ALLEN-BRADLEY AUTOMATION FAIR 2003, MILWAUKEE (November 18, 2003) – Microwave Data Systems (MDS), a world leader in industrial, wireless, networking solutions with applications in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), automation, public safety, telecommunications, and online transactional markets, today introduced its newest solution providing gateway services to enable wireless network connectivity. The MDS iNET 900TM/ENI embeds the functionality of Rockwell Automation’s 1761-NET-ENI adaptor in the MDS iNET. It provides EtherNet/IP connectivity for MicroLogix, SLC 5/03 and PLC controllers as well as EtherNet/IP migration for the installed base of SLC, PLC and other DF1 full-duplex devices.
“A separate gateway adaptor typically is needed to convert serial DF1 protocol to EtherNet/IP,” said MDS Product Manager Arturo Herrera. “These gateway services are now embedded in the MDS iNET. It enables network connectivity while reducing costs and complexity by eliminating the need for additional equipment and configuration.” The iNET/ENI allows non-Ethernet controllers to connect to an Ethernet network and upload or download programs and configurations, peer-to-peer communication, as well as e-mail communication to send an ASCII message to any computer, pager or cell phone capable of receiving an e-mail message.
It also provides the same features of a standard MDS iNET including options for additional serial port at the remote radio and a sophisticated MAC (media access control) layer offering collision avoidance, to ensure signals over the same channel do not collide, for maximum throughput. About Microwave Data Systems Microwave Data Systems Inc., headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., designs and manufactures networked high-speed, point-to-multipoint, and medium- and low-capacity point-to-point industrial, microwave radios for use in oil and gas, utility, lottery, traffic monitoring, public safety, and telecommunication provider industries.
Learn more about the company at www.microwavedata.com .
