Custom and Special Products Group

The UconX Special Products Group provides a range of services to assist customers in developing specialized communication systems. These services include:

The protocol experts of the Special Products Group work closely with you from inception to completion of the project, effectively forming an extension of your project team. We work with your staff to ensure that all technical issues are considered and the solution implemented is consistent with your expectations. This teamwork approach is instrumental in building successful products, and your success is the most important part of our business.


High-Performance Hardware Platforms.

UconX protocol software is implemented in a client-server environment using our family of LAN-based communication servers. The UconX server attaches to your local area network to provide wide-area connectivity for all clients on the LAN.

If you need an embedded solution, we also offer our protocols on a variety of high-speed SBus, VMEbus and PCI intelligent communication controllers.

A combination of custom and off-the-shelf UconX wide-area protocols can operate simultaneously on the same platform, and all supported platforms provide multiple high-speed serial lines with a variety of electrical interfaces.


Customizing a Standard Protocol.

Chances are, the protocol you need is similar to one of our standard off-the-shelf products. If that's the case, the Special Products Group begins with the standard protocol and simply makes additions or modifications to bring it in line with your requirements. This is just a partial list of off-the-shelf protocols we have available:


New Protocol Development.

Even when you need a complete custom protocol, our Special Products Group won't be starting from scratch. They'll use the standard UconX ProtoKit, which is the foundation of all our data communication software. ProtoKit is a complete and powerful STREAMS-based protocol development package, providing:

The support software supplied by ProtoKit was designed specifically to facilitate the implementation and increase the efficiency of data communication applications, and it's already in place and proven in the field. All of these factors minimize our development effort and, more importantly, minimize your risk.


The Benefits of STREAMS.

The operating environment on the server or controller is provided by xSTRa, UconX's real-time executive for STREAMS applications. STREAMS was originally designed as a flexible facility for developing communication services in the UNIX environment. It provides a standard interface that enables modular, portable development of protocol stacks.

xSTRa brings all the benefits of STREAMS to the real-time environment. And xSTRa is not a STREAMS emulation package running on top of another operating system; it's STREAMS from the ground up, and more efficient as a result.


Client API.

All UconX software products include a simple, easy-to-use API to protocol software running on a LAN-based server or communication controller. The API provides a standard interface to the TCP/IP software or host driver. This makes application programs easily portable among client operating systems as well as the various UconX server and embedded controller platforms.


Solutions For Mission-Critical Systems.

UconX protocols are being used today in applications ranging from air traffic control and power sub-station management to stock market trading and telecommunications. These industries may appear to have little in common, but in fact, they all share a mission-critical data communication requirement. For our customers, any perceptible down-time, errors or delays can cause the failure of an entire operation. At UconX, we understand mission-critical systems, and we're dedicated to providing reliable, dependable data communication products and services for the mission that's critical to your success.


Ordering Information: For more information or to place an order, please contact us at (619) 627-1700 or email us at sales@uconx.com . For technical questions about our products, please email us at tech@uconx.com .