrated solution for the driver console unit, electronic ticking machine, passenger information system and vehicle tracking system. ITS provides a single solution for transport companies to schedule and monitor buses with the help of advance technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi and GPRS.
The Need
Road transport organizations typically have huge fleet of buses that operate from depots situated at remote locations. With the increase in population the public transport organizations need to improve their services to provide better facilities. Without having an intelligent transport system in place, it is very difficult to improve the service. ITS will enable the transport organization to get the required bus, schedule, route and passenger information very quickly to execute public queries in a very efficient manner. With the help of Vehicle Tracking System, people can get the current location of the bus without communicating with the staff members. The electronic ticketing machine stores information of each and every ticket issued to the passengers. This ticketing data is used for managerial decisions such as introducing new bus routes or allocating part-time buses to operate at crowded locations. To have a better up-time for bus, ITS provides a driver console to monitor the bus 'health'. With the increase in terrorist attacks, public security is critical. ITS also provides security cameras which record the audio and video inside the bus.
Solution
Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facilitates better public transport services by considering the bus earnings, public safety and security.
A driver console unit (DCU) is a hardware device having Wi-Fi, GSM / GPRS, RS232, RS 485, USB, CAN BUS host interfaces, Digital IO, Analog IO for communication and interfacing with other devices such as LED display boards, GPS, Electronic ticketing machines, CAN bus, etc. The device has a touch screen enabled driver console application that displays the current stage and next stage details with audio visual alerts and vehicle engine CAN BUS parameters like temperature, engine speed, door status, etc. The bus stages are advanced automatically based on the GPS position. It can also control the security camera as well as vehicle rear camera units fitted inside and outside the bus.
Electronic Ticketing Machine
An Electronic Ticking Machine (ETM) is a hardware device capable of issuing passenger tickets and sending the ticket data over serial and GPRS interfaces. It is capable of automatic fare collection (AFC) using smartcards and recharging the smart cards. All these transactions will be stored on the ETM itself which are uploaded directly to the PC based application or on the driver console unit over a serial interface.
A Passenger Information System (PIS) consists of a DCU application which controls LED display boards fitted in the bus. The display board shows route and stage information on which the bus is currently plying. The internal display board is also capable of displaying advertisement contents as configured from the backend application.
Vehicle Tracking System
The Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) is integrated with the DCU unit to get the vehicle positioning data along with other information such as driver, route and stages. The VTS online map console shows the vehicle position with bus details. The VTS system provides powerful search criteria to drill down the search to the route level. Zoom in, zoom out, pan and identify features are provided for the user to view the map more conveniently.
Ground Booking Terminal
Ground booking terminal (GBT) for conductor-less buses, is an optional feature that can be used for issuing the tickets using ATM cards. It also acts as a query terminal to obtain information such as: buses between two stops, information about the nearby important places (bank ATM, Mall, historical places, etc) on the map.
More information please write to me @ jayantw@aftek.com
Jayant Wagh
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Aftek presents SoC based Power Line Communication Transparent Modem
Aftek presents SoC-based PLC transparent modem that allows two-way data communication over existing AC power lines, without the need of adding / replacing data lines network. Offering reliable data communication, Aftek's transparent modem is a cost-effective solution ideal for building and industrial automation. It supports centralized data collection for AMR and enables centralized control for applications such as society and street lighting.
Sporting a small form factor, Aftek's PLC blank modem is based on ADD Semiconductor's highly integrated SoC. It is fully complainant with IEC61334-4-32, EHS and KONNEX. It offers selectable baud rate from 600 to 4800 bps. Additionally, it supports inbuilt isolated power supply and consumes less than 1W in active mode. Also, this PLC transparent modem optionally supports RS-485 interface for compatibility reasons.
