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Wireless Portal: Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Wireless Connectivity Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Wireless Connectivity with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers to apply wireless technologies in automation systems. Wireless technology is advancing at a high rate, making a wide range of applications possible including data networking, wireless sensors, wireless actuators and wireless controllers. Wireless standards for automation and control are also developing around various wireless technologies. Subscribe to our e-Newsletter or get the latest information on wireless connectivity sent to your desktop as soon as they are published on this page.
Articles
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Online Diagnostics: Easy Access
- 03/19/10 Industrial Automation Asia, March 2010 By Jim Ralston, ProSoft Technology There are many ways to use wireless RF diagnostic data when made available in an OPC server. The best use is dependent on the process type, how wireless is being used in the system and user needs. |
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Best friend?
- 03/10/10 Plant Services. February 2010 Substantial growth in remote services is expected to continue into the foreseeable future as conditions force companies to view outsourcing as a value-added business model, and as security advancements and the passage of time make the prospect a little less foreboding. |
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Making Money with Mobile Workforce Management
- 03/10/10 Pipeline & Gas Journal, February 2010 By Charles Mohrmann Mobility solutions accelerate and sustain new work process improvements and provide a framework for field workforces to execute best practices, and most major U.S. refineries are either planning to implement or have already implemented them. |
White Papers
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Turbo Chain: A New Recovery System Beyond Ethernet Redundant Ring Technology
By Sean Wang, Moxa This white paper will explore the various challenges presented by existing redundant networking technologies and introduce a new redundant solution that resolves many existing problems. |
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Dual-RF Wireless Redundancy
By Jackie Shi, Moxa This paper explains the traditional single-RF (single radio frequency) and dual-RF (dual radio frequency) wireless architectures, and show what Moxa provides in the way of dual-RF technology. |
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WiFi Interface Identifier
By RF Industries Today’s wireless market has exposed us to many new, and some familiar connectors. Many of these connectors are not easily recognizable. This white paper provides background on the common WiFi connectors and some tips to help you identify them. |
Application Stories
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Using Industrial Wireless Ethernet in Mining Systems
By Moxa A mine uses a combination of Moxa's AWK-1100 wireless AP/Bridge/AP Client and an industrial Ethernet switch. PLCs connect to the switch, which connects to an AWK-1100 wireless AP. Another switch/AP combination is used at the control end of the system. |
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Manufacturing applications put wireless systems to the test
- 03/10/10 Plant Engineering, February 2010 By Jeff Becker, Honeywell Process Solutions Plant managers are flooded with information on wireless and the latest advancements of the technology. However, real-world plant examples demonstrate the value that wireless offers toward increasing safety, reliability and efficiency in industrial plants. |
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Emerson wireless helps improve operator efficiency for Novartis
- 03/09/10 Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France. |
Resources & Literature
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Wireless Instrumentation Brochure
Brochure describes Accutech’s battery-powered wireless instrumentation, including base radios, pressure, temperature and level sensors, totalizers, and output modules. |
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Poll Question - How many different networks do you have in your facility?
How many different communication networks do you have implemented in factories and/or plants? The list of available networks includes, but is not limited to: Foundation Fieldbus, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, Interbus, AS-Interface, CanOpen, CC-Link, PROFINET, HART, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink, SERCOS, Modbus, LonWorks and DeviceNet. |
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Free NI Measurement and Automation Catalog
The National Instruments catalog is the leading virtual instrumentation resource for engineers and scientists seeking the most productive customer-defined software and hardware tools. |
Training & Seminars
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Emerson’s PlantWeb University Online Learning Center
Free web-based training includes more than 40 brief, practical courses on new automation technologies and strategies. Topics include implementing fieldbus, wireless technology, safety instrumented systems, streamlining maintenance, improving equipment effectiveness, and enhancing plant efficiency. |
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ISA Understanding and Implementing Wireless Industrial Automation Systems
May 3 through June 25, 2010 This course is offered online. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. The course will cover the most relevant details associated with industrial wireless systems with an emphasis towards how the various technological choices coexist, interoperate, and interact with each other. Price: $1,210. |
Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Emerson enhances Smart Wireless starter kit
- 03/15/10
Kit now features the Smart Wireless THUM Adapter and wireless position monitors to deliver once-stranded process and diagnostics data from instruments and valves. |
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M2M updates Netbiter EasyConnect portal
- 03/15/10
Enhancements include plug’n’play installation of wireless devices, and secure access of firewall protected equipment. |
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CalAmp introduces Air Traffic Controller for wireless networks
- 03/09/10
ATC allows multiple wireless applications to share a single wireless network while maintaining optimal communications performance. |
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Company & Organization News
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HALCON machine vision software runs on mobile phone
- 03/14/10 HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system. |
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ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions. |
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ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
- 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors. |
Project News
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QSI to supply HMI for blowing up things
- 02/28/10 The wireless handheld QTERM-G58 will be used by ATA Defense Industries to remotely control target systems for military training. |
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Invensys to install IntelaTrac Mobile Solution for Chevron
- 02/26/10 The mobile solution will support Chevron’s upstream operations with configurable software and ruggedized mobile hardware solutions that enable workers to better manage workflow, procedural and general management tasks. |
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Invensys to supply Mobile Workforce solution to Shell
- 11/17/09 Shell will use Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile workforce and decision-support solution in the Ensure Safe Production (ESP) initiative at 29 of its global manufacturing facilities. |
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