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Woodhead announces Ethernet and DeviceNet diagnostics

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April 24, 2007 - Woodhead Industries announces two diagnostic tools available for Industrial Ethernet applications: BradCommunications SNMP Management Suite (MS) and BradCommunications DeviceNet Doctor..

BradCommunications SNMP MS is a comprehensive suite of tools used to display and analyze SNMP diagnostic data from Ethernet networks. SNMP devices generate data in the form of tags. These tags can be transmitted by means of a switch, such as a BradCommunications Direct-Link Industrial Ethernet managed switch, to an HMI display where they can be easily displayed through the use of the BradCommunications SNMP MS.

Non-Ethernet experts can then quickly and easily view any problems that may be occurring specific to the device including status of individual ports, bandwidth utilization and network error rates. This information decreases downtime by allowing the user to quickly pinpoint the cause and location of the error. Traffic utilization can also be analyzed, allowing the user to pinpoint bottlenecks and take corrective actions including the redistribution of devices on the Ethernet network. BradCommunications SNMP MS comes in Basic, Expert and Enterprise editions.

With Ethernet now having the ability to reach out over longer distances and greater bandwidth to gather diagnostics data, it has opened new doors for users to obtain information on a specific industrial network and then view it from a PC residing on Ethernet. This resulted in the development of the BradCommunications DeviceNet Doctor

BradCommunications DeviceNet Doctor is a passive device that continuously monitors a DeviceNet network and stores the information as OPC status tags on an HMI display residing on Ethernet. The DeviceNet Doctor provides extremely accurate measurements of the network parameters using high-speed sampling. By storing a baseline measurement of a “good” network, it can predict imminent failures on individual devices. Device measurements can then be set in such a way, that when an OPC status tag is analyzed and is found to be outside the acceptable limits, steps can be taken to replace the device prior to its causing any downtime. Data can also be stored to historian software for future analysis. This is useful for companies such as those in the pharmaceuticals industry. When a problem occurs with a specific batch, the historical data can be viewed to see if any network problems occurred during the same time frame.

About Woodhead Industries
Woodhead Industries, a division of Molex Incorporated, (NASDAQ: MOLX AND MOLXA), is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a wide array of Automation and Electrical products engineered for superior performance in demanding, harsh, or hazardous industrial environments. Woodhead Industries "Empowers the Industrial Infrastructure" with innovative products and solutions that extend from mechanical, electrical and electronics, to communications/networking devices and diagnostic software. Woodhead Industries' Brad lines of Automation products include such globally recognized names as applicom , Direct-Link , mPm , RJ-Lnxx and SST . The Woodhead family of Electrical products include globally recognized names such as Aero-Motive , Daniel Woodhead , Watertite and Super-Safeway . Molex operates from 54 locations in 18 countries spanning North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific.

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