Datastick Systems, Inc. —  News Release
MEDIA CONTACT:
Michael Scandling, V.P. Marketing.
Phone: (408) 871-3300
Fax: (408) 871-3313
Email: mike@datastick.com

First spectrum analysis tool for Bluetooth™ enabled Palm™ handhelds: Datastick Connection™ Wave BT for ICHM® software announced by Datastick Systems, Inc. and Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc.

SANTA CLARA, CA, JUNE 30, 2003 -- Datastick Systems, Inc., the leading developer of data acquisition software and hardware for the Palm OS®, and Oceana Sensor Technologies Inc., the leading manufacturer of OEM vibration sensors and smart, wireless sensing systems for machinery health monitoring, have developed a software interface exclusively for Oceana, which utilizes the Palm OS® Bluetooth™ extensions for communication with Oceana Sensor’s Wireless e-Diagnostics™ System Products. As a result of the software interface both companies proudly announce an addition to the Datastick Connection™ suite of software products, Datastick Connection™ Wave BT for ICHM is the first software to display FFT spectrums on Bluetooth™ enabled Palm™ handhelds.

Portable wireless machine health monitoring is now a reality at low cost and high value. Datastick Connection suite products with Oceana Sensor’s ICHM 20/20 provides industry with the first fully functional handheld wireless machinery health monitoring system. Maintenance engineers and asset managers have a single source to obtain critical predictive maintenance information from their route-based data collection activities. Wireless connection and the convenience of a widely available, off-the-shelf Palm Tungsten™ handheld provide industry with the solution to high-profile machinery maintenance issues.

Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM software enables Oceana Sensor’s ICHM 20/20 to display and store acquired high-speed sensor data on wireless handheld devices running the Palm OS®. The stored data can then be downloaded using Palm HotSync® technology to desktop personal computers for further analysis and trending. Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM® rounds out the Datastick Connection and ICHM® 20/20 union by offering its high-speed channel capability, which coupled with previously announcements by both companies, offers a complete high and low speed machinery health monitoring system.

Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM® links to Oceana Sensor’s ICHM® 20/20 smart sensor module via a Bluetooth™ Version 1.1-compliant wireless connection, and can read, display, and store two channels of dynamic data, including Time-based data as well as FFT and Auto Power Spectrums processed by the ICHM® 20/20. Taking advantage of the ICHM® 20/20’s 48kHz sampling capability, Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM® can record signals up to 20kHz in frequency range. Easy-to-use configuration dialogs facilitate industry-standard data acquisition setup parameters such as frequency range of interest, block size, FFT windowing options, etc. Once acquired, a close-up view of any part of the waveform can be analyzed utilizing Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM’s built-in Zoom feature. The Inspect tool, operated by moving the cursor, provides a numerical readout of any specific data point on the waveform.

“Wireless sensing systems become extremely practical for new industrial installations and the retrofit of existing ones, considering that up to two-thirds of the cost of a typical monitoring system is associated with the installation of cable and conduit,” said Alex Kalasinsky, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Oceana. “Wireless e-Diagnostics promises to deliver as much as $115 billion annual savings to industry through the reduction of unscheduled maintenance and downtime. Most importantly this announcement offers low-cost solutions to address the huge annual savings potential.”
“Users of Oceana’s advanced Wireless e-Diagnostics™ systems now have the benefit of being able to view high-speed spectrum readings on the run. This enables them to make adjustments while viewing the results of those adjustments without having to go back to the main pc console,” said Michael Scandling, Vice President of Marketing for Datastick Systems. “Datastick Connection Wave BT for ICHM® coupled with Oceana Sensor’s advanced machine health monitoring systems bring a new level of portability to conditions-based maintenance and field diagnostics.”

Oceana Sensor is a recognized leader in Bluetooth wireless technology for Smart Sensors as a result of more than three years of strategic partnerships and exhaustive technical development efforts, as well as participation in the Bluetooth study group for Industrial Automation. The ICHM® 20/20 was developed as a highly programmable and configurable platform for advanced machine protection, finally linking the previously independent activities of machinery health monitoring and industrial process control with plant-wide asset management systems.

Datastick Systems, Inc., designs and develops cost-effective, high-performance, handheld data acquisition products for a broad range of commercial, scientific, governmental, environmental and educational markets. Datastick developed the first general-purpose data acquisition hardware and software system for the Palm platform. Datastick is located at 51 East Campbell Ave., Ste. 130, Campbell, CA 95008. Contact Datastick at (408) 871-3300, visit the web site at www.datastick.com, or email findout@datastick.com.

Datastick is a registered trademark and Datastick Connection is a trademark of Datastick Systems, Inc. Palm is a trademark and Palm OS and HotSync are registered trademarks of Palm, Inc. Oceana Sensor’s ICHM is an acronym for Intelligent Component Health Monitor and is a registered trademark owned by Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc. Wireless e-Diagnostics is a trademark owned by Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc. BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed to Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc.