October 2, 2007, Lincolnshire, IL USA. - Woodhead announced the BradCommunications SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner. The SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner controls I/O devices connected to a DeviceNet network without the need of a local PC. DIN rail mountable, up to 16 SST Remote DeviceNet Scanners can be connected back to a PC over Ethernet. The PC allows users to remotely access diagnostic information on the SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner and the DeviceNet network.
Traditionally, when running a PC control application, one PC, installed with one network interface card was required for each DeviceNet network. Now with the introduction of the BradCommunications SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner (part number: SST-EDN-1), a PC for each network is no longer required.
The SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner has many benefits including faster DeviceNet IO updates compared to using the traditional SST PCI format solution, eliminates the cost of additional PCs, and frees up slots on existing PCs by moving the DeviceNet scanner functionality to a remote location. For those users wanting to move from using SST DeviceNet network interface cards to the SST Remote DeviceNet Scanner, the DLL is backward compatible, allowing preservation of your existing investment.
The company offers a complete line of DeviceNet solutions which empower the industrial infrastructure including PC & PLC interfaces, gateways, diagnostic tools, cable, cordsets, connectors, receptacles, distribution boxes and IP67 on-machine I/O modules.
More information on these and other Brad products can be found by going to www.woodhead.com.
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.
