Echelon Corporation announced that ABBA Logic, a supplier to security integrators, has introduced a revolutionary upgrade to its line of access control products based on the latest Echelon embedded IIoT solutions. Echelon’s 6050 processors enabled ABBA Logic to increase the speed, simplify the design, improve IP connectivity and reduce the size and manufacturing costs of its new control panels. The panels work with the company’s sophisticated managed automation security controls (MASC) HMI software to provide integrated security and building control solutions. Together this makes ABBA Logic’s controls extremely competitive and accessible to more customers in a variety of secure facilities. ABBA Logic’s unique combination of access control and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) provide security integrators with off-the-shelf customizable solutions that can be used with a variety of software front ends without a large service commitment. Applications include correctional facilities, police stations, courthouses, airports, schools and other facilities that require high levels of secure access. Partnering with Echelon, ABBA Logic has been able to create extensible IP network-based solutions that have provided value for years, growing along with the company’s customers. Using Echelon’s new technology, ABBA Logic now is able to reduce the number of processors required in their devices while increasing the number of secure physical access points that can be controlled by one controller. In addition, with the advanced distributed processing capabilities of the 6050, more access points can be controlled on a single cable run.