PenFact XMD Data Transfer Engine

PenFact’s XMD Data Transfer Engine is the data exchange and data quality hub. The XMD communications system guarantees 100% fault tolerant quality data exchange. For most users, the only part of the engine they see is the message telling them that their data transfer was completed. Under the hood, however, is a powerful, secure fault tolerant proven communications infrastructure.

Fast - Scalable - Secure - Compatible

It’s Fast: XMD communication is fast, because PenFact technology streamlines the transfer process. As your system expands, and your mobile workers do progressively more work, this technology dramatically reduces network strain - a 70 - 80% reduction in network overhead when compared to other technologies such as XML - producing huge efficiencies.

Further, XMD technology quickly and efficiently transfers multi-media files – fast and optimally - over narrow communications pipes.

It’s Scalable: The XMD Data Transfer Engine interacts with hundreds of mobile devices, of varying varieties, at the same time. XMD software additionally maintains secure synchronization with multiple enterprise systems. The XMD Data Transfer Engine adapts to your business and to your back-end systems. Many of our customers have changed back-end systems multiple times without affecting or redeploying the XMD mobile system.

It’s Safe: The core PenFact communication protocol ensures that each mobile worker retains control - where they have access to the network, mobile workers can always manually initiate communication. And, XMD can automatically initiate communication on a scheduled basis. No matter how triggered, PenFact communications have built in data quality controls to ensure 100% fault tolerant data synchronization between mobile workers, the XMD Data Transfer Engine, and connected enterprise systems. If failure occurs during a mobile session, all data remains intact – with auto recovery at the next connection.

It’s Compatible: XMD Data Transfer Engine uses your existing network communications. It operates using standardd network communication protocols. XMD operates over private wireless networks within plants and facilities, connecting workers in real time. It operates equally as well in batch connect mode, through cradled connections, over the internet, and using dial-up connections.

Key Technical Attributes

• Secure direct network and FTP data exchange ensures fault tolerant communications – unlike web-based public internet communications
• Secure, open, and reliable communications – using existing networks (private or public) and any VPN connections you currently support
• Open standards products
• Efficient communications – wide pipes or narrow pipes, XMD optimizes data transfer
• Versatile data capabilities – pictures, text, data, mark-up, bar code and RFID
• Performs unattended, wireless data retrieval from any number of devices with standard RF LAN
• XMD’s powerful synchronous client/server technology means that mobile workers continue working, even when not connected to the network. If your network fails, inspection, data collection and historical analysis continues. Each XMD Mobile Worker unit stores its own data until the network is back online.

PenFact, Inc. · 20 Park Plaza, Suite 478 · Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 482-6900 · Fax: (617) 482-5155 · www.penfact.com