_news _products/services _the company _downloads _contact _company news _news archives _home			Munich - September 07, 2001 Air-conditioning specialist Carrier Corporation uses Setrix technology for internet-based monitoring and control of its products. Carrier Corporation, the worldwide market leader in air conditioning, heating and refrigeration systems, deploys Setrix AG's technology to connect its appliances to the internet. The MyAppliance.com service, announced at the beginning of this year by Carrier and IBM, can be used to monitor and control air conditioning systems on the internet with a PC or a WAP-capable mobile phone. Setrix S-3720 systems are used as remote monitoring components in Carrier's air conditioning systems. Carrier plans to introduce the new internet service across Europe for several hundred business and private customers with its new Night-and-Day Console device. The MyAppliance.com program may be extended to the whole of Europe and North America. Setrix S-3720 gateway combines a GSM/GPRS communications module from Siemens with a Linux-based embedded computer developed by Setrix, all in a compact device with easy installation, reliable operation and optimized operating costs. Setrix S-3720 acts as a gatekeeper which communicates with Carrier HVAC air conditioning systems and protects private information from unauthorized access. Setrix products enable the following MyAppliance functions: remote monitoring, control, diagnostics and prognostics. New functions can be added to Setrix devices installed in the field by remote downloads. Opinions “This is a great example of what our technology is already capable of æ connecting appliances to the internet in a cost-effective manner. Equipment vendors don’t need to wait for new technology or lower prices to deploy such systems.” says Joerg Mortsiefer, CEO of Setrix AG. “Setrix provides integrated hardware and tailored application software using open technologies that our customers can grow with, because it allows the efficient and flexible integration of future applications at any time.” “Carrier’s focus is on providing more value-added benefits to our customers to give them even more reasons to purchase Carrier air conditioning units,” says Alceste Murada, Carrier vice president, Residential Light Commercial products and general manager, Southern Europe. “Working with a company such as Setrix means that we can extend this new remote control and diagnostic service all around the world, catering for the device preferences of customers in every region.” “Machine-to-machine communication will make our life easier, cuts operating costs and optimizes the business as well as the most valuable resource that we have æ time. Based on Siemens Wireless Modules Technology, companies like Setrix and Carrier can develop innovative applications, products and services within a very short time, taking advantage of the most advanced global communication standards” says Jose Costa e Silva, President Siemens Wireless Modules. About Carrier Carrier Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems and equipment. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), vendor of a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.