MAP and TOP Advanced Manufacturing Communications
Advances in technology are making the business and manufacturing environment increasingly complex. Standards can help us cope with this complexity. Given the strategic importance of computers in the economies of the industrial world, it is fitting that one of the most significant commercial stories...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Current Manufacturing Techniques
- 3 The Network — The Physical Transmission Medium
- 3.1 Basic communications
- 3.2 Communications options
- 3.3 Distributed LANs
- 3.4 Head ends
- 4 The Seven Layer Model
- 4.1 The application itself
- 4.2 Applications layer (layer 7)
- 4.3 Presentation layer (layer 6)
- 4.4 Session layer (layer 5)
- 4.5 Transport layer (layer 4)
- 4.6 Network layer (layer 3)
- 4.7 Datalink layer (layer 2)
- 4.8 Physical layer (layer 1)
- 4.9 Interconnecting MAP and TOP with each other and with other systems
- 4.10 Technical and Office Protocols (TOP)
- 5 The Standards Scene
- 5.1 The origins of OSI
- 5.2 The International Standards Organization (ISO)
- 5.3 ISO stages of development of standards
- 5.4 National activity in the UK
- 5.5 Who’s who in standards
- 6 Key Issues
- 6.1 The functionality of MMS
- 6.2 Interoperability
- 6.3 Testing
- 7 Map and Top Application Case Studies
- 7.1 The Towers of Hanoi and beyond
- 7.2 Cell controller applications
- 7.3 A link from design to assembly and inspection
- 7.4 MAP in the electronics test environment
- 7.5 AIMS — an Assembly Information Management System applied to engine assembly
- 7.6 Using MAP in the factory
- 7.7 MAP in printed circuit board assembly
- 7.8 Communications in the aerospace industry
- 7.9 MAP in General Motors
- 8 The Way Ahead
- 8.1 The future
- 8.2 MAP and TOP products
- Useful Addresses
- Abbreviations
- Sources and Recommendations for Further Reading