Gensym^® G2 Software Interfaces and Bridges

Intelligent Laboratory Solutions provides software, bridge interfaces for the Gensym^® G2 real-time software platform.  A Dynamic Data Exchange or (DDE) and Serial RS232 422 software bridges are currently available.  These out-of-the box bridges provide real-time communication to other DDE-enabled software packages and serial enabled equipment.    

In addition to these bridges, ILS has the experience to develop robust, real-time communication bridges for the Gensym^® G2 platform.  This includes the software knowledge bases (KBs), interface bridges, and G2 development expertise to support real-time communication to third-party software or solid-state equipment.  Contact ILS for further information and pricing.

ILS also offers services to develop, deploy and maintain Gensym G2 applications.  To learn more about ILS G2 services click here.

ILS G2-Serial Bridge

Do you have a need to read data and communicate with a serial device such as a scale, laboratory instrument, or other hardware and bring this data into your Gensym G2 application? Would you like to send commands to remote serial devices in the field? With the ILS G2-Serial Bridge, you can rapidly integrate serial device control and communication with your G2 application.

•  Various Protocols: Supports RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485.
• Easy-to-use KBs integrate with your existing application.
• Configurable for either synchronous or asynchronous applications.
• Works with physical or virtual COM ports.
• Interfaces with network device servers and terminal servers.
• Launch with command-line arguments.
• Handles the “break” command needed in many process control and multi-drop applications.
• Debugging and logging mode allows you to quickly prototype and debug your application.
• Mix and Match: Can run multiple G2-Serial bridges with each bridge communicating to different devices.
• Remote Bridge Management: Have multiple G2-Serial bridges running and communicating with a centralized G2. ILS provides connection management tools within G2.
• Network Fault Tolerance: When running the G2-Serial bridge remotely across the network, ILS provides an optional heartbeat feature for automatically handling temporary network outages.

Screenshot of the G2 Serial Bridge	Screenshot of the interface to monitor real-time serial communication.	Screenshot of G2 interface to configure the G2-Serial bridge.

ILS G2-DDE Bridge

Do you have a need to read data and communicate with a third party software package that supports DDE such as Microsoft Excel? The ILS G2-DDE Bridge allows rapid integration DDE commands within your Gensym G2 application.

• Supports DDE Poke, Request, and Execute.
• Easy-to-use G2 KBs integrate with your existing application.
• Launch with command-line arguments.
• Remote Bridge Management: You can have multiple G2-DDE bridges running and communicating with a centralized G2. ILS provides connection management tools within G2.
• Configurable to communicate with older 16 bit applications.
• Debugging and logging modes allows you to quickly prototype and debug your application.
• Network Fault Tolerance: When running the G2-DDE bridge remotely across the network, ILS provides an optional heartbeat feature for automatically handling temporary network outages.

Screentshot of the G2-DDE software bridge.	Screenshot of the interface to monitor DDE pokes, requests, and executes in real-time.