Host Developer provides the user with the software tools to build, integrate, test, and deploy SECS/GEM station controllers and factory hosts. Host Developer provides a complete set of ActiveX/COM components for all host-side SECS/GEM capabilities:

• ScenarioLib engine provides an easy method for configuring factory host scenario logic and implementing process requirements.
  
• HostGEM OCX facilitates and automates the configuration and management of the GEM interface by handling the creation and initialization of the GEM objects.
  
• SECS messages are not embedded in the source code and can be modified at runtime and without compiling.
  
• A complete testing environment with sdiStation Basic Edition for SECS message and scenario emulation without programming.
  
• sdiSMS, a SECS communication server providing SECS-I and HSMS communication simultaneously, in addition to two-way SECS-I/HSMS conversion.
  
• A fully working sample station controller complete with source code, and front panel graphical user interface.
  
  

A developer can quickly get started by using the sample station controller as a template from which to start and by walking through the documented implementation procedure.

Host Developer’s open technology is not tied to any proprietary architecture and takes full advantage of established Windows NT based development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio.