Production Line
Production Line
Solutions Guide
Contents
High-Tech Manufacturing 1
Trends in High-Tech Production Lines 3 Industry 4.0 Moves from Concept to Reality
Key Advantages 6
ATEN High-Tech Production Line 9 Remote Monitoring and Control Clean Room + Control Room, Taiwan
Solutions in Action 11 API for Automation and Data Collection Automated Semiconductor
Production Line, Taiwan
To meet the demands of the wide variety of high-tech production environments and increase production
line efficiency, ATEN has developed a series of KVM over IP solutions that provide convenient, flexible,
and efficient management of production control systems and quality-testing operations.
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Trends in
High-Tech Production Lines
According to an IHS Markit report, worldwide shipments of IIoT devices are predicted to rise to 252 million in 2021, an increase from
99 million in 2016, showing that Industry 4.0 has already grown beyond the conceptual stage and is seeing genuine adoption across
global manufacturing facilities.
High-tech manufacturing facilities are particularly well-positioned to reap the benefits of these advanced analytical processes, with
the constant input of real-time data helping to ensure stable environmental control and prevent against defects occurring during the
production process.
One of the most important things a company looking to optimize its production must do is to make sure its MES is Industry
4.0-ready. This includes being able to process and integrate IoT data, such as making factory-wide operations data available for use
in advanced analytics.
On the hardware side, the role of robotics - which have been used in the industry for decades - will continue to grow as machine
intelligence enhances these robots' capabilities far beyond their present functions and bolsters their role in automated production.
Taking these factors into account, industries will have to significantly increase their technology investments to ensure their MES and
overall production methodology remains efficient enough to stay in the game. This in turn will feed demand for scalable access
management solutions to allow companies to maintain centralized control of an ever-expanding technological infrastructure.
Even more disconcerting is the overall lack of investment in cybersecurity, which has left the manufacturing industry the second most
vulnerable to attacks after healthcare, according to a report from Manufacturing Business Technology.
However, as the industrial sector grows increasingly aware of these profound dangers, we will see a new drive among manufacturing
facilities to seek out solutions that provide essential performance-enhancing, cross-factory connectivity while not putting vital
operations data at risk. Therefore, the need for solutions with improved security means we will continue to see updating of legacy
KVM equipment in this segment.
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ATEN Solutions for High-Tech Production Line
Production Lines Key Advantages
ATEN specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance KVM as Remote Control & Monitoring Remote Management Power for Priority Control for Safe, Flexible
(RCM) management solutions, helping its customers to improve efficiency, centralize management, and maintain
Real-Time Control Supervision
safe operations in high-tech production line environments such as semiconductor foundry, assembly, and testing.
Our KVM over IP series of solutions can provide the following benefits: • ATEN KVM over IP solutions put supervisors and operators in • ATEN solutions offer priority control of remote and local operations
complete control of all production equipment connected to over in a center of manufacturing, ensuring that control of your
• Reduce frequency of entering the production line / clean room IP devices no matter where they are deployed. production line equipment is always in the correct hands.
• Panel Array Mode™ to monitor multiple machines at once • Our solutions allow you to eliminate the distance restrictions of • KVM over IP switches work with the access control box in the
• Immediate emergency response / alarm monitoring production line management, allowing centralized real-time production line, allowing instant local over remote prioritization to
• Instant prioritization control operation and maintenance and enabling a faster response take over control to ensure operational accuracy and to handle errors.
• Secured authentication and authorization protocols to emergencies. • Solutions provide prioritized control of key equipment on the
• Open APIs for software integration • Diversified port operation mode enables flexible remote access for production line with different levels of control for different users.
• No impact on machine system performance production line operators with Occupy, Exclusive, and Share modes.
1 Remote Management
Solution
For simple remote management
2 Real-Time Monitoring
Solution
For remote control & monitoring
Management Impact on Performance
• Panel Array Mode™ allows production line administrators to • Our KVM over IP solutions for production lines increase security and
display the video output of up to 64 servers on their monitors at reduce risk by utilizing the industry's highest security authentication
the same time, dramatically increasing efficiency, especially for and encryption standards and protocols.
equipment testing. • ATEN offers remote management of your production facility’s entire
• A user-friendly toolbar within the KVM user interface provides IT infrastructure without the use of VNC software, further ensuring
convenient management through configurable function icons. the security of your data, with zero impact on your production line
KVM over KVM over Access • Broadcast Mode allows the installer to simultaneously handle and PC’s performance and bandwidth.
IP Switch IP Switch Control Box copy actions to all computers at once. Keyboard input, mouse
input, or both, can be broadcast across multiple PCs or Macs
simultaneously, instead of weaving between all the PCs.
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ATEN High-Tech Production Line
Solutions in Action
01 Remote Monitoring and Control
02 API for Automation and Data Collection
03 Electronics Testing and Quality Control
04 Remote Operations and IT Maintenance
05 Critical Monitoring and Control
06 Critical Monitoring and Quality Control in 4K
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Challenges Solutions
• Increase management efficiency across multiple Provides complete system management across different
facilities while reducing the amount of facilities and reduces number of operators while also providing
operators to help keep costs down the ability to monitor every machine’s status and scheduling
• Need remote access to the complete system but Can remotely perform machine testing, adjust parameters,
also to reserve control ability and priority and implement emergency shutdowns while also reserving
settings to original production line server priority control in the clean rooms
• Need to monitor and share an ever-expanding Remote console content is displayed on the control room video
amount of video and data streams wall for efficient collaboration and effective decision making
• Ensure system security by providing a non Leverages existing IT network environment with lower cost
software-based centralized management solution and better anti-interference ability
Prototype
Clean Room +
Control Room, Taiwan
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Challenges Solutions
• Requires a secure solution that can process Provides security and reliability as there is no data transfer
KVM information and correctly identify between the manufacturing machines and the KVM over IP
production information feedback
Provides APIs for software integration applications while
• Needs to integrate with MES and to facilitate OCR solution directly captures the device display screen data
data collection for analysis and collects the data for analysis
• How to replace human operation Provides APIs for HMI operation by software program for
automated actions
• No impact to the production line utilization
Hardware architecture does not impact or reduce system
performance of the production line machines
API
Automated Semiconductor
Production Line, Taiwan
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Challenges Solutions
• Must provide on-the-fly visibility into the status Remote BIOS-level access allows instant visibility for
of each product on its test rack with capability troubleshooting without disturbing local console technicians
for remote operation for BIOS-level access
Panel Array Mode allows support personnel to monitor the
• Provide ability to selectively and intuitively video output of up to 64 servers on one screen simultaneously
monitor attached servers
Users are able to launch multiple Virtual Remote Desktops to
• Need to conduct hundreds of server tests from control multiple connected servers from the same login session
remote desktops without impacting
system performance Over IP access means there is no longer any need to
physically move their legacy KVM solution to each malfunc-
• Reduce wait time on each test rack and address tioning unit, reducing machine wait time without sacrificing
machine status immediately quality of the testing procedure
KN2116VA CC2000
16-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Virtual Media Centralized Management Software
Electronics
Manufacturing, USA
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Challenges Solutions
• Needed a convenient and secure solution to ATEN KVM over IP Console Station Series provides dual-view
enable constant monitoring of server status display for both monitoring and broadcasting commands
when broadcasting commands
Broadcast Mode allows the installer to simultaneously
• Provide process enhancement to shorten the handle and copy actions to all computers at once
time to install and update a large amount of
PCs and servers Panel Array Mode allows support personnel to monitor the
video output of up to 64 servers on one screen simultaneously
• Provide ability to selectively and intuitively
monitor attached servers PadClient app allows swift surveillance and access to the
servers via KVM switches
• Required OS flexibility and accessibility to a
variety of operating systems while on the go
KN2124VA KA8288
24-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Virtual Media Dual HDMI KVM over IP Switch Console Station
Manufacturing
Production Line, UK
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Challenges Solutions
• Supervisors needed remote access to highly Remote access allows instant visibility for supervisors
expensive production line equipment over the
network to support 3 shifts of full-time Provides ability for remote engineers to take remote control
24/7 operators of non-staffed areas and the access control box with priority
access when needed
• Priority control for remote and local
operations required Remote engineer can monitor four browsers on one screen
via Web-based GUI
• Required a Web-based monitoring system with
advanced functionalities KVM over IP solution takes up minimal space while allowing
for experienced engineers to set up new production lines
• Must minimize space requirements and more efficiently
maximize personnel efficiency
CN8000A
Single Port VGA KVM over IP Switch
05 Critical Monitoring
and Control
Panel Fabrication,
South Korea
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Challenges Solutions
• Consolidate remote monitoring and remote Provides remote access and remote monitoring and
control methods for various types of analytical prioritization control methods for multiple stations with
servers with access control IPCs running as analytical servers
• Required low-latency monitoring at 4K resolutions Supports UHD video quality – up to 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz for
critical monitoring
• Secured and controlled access to every server
for control room supervisor to ensure Four access modes of permission on transmitters ensures
internal compliance complete security
• Access to every server needs to be logged and CCKM Management Software provides detailed access
recorded to ensure tests are not compromised information, while each operator can only access their own
dedicated servers
KE8950 2XRT-0015G
KVM over IP Matrix System Access Control Box
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About ATEN
ATEN International Co., Ltd., established in 1979, is the leading provider of AV/IT connectivity and management solutions. Offering integrated KVM,
professional AV, and intelligent power solutions, ATEN products connect, manage, and optimize AV/IT equipment in corporate, government, education,
broadcasting and media, and transportation environments. ATEN has 570+ issued international patents and a global R&D team that produces a
constant stream of innovative solutions, resulting in a comprehensive portfolio of products available worldwide.