A system and computer-implemented method comprising receiving at a memory device a manufacturing process plan having a plurality of operating steps including data from a bill of specification including manufacturing process step requirements for a manufactured product and data from a bill of characteristics including dimensions and tolerances for the manufactured product where the system or method extract data via a processor executing instructions from both the bill of specification and the bill of characteristics relating to inspection of the manufactured product and define a job to produce the manufactured product wherein the job includes assigning an identification number, specifying the product to be manufactured, identifying the quantity to be made, and identifying the number of manufactured products to be inspected. The system or method further group manufacturing dimensions extracted from the bill of characteristics by operating step in manufacturing process plan and populate a browser-based inspection screen to be viewed by an operator including inspection requirements specific to the operating step to be performed by the operator.

An NC program transfer apparatus includes: a determiner for determining whether or not a selected NC program is one that is generated for a selected wire electrical discharge machine; and a transfer unit which transfers the selected NC program to the selected wire electrical discharge machine when the selected NC program is one that is generated for the selected wire electrical discharge machine and prohibits the selected NC program from being transferred to the selected wire electrical discharge machine when the NC program is not the one that is generated for the selected wire electrical discharge machine.

A wiring configuration tool may be configured to determine a new wiring configuration for a replacement HVAC controller based, at least in part, on the existing wiring configuration for a current HVAC controller and, for example, the make and model of the replacement HVAC controller. The wiring configuration tool may be hosted by a server that provides a user interface for interacting with the user. The user may access the wiring configuration tool via a web services interface, a smart phone application or in any other suitable manner.

The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and optimizing irrigation protocols. The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing water usage in growing plants for yard and crops. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer program products for providing automated irrigation.

The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and optimizing irrigation protocols. The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing water usage in growing plants for yard and crops. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer program products for providing automated irrigation.

The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and optimizing irrigation protocols. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer program products for providing automated irrigation.

A wiring configuration tool may be configured to determine a new wiring configuration for a replacement HVAC controller based, at least in part, on the existing wiring configuration for a current HVAC controller and, for example, the make and model of the replacement HVAC controller. The wiring configuration tool may be hosted by a server that provides a user interface for interacting with the user. The user may access the wiring configuration tool via a web services interface, a smart phone application or in any other suitable manner.

An automation interface is provided for interacting with industrial controllers. The automation interface provides for programming, editing, monitoring and maintenance of industrial controllers programmatically from a local or remote location. The automation interface component is adapted to communicate with industrial controllers by integrating a computer process interface library into the automation interface component. The computer process interface library exposes the automation interface component to client application processes, so that the client application processes can communicate with the at least one industrial controller programmatically. The automation interface is provided with functionality for downloading, uploading and programming of control programs to the processors of the industrial controllers.

The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for generating and optimizing irrigation protocols. The disclosure also extends to methods, systems and computer program products for providing automated irrigation.

An automation interface is provided for interacting with industrial controllers. The automation interface provides for programming, editing, monitoring and maintenance of industrial controllers programmatically from a local or remote location. The automation interface component is adapted to communicate with industrial controllers by integrating a computer process interface library into the automation interface component. The computer process interface library exposes the automation interface component to client application processes, so that the client application processes can communicate with the at least one industrial controller programmatically. The automation interface is provided with functionality for downloading, uploading and programming of control programs to the processors of the industrial controllers.