How to Integrate Wireless-Based Remote Components into your Network

Related Vendors

Turck_Your_Global_Automation_Partner.jpg ()

TURCK GmbH

EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG

Angst+Pfister AG

Phoenix Contact Electronics GmbH

Simple Distribution of I/O Signals

The wireless system also sets itself apart as I/O signals can be distributed easily in the wireless network. Within the context of I/O mapping, the digital and analog inputs and outputs can be lined up as required in every network station and simply integrated into the system. The I/O mapping address at the expansion modules is set using a white thumbwheel.

Gallery

Gallery with 5 images

In this case, users must assign the same address to the input and output modules. If the input module is assigned the radio-ID ‘73’, then the corresponding output module must also be set to ‘73’ using the thumbwheel. As already mentioned, users can define I/O map addresses from 01 to 99. The signals are automatically assigned using I/O mapping. An input module can be assigned several identical output modules in the network.

The Radioline portfolio comprises analog and digital input and output modules, each with four or eight individual channels as well as a six-channel combined module. All of the wireless components are equipped with electrical channel-to-channel separation. Digital channels with wide-range inputs and relay outputs permit almost unlimited use up to 250 V.

Additional Information

Closing the Gap Between Wireless Hart and LAN

With the Radioline portfolio, users are given a solution that is specific to the special requirements of infrastructure plants and systems. It closes the gap between Wireless Hart as special technology for sensor networks and the high-speed process wireless LAN. Given its specific properties, Radioline is particularly suited for infrastructure applications of water-management companies, as well as in power supply and process technology. The wireless method is characterized by the following features:

robust communication thanks to the Trusted Wireless 2.0 technology

reliable data encryption and authentication

great distances covered due to high reception sensitivity and variable data transmission rates

flexible network structures with automatic connection management

comprehensive diagnostics properties

wireless modules for the license-free 868 MHz, 900 MHz, and 2.4 GHz frequency ranges

extended temperature range from -40°C to +70°C.

Individual Configuration and Diagnostics by Software

In addition to the basic commissioning described, users can individually configure and diagnose the wireless network using software. If the master wireless module is connected to the computer using an S-port/USB adapter, then the complete network structure can be checked for errors using the software. In addition, the current status of the I/O modules of each station can be displayed and recorded. The software also permits specific settings to be made, such as activating data encryption, changing the transmission power, as well as adapting the serial interfaces and operating modes.

In summary, Phoenix Contact’s Radioline system provides a simple, easy-to-handle, flexible, and robust solution for wirelessly transferring signals in expansive infrastructure applications over great distances.

* The author is Product Manager Wireless, Phoenix Contact Electronics GmbH, Bad Pyrmont/Germany.

(ID:43194834)

Bridging Large Distances

How to Integrate Wireless-Based Remote Components into your Network

Simple Distribution of I/O Signals

Individual Configuration and Diagnostics by Software