SITEPLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT - 11/17/00

If you are thinking about purchasing a SitePlayer Development Kit, or if you have purchased a SitePlayer Development Kit and want to start your development right now, then download the free SitePlayerPC and start working on your projects this weekend!

SiteLinker and SitePlayerPC allow you to develop and test your SitePlayer web sites without connecting to a SitePlayer module. SitePlayerPC offers complete emulation of SitePlayer functions including serial communications, and web serving with SiteObjects™. This means you can modify the initial values of an object and develop a SitePlayer site without writing any device code. After code is developed using SitePlayerPC, the code can be seamlessly downloaded into individual SitePlayer modules using SiteLinker.

SitePlayerPC Benefits:

Multiple Team Projects:

For large projects where graphics and web layout is handled by a different team than the device code programming team, SitePlayerPC is an invaluable development tool. Once the teams agree on the objects, each team can go about their tasks independently.

Web Designers:

Web designers can immediately begin building and testing fully functional SitePlayer web sites without any SitePlayer modules or hardware knowledge. This includes the designing of text, form, and graphic SiteObjects.

Software Engineers:

SitePlayerPC allows device programmers to test the interface code to the device processor through the PC serial port without connecting to a SitePlayer module. This can save download time and R&D costs. This allows multiple software engineers to program and test functionality without purchasing a SitePlayer Development Kit for each engineer.

Customer Field Demonstrations:

SitePlayerPC allows you to simulate a fully functioning SitePlayer enabled device without the need for the device itself. This is especially convenient with large or cumbersome devices.

Classroom Environments:

In classroom environments, SitePlayerPC allows all students to program SitePlayer devices without needing to purchase individual SitePlayer Development Kits.