Outdoor industrial wireless solution

December 2010 Fieldbus & Industrial Networking

Advantech unveils outdoor access point to enhance coverage and mobile connectivity.

Advantech has unveiled a new high performance industrial wireless outdoor solution, three IEEE 802.11a/b/g single to triple radio access points (EKI-6321/2/3AG). These outdoor AP/bridges/clients incorporate daisy-chain mesh and ultra fast roaming technology to enhance long range wireless coverage and mobile connectivity.

By offering concurrent 802.11a and 802.11b/g dual or triple radio connectivity, the aggregate bandwidth available on the network increases, providing seamless redundancy. IP67 ratings and wide operating temperatures offer robust performance, and watertight and weatherproof cases allow these devices to be used in harsh outdoor applications, such as in traffic monitoring and city surveillance.

“Advantech’s daisy-chain mesh technology extends wireless coverage and maintains high throughput rates of 12-15 Mbps. The ultra fast roaming with handover switching provides seamless video streaming or passenger information transmissions for vehicles travelling under 140 km/hr,” said Fons de Leeuw of Profitek Industrial Communications.

Other key features include:

* Four intelligent bandwidth management modes: trunking, smart traffic load balance, one-way transmission, failover redundancy.

* Wide operating temperature range: -35-70°C.

* Multimode in AP, client, bridge (point-to-point, point-to-multipoint).

* Enhanced thermal design.

For more information contact Fons de Leeuw, Profitek Industrial Communications, 086 1 654 321, [email protected], www.profiteksa.com

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