Ask the Infrastructure Specialists! Lesia’s Q&A Corner
Advantech brings wireless capabilities to Serial with their EKI – 1351 & EKI – 1352 Device Servers while winning an award along the way!
In the last few months, the I2 Sales group has been asked, “Do you have a solution that will link my serial devices to my Ethernet network?” The answer is not only “Yes we do!” but this product has also won the Control Engineering China’s “Best Product of the Year” award!
Advantech’s EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 are a 1 and 2 port RS-232/422/485 to 802.11 b/g WLAN Serial Device Servers. They provide end-users an easy way to add 802.11b/g wireless capabilities to RS-232/422/485 devices and equipment on the plant floor while facilitating real-time access to information. Having COM-port based Windows™ applications make it an easy integration for the user. In addition, with COM-port redirection software, it allows virtual COM-port access to remote serial devices, just as if they were onboard COM-ports. With this tool, integration with PC-based systems takes just a few minutes and is transparent to the host application software and connected equipment.
With the EKI-1351 and EKI-1352, the user’s existing serial devices can be used with the most current operating systems. There is no need to write special drivers for specific operating systems. Moreover, you can make serial devices communicate with other devices, peer-to-peer, without any intermediate host PCs and software programming, which saves a lot of cost and effort. The user can actively request data or issue commands from the RS-232/422/485 side or Wireless Ethernet side. This data can be sent bilaterally. Thus, the EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 are especially suitable for remote monitoring environments including security systems, factory automation, SCADA, transportation and more.
The main features are:
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Link any serial devise to an IEEE 802.11 b/g network
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Supports wireless LAN Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure modes
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Provides COM port redirection, TCP, UDP, and pair connection modes
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Supports baud rates up to 921.6 kbps
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Provides Web-based configuration and Windows utility
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Allows a maximum of 5 host to access on serial port
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Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista drivers
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Allows a maximum of 4 hosts to be accessed as TCP client modes
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Built-in 15 KV ESD protection for all serial signals
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Supports DHCP protocol
Both models supports direct TCP and UDP access for applications, like OPC Servers and HMI systems, that support serial encapsulation. For more advanced applications, multi-access functions allow a single RS-232/422/485 serial device to exchange data with multiple remote hosts. The EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 is ruggedized for demanding industrial applications while offering a compact DIN-rail mount chassis, 4,000 VDC Ethernet ESD protection, dual 12 to 48 VDC power inputs to maximize uptime, and power line surge (EFT) protection of 3,000 VDC.
If that is not enough, The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech received Control Engineering China’s “Best Product of the Year” award in the Communication Device category for the EKI-1352! While receiving high praise from industry veterans, the EKI-1352 was chosen for its quick, simple, and cost-effective way to bring the advantages of remote management and data access to thousands of serial devices in remote monitoring environments such as security systems, factory automation, SCADA, transportation and more.
For assistance with your involving serial and Ethernet applications please contact Lesia Bell the I2 Inside Sales Coordinator at 443.683.8031 or email her at lbell@insourcess.com. For online pricing and specification, click here.
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