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Metro Link Ships Universal Plug and Play Software for Consumer Electronics
and Appliances 

Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 22, 2001-Metro Link, Inc., (http://www.metrolink.com/), announced
today the official release of the Metro EnableWorks UPnP SDKs, supporting
the JavaT Platform.  Consisting of a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) Device
SDK and a UPnP Control Point SDK, Metro EnableWorks is designed to provide
the developer with a fast, easy path to UPnP compatibility for embedded
applications such as set-top boxes, residential gateways, web pads,
wireless devices, audio-video equipment, appliances and other consumer
electronics.
 
"UPnP is the newest and most universally accepted standard for connecting
appliances with multiple networking technologies," said Rob Lembree, Metro
Link's Technical Director of Metro EnableWorks. "Metro Link actively
supports this new standard and is excited to be playing a market-leading
role in its development and implementation. This state-of-the-art
automation technology is available today."
 
The Metro EnableWorks UPnP Device SDK for the Java Platform provides
developers with a complete Java-based protocol stack for UPnP - the new
automation protocol developed by the UPnP Forum. Using the protocol stack
and associated APIs, developers can export devices to the UPnP network,
allowing them to be viewed and controlled by UPnP enabled control points,
including Windows ME and later, set-top boxes, and other user interface
devices.  Also included is a device gateway program, which enables
developers to provide support for multiple devices on a single platform.
 
The Metro EnableWorks UPnP Control Point SDK gives developers all the tools
that they need to develop UPnP Control Points using the Java platform. By
using this SDK, developers can give their system the ability to search for,
view and control UPnP enabled devices on home networks. The UPnP Control
Point SDK includes the Metro EnableWorks UPnP protocol stack, APIs for
control point development and a complete sample UPnP control point
implementation.
 
Metro EnableWorks simplifies the development of UPnP compatible devices by
handling all aspects of device discovery, description, control and
eventing, through a simple, well documented Java object model and API.  "By
using Metro EnableWorks, our customers can speed up their time-to-market,
reduce product development costs, and concentrate on what they do best,
rather than learning the details of the UPnP protocol," said Garry Paxinos,
Metro Link CTO.  "It is amazing how quickly white goods and household
appliance manufacturers are adopting and committing to this new standard."

The Metro EnableWorks SDKs support both Java 1.1 and Java 2 technology and
work with any operating system supporting Java 1.1 or higher. They also
work with the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2MET) for small, embedded devices.
 
The SDKs come with full API documentation, as well as manuals describing
the process of building devices and control points. The detailed manuals
are supplemented by working example code including sample devices and
sample control points.  Metro EnableWorks customers can have UPnP running
within minutes of installing the SDK.
 
Custom Engineering 
When a customer needs specific features that are not already part of our
regular software distributions, Metro Link provides custom engineering. All
custom engineering is quoted on an individual project basis.

About Metro Link
Metro Link, Inc. provides graphics for embedded Linux and real-time
operating systems; and enables UPnP connectivity for set-top boxes,
Internet appliances and consumer electronics.  Metro Link's middleware
products include a full suite of X Window System software used by
business-critical and mission-critical clients.  X.Org, the worldwide X
Window System consortium, has contracted with Metro Link to maintain and
enhance the X Window System source code.  Metro EnableWorks is a trademark
of Metro Link, Inc.  Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Contact: Robert Zinn, Vice President Marketing; Phone:  954-660-2440; Fax:
954-938-1982; Email: bobzinn@metrolink.com or, visit www.metrolink.com.
 
 
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