MasTec Ltd
The Ingenious Devices and Smart Works Company
April 2004               Circulation 9000                  Edition # 36


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MasTec opens a new
AC & DC Power Division

MasTec Ltd started selling AC and DC Power products back in 1993 when we started selling the BiUPS and TrippLite UPSs. MasTec now sells a complete range of AC and DC power products and we support and repair UPSs also.

We are very pleased to announce, we are now distributing for Alpha Power, one of the large USA power companies. Alpha make all types of power systems, generators, solar, batteries, UPS, Scaleable UPS, DC power systems, Telco Power and more.

At the same time we will be selling Gamatronic UPSs under a world wide agreement with Alpha. Gamatronic make superb scaleable, expandable, hot swap UPSs up to 100KVA, at excellent prices.

To start the Alpha/MasTec ball rolling in New Zealand, we are offering this super deals on Alpha UPS for Computer Resellers and Integrators. You will be able to bundle a UPSs with your PC at these costs.

Qty 15 minimum == 400VA $140NZD == 600VA $170NZD == 1000VA $299NZD
Shipping extra to where you are. Prices will have GST added also. Better Prices on larger quantities


Our AC-DC Power Companies:-
Alpha Power, Gamatronic, Innovative Energies, Belotti, TrippLite, Power Kinetics, Pacific Power, Cotek, Intelligent Power etc.

And a full range of Solid State Relays from the World Leader OPTO 22.
(Look under AC Power and DC Power on the website or top of this page).


Hottest News- Biggest Impact - Changes the Game Plan info

Measurement Computing:- PCI-DAS6000 Series Boards are now even easier to use with LabVIEW!

PCI-DAS6000 Series customers who now purchase UL for LabVIEW/CD get two ways to use these NI Functional Equivalent boards with LabVIEW version 6 and later:

They can use MCC's traditional VIs, which are fully functional with all MCC hardware families.

Or they can use the LabVIEW VIs supplied by NI.

Support for both methods is contained on the same CD.

This makes switching to MCC's PCI-DAS6000 Series easier than ever, as you won't have to rewrite existing LabVIEW programs, or learn a new set of VIs.

We have had a great response to this new capability, and encourage you to become familiar with this by reviewing the following link:

http://enews.mccdaq.com/ulforlabview/ulforlabview.html

So, why would you purchase 6000 series MCC boards over NI 6000 series now??

Better prices
MCC Life time warranty versus an NI 1 year warranty
Now LabVIEW programming with the NI DAQ VI set.
The choice is quite clear.


New Products and Services:-

Ruggedised and Bluetooth Radio DAQ  and also Download the Eagle USB Catalog

Real Time DAQ& DSP Products
Exacq guarantee Real-time DAQ acquisition even inside Windows.
They now support Linux and LabVIEW Linux shortly

Fiber Test Gear and ADSL Products
New range from Wilcom

Bluetooth Products
New range

Solid State Relays
New Access to OPTO 22 SSR info

Unimeter Controller
Unimeter the versatile all purpose controller meter with hundreds of interface options on the same meter.

Special on DAQ USB Module PMD 1208LS
Introduction price of $279 +GST for this amazing little box.

PDA DAQ
MasTec has a new web page and PDFs for Meld PDA DAQ systems

Z World Secure Embedded Web Application Kit
As more embedded applications feature access via the Internet, secure transmission of data is growing increasingly critical. The Secure Embedded Web AppKit provides optimized software development tools to easily build secure web interfaces for new and existing applications.

Z World WiFi Application Kit
Integrating WiFi (IEEE 802.11b standard) with a RabbitCore™ Development Kit, embedded system integrators can now enable wireless LAN systems. Wireless connectivity eliminates Ethernet cables allowing for greater flexibility and mobility of Local Area Networks specifically for embedded systems .

Z World M2M Application Kit
M2M brings together machine control applications with wireless communications. With 50 billion ‘machines' in the world, M2M allows equipment to be monitored or controlled from anywhere, anytime, using current wireless data technologies such as GSM/GPRS, and SMS (text messaging).

MasTec News:
Smart Works Systems have released the Nokia 30 M2M low cost backplane


Industria
industria – global news about Automation, Process Control, Instrumentation, and Software for Australasia/Oceania
Website Link


New book we are recommending "LabVIEW GUI: Essential Techniques"

It describes building LabVIEW GUIs. If you think you are building good front ends this will make you super good. MasTec in 2004 will be incorporating many of the techniques in this book in project work.

Another new book we are using "LabVIEW Graphical Programming" Gary Johnson

The original LabVIEW book updated to LabVIEW 6.1. It seems that most people are at 6.1 and holding. This book is about Advanced LabVIEW programming but more than that really it focuses on specific areas and project work.



MasTec Staff Contacts :-
 Managing Director     rob.maskell@mastec.co.nz
 OEM Purchases  adam.samir@mastec.co.nz
 Product Manager  adam.samir@mastec.co.nz
 M2M Manager    graham.carter@mastec.co.nz
 Applications Engineering  christian.moxon@mastec.co.nz
 Integration Projects  graham.carter@mastec.co.nz
 Office and Sales Manager  saera.tui@mastec.co.nz
 Sales Co-Ordinator & DB Work  michelle.soakell@mastec.co.nz
 Training Officer  hitul.shah@mastec.co.nz

(send Michelle any updates on company details, any new staff members etc)


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Health Tips for April:

Some more thoughts on perceptions:

Over the last few months we started discussing perceptions and beliefs and how they affect our lives, we have looked at hot buttons and how they point to what is a resistance point inside our mind.

It is time to look at the largest indicator of our mind's state and that is from judgment.

There are many ways to talk about judgment, what we can look at is how the process works and what is going on inside and how we may fix it. It is very simple.

Here is a very simple rule to think about, " It takes one to know one".

In the matter of judgment, the only way we can assess any body or any thing is by knowing ourselves about what is going on. Just think if we were newly arrived Martians, would we know what is friendly, happy, angry or anything at all of what was going on around us, we would be confused or just bewildered or blank or scurrying around trying to understand what all this is that is going on.

So in the matter of judgment, if we believe we see something in some one else, like that person is proud or upset or rude or what ever, remember the rule applies, " It takes one to know one".

Yep, we have the same stuff inside us that we are using to make the judgment, oops.

So if we find ourselves judging, the best thing to do is to look inside and say when have I been like this at any point and fix ourselves, a little mind mining or exploring.

You know what eventually happens after clearing enough reactive stuff out of our mind, we stop judging because we don't see it anymore, we just see people and things without putting labels all over them.

Sweet happiness returns, peace and joy.

A return to the love state rather than being in the fear state.

Remember all events are neutral until you put some label or judgment on it. Keep pure.