Friday, September 26, 2008

Welcome to the Developer Tools Blog!

I work as a Program Manager for Developer Tools. You may already know me from the User Forum of Robot Application Builder. I really agree that ABB is at its best when listening to the customers. From my viewpoint, the User Forum represents a good way of learning how the products are really used around the world and how they can be improved. I also think it is fun to give a helping hand on the User Forum, and I have noticed that many of you do too!

OPC Server 5.11 and Robot Application Builder 5.11 have just been released. Both products can be downloaded and used for free. With the 5.11 release, the usage of Robot Application Builder has been simplified. All you have to do to start develop your own operator interfaces for IRC5 is downloading Robot Application Builder 5.11 and RobotStudio 5.11. RobotWare 5.11 and the virtual environment needed for testing and debugging RAB applications now come for free!

I also believe this enhanced Software Support Portal will help us improve the support you need when working with our Developer Tools, as it will be easier to share code, publish tutorials and so on. This blog will be the place for me to share the latest information with you.

I look forward to hearing from you!