More infromation : http://www.aftek.com/engineeringservices/power%20line%20communication.shtml
Sporting a small form factor, Aftek's PLC blank modem is based on ADD Semiconductor's highly integrated SoC. It is fully complainant with IEC61334-4-32, EHS and KONNEX. It offers selectable baud rate from 600 to 4800 bps. Additionally, it supports inbuilt isolated power supply and consumes less than 1W in active mode. Also, this PLC transparent modem optionally supports RS-485 interface for compatibility reasons.
More infromation : http://www.aftek.com/engineeringservices/power%20line%20communication.shtml
Protocol Converter
Aftek's Protocol Converter (APC) series provide a solution for reliable conversion of standard and proprietary protocols. It helps in integrating your system with third party systems.
The Need
The system needs to be integrated with third party devices to achieve production goals. It may also be helpful in using services of existing deployed systems to increase efficiency. For example, integrating of VRF air-conditioning system with a Building Management System (BMS) can help control and monitor the VRF system from a central location. Devices in these systems may communicate on different communication networks and different protocols. In such cases it is impossible for devices connected across these networks to communicate directly. To achieve this kind of communication, protocol converters are used.
Solution
Aftek provides APC (Aftek's Protocol Converter) series of protocol converters that convert protocols across same or different communication channels. APC helps to integrate the existing running system and new devices with minimum efforts. It minimizes integration time and cost. APC currently supports communication across RS-232, RS-485 and Ethernet networks. A user can configure communication parameters of APC using a simple desktop based configuration utility, which makes it easy to configure the system. This type of integration is required for many domains.
•Power generation
•Power transmission and distribution
•Oil and gas
•Automated meter reading (billing, monitoring and controlling)
•Remote monitoring applications
•Substation automation
•Building automation
•Process automation
APC supports various standard protocols
Device drivers have been developed for individual standard protocols. Apart from these standard protocols, Aftek develops drivers for proprietary protocols as per the requirements.
Components
A standard APC solution consists of protocol converter board, embedded software and configuration utility. The APC board has various communication interfaces; the board design can be changed as per the requirements. Embedded software, which runs on the board, uses drivers written for each protocol. As per the configuration, these drivers are selected and used at runtime.
A simple desktop based configuration utility is provided to configure APC. This utility simplifies the work of the application engineer to a great extent. The application engineer can configure communication interfaces, communication protocol for each interface, and details of devices connected on each interface.
Along with these details, a user can configure map of the devices that communicate with each other. Custom protocol drivers
Along with drivers for standard protocols, Aftek also develops drivers for proprietary protocols to run on the APC board. As per the configuration, these drivers can be used readily for conversion among the respective protocols in any combination. For more details refer the case study.
Supported Protocols
•Modbus RTU
•Modbus TCP
•BACnet MSTP
•BACnet IP
•BACnet Ethernet
•LONWorks
•EtherCAT
•CAN
•Serial and other custom protocols
More information :
http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/protocol%20converter.shtml
http://apc.aftek.com/
The Need
The system needs to be integrated with third party devices to achieve production goals. It may also be helpful in using services of existing deployed systems to increase efficiency. For example, integrating of VRF air-conditioning system with a Building Management System (BMS) can help control and monitor the VRF system from a central location. Devices in these systems may communicate on different communication networks and different protocols. In such cases it is impossible for devices connected across these networks to communicate directly. To achieve this kind of communication, protocol converters are used.
Solution
Aftek provides APC (Aftek's Protocol Converter) series of protocol converters that convert protocols across same or different communication channels. APC helps to integrate the existing running system and new devices with minimum efforts. It minimizes integration time and cost. APC currently supports communication across RS-232, RS-485 and Ethernet networks. A user can configure communication parameters of APC using a simple desktop based configuration utility, which makes it easy to configure the system. This type of integration is required for many domains.
•Power generation
•Power transmission and distribution
•Oil and gas
•Automated meter reading (billing, monitoring and controlling)
•Remote monitoring applications
•Substation automation
•Building automation
•Process automation
APC supports various standard protocols
Device drivers have been developed for individual standard protocols. Apart from these standard protocols, Aftek develops drivers for proprietary protocols as per the requirements.
Components
A standard APC solution consists of protocol converter board, embedded software and configuration utility. The APC board has various communication interfaces; the board design can be changed as per the requirements. Embedded software, which runs on the board, uses drivers written for each protocol. As per the configuration, these drivers are selected and used at runtime.
Custom configuration
A simple desktop based configuration utility is provided to configure APC. This utility simplifies the work of the application engineer to a great extent. The application engineer can configure communication interfaces, communication protocol for each interface, and details of devices connected on each interface.
Along with these details, a user can configure map of the devices that communicate with each other. Custom protocol drivers
Along with drivers for standard protocols, Aftek also develops drivers for proprietary protocols to run on the APC board. As per the configuration, these drivers can be used readily for conversion among the respective protocols in any combination. For more details refer the case study.
Supported Protocols
•Modbus RTU
•Modbus TCP
•BACnet MSTP
•BACnet IP
•BACnet Ethernet
•LONWorks
•EtherCAT
•CAN
•Serial and other custom protocols
More information :
http://www.aftek.com/solutionfactory/protocol%20converter.shtml
http://apc.aftek.com/
Porting of Android BSP for PXA270
Hardware Offering - Intel PXA270Aftek have successfully ported Android on PXA270 platform. We have developed a hardware platform based on PXA270 processor and then customized Android BSP for it. Extensive experience of Linux BSP has enabled us to develop a variety of expert solutions based on Android BSP as well. The hardware supports various interfaces like Ethernet, touchpad, audio, video and USB host, facilitating a wide range of applications that can be run of PXA270.
Android BSP for PXA270
Google Android is an open source and configurable mobile handset platform based on Linux 2.6. Android offers a full stack including an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. Android also includes Dalvik virtual machine for Java application. PXA270 processor is widely used for mobile and portable applications. Aftek's distinct offerings include::
-Design and development of hardware prototypes based on PXA270 platform
-Customized Android BSP for PXA270 platform
-Enhanced boot loader with support for firmware upgrade
-Optimized root file system.
-Development of drivers for different interfaces including Ethernet, graphical display, touchpad, USB host with support for mass storage and HID classes, as well as flash memory.
Target Solutions
-The Android STB application offers extensive feature set such as online bill payment, news, e-shopping, weather forecast, integration with online services like YouTube, Google maps and more. Click here for more details
-Media applications like Digital media frame, offering high quality images and video / audio streaming
-Navigation systems based on GPS offering high quality MAPS with integrated audio alerts and SMS. Click here for more details
-Information Kiosk for shopping complexes and multiplexes displaying information about various products and other infotainment.
http://www.aftek.com/offerings/Androidmobileofferings-pxa-270.shtml
Android BSP for PXA270
Google Android is an open source and configurable mobile handset platform based on Linux 2.6. Android offers a full stack including an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. Android also includes Dalvik virtual machine for Java application. PXA270 processor is widely used for mobile and portable applications. Aftek's distinct offerings include::
-Design and development of hardware prototypes based on PXA270 platform
-Customized Android BSP for PXA270 platform
-Enhanced boot loader with support for firmware upgrade
-Optimized root file system.
-Development of drivers for different interfaces including Ethernet, graphical display, touchpad, USB host with support for mass storage and HID classes, as well as flash memory.
Target Solutions
-The Android STB application offers extensive feature set such as online bill payment, news, e-shopping, weather forecast, integration with online services like YouTube, Google maps and more. Click here for more details
-Media applications like Digital media frame, offering high quality images and video / audio streaming
-Navigation systems based on GPS offering high quality MAPS with integrated audio alerts and SMS. Click here for more details
-Information Kiosk for shopping complexes and multiplexes displaying information about various products and other infotainment.
http://www.aftek.com/offerings/Androidmobileofferings-pxa-270.shtml
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