A controller and module for an industrial automation system is provided. The negative electrode collector plate and the positive electrode collector plate also function as heat radiating members, as a cooling medium is caused to flow therein. Also included is a first end adapter element that engages the column first end and a second end adapter element that engages the column second end. Also provided is a method of determining the configuration of a container in a printing or copying apparatus. The intermediary server is responsive to a received database access request to establishing a channel with the data storage mechanism to obtain data from the data storage mechanism in response to a received client request.