"Intelligence" has been a popular topic in recent years. Discussing the driving force of this trend can be summarized for two reasons. One is the maturity of automation technology, which gradually extends the application from the original manufacturing industry to other fields. It is the needs of each industry itself, such as medical treatment, transportation, government agencies, etc., in these fields, a large number of automation equipment is introduced, and then through the close integration between the equipment, the overall system has a certain degree of intelligence. After the construction of each link of the office is completed one by one, the intelligent energy of the whole city is almost a matter of course. Why is it "almost"? Because in the current development situation, there is the last piece of the puzzle that has not been put on, that is, the "cloud". Cloud is the last key. Automation technology has rapidly expanded from the manufacturing industry to various vertical applications in recent years. Nowadays, whether it is retail, transportation, medical treatment, catering, automation equipment is an important driving force for business operations, but the past automation equipment Although it has networking functions, it is only limited to the transmission and control of single information. In recent years, the concept of cloud computing has emerged, and automation systems have introduced many concepts of the cloud, making the overall system more intelligent, and also making the vision of a smart city come true . Cloud computing is mainly on the consumer side. Public clouds are built to allow ordinary people to connect to the cloud and access various data. The application of automation equipment is rarely mentioned. In fact, automation equipment is the most important cornerstone of a smart city. With this cornerstone and the various functions of cloud computing, smart cities can take shape. The vision of a smart city that breaks through the limitations of time and space is to connect devices scattered around the country through the network to manage software and hardware in a unified manner. For example, the DigitalSignage system in a department store. The DigitalSignage set on each floor will vary depending on the products sold. The method of playing content may be to manually replace CDs or use portable storage devices to input the latest content. This may be possible in department stores not far from the equipment, but if it is far away from equipment such as high-speed rail, banks, and chain stores It will be time-consuming and costly to manually replace the content one by one. Once these devices are introduced into the cloud concept, not only will the playback content be uniformly transmitted by the management backend, breaking time and space limitations, but the backend system can also grasp the status of all terminal equipment, such as equipment When the machine is down, the background system can immediately know it and reboot directly from the remote to keep the equipment operating normally. If the operating system needs to be updated, it can also transmit information in real time so that the on-site equipment managers can choose the time to update. Take the medical field as an example. In October 2011, Taiwan’s Sun Yat-sen Medical University’s hospital’s new hospital area was fully introduced into the “bed care system”. Patients can use the bedside system to access the Internet, watch movies, and even order meals. The system also integrates operational functions such as medical form application, facility repairs, meal order services, and inpatient medication information query. This platform combines the cloud computing concept of platform as a service (PaaS). Prior to this, Zhongshan Affiliated Medical also introduced KIOSK and DigitalSiganage systems such as registration and medical visits, these devices are the architecture-as-a-service (IaaS) concepts in cloud computing. The introduction of these concepts allows smart devices that have been built to go to the cloud, interlocking. Become an important pillar of a smart city. Innovative business model Cloud has become an important trend in the automation industry. In the future, all automation products must not only have certain networking functions, but also be incorporated into the cloud system. The biggest advantage of introducing the cloud is the reduction of system management costs. In the past, automation equipment operated independently. Although the automation equipment is stable, if it fails, it will cause major losses to the production line. Therefore, a certain amount of human supervision equipment must be configured. When all equipment has online functions, they become part of the cloud. Later, the operating status of all equipment can be fully grasped, and more added value can be generated at the same time. For example, the service life of all equipment can be fully understood and the maintenance time can be scheduled. If the equipment is in condition, the lighter can be remotely restored, and the more serious In this way, the cause of system damage can be understood remotely and the information can be given to maintenance personnel to shorten the rescue time. In addition to the drastic drop in software and hardware management costs, the introduction of cloud has also allowed system management to produce new business models, such as the road condition monitoring system of the Palace Museum’s monitoring system. Its network management functions are not located in the organization’s location. It is managed by the system builder. This professional division of labor eliminates the need for system importers to invest resources and set up another team to be responsible for network management. It also allows system integration vendors to develop new profit models and create a win-win situation.
