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IEC 61850: A Protocol with Powerful Potential

As the international standard for power substation automation systems, IEC 61850 defines the communication between devices in the substation and related system requirements. Although there are over 50 protocols worldwide for substation automation, IEC 61850 is the only one that provides a standardized method of communications and integration whose goal is to support systems built from multi-vendors intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) networked together to perform protection, monitoring, automation, metering and control.

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Award Winning Wireless

ProSoft Technology’s commitment to high performance wireless products backed up with decades of knowledge and experience in automation systems, makes ProSoft the best choice for industrial wireless. This year we have been recognized for our superior wireless products and services with the following honors:

• Wireless Industrial Network Components – Control Design’s Reader’s Choice Award 2009
• Water/Dust-Tight 802.11abg Industrial Hotspot - InTech Mexico’s Innovation Technology Pavilion Award at the ISA Expo Control 2009 Image

ProSoft Wireless Designer: Design a Wireless Network with a Full List of Components

ProSoft Wireless Designer (PWD) simplifies the task of planning and specifying your ProSoft Technology wireless network. The user-friendly, wizard-based interface creates a visual layout of your radios and sites, and it generates a complete bill of materials including radios, cables, lightning protection, connectors, splitters, and antennas. When creating the site layout, PWD is able to validate wireless signal strength and link feasibility based on path length, recommended accessories, distance, local regulations and hardware choices. Network site, link, and parts details can be exported into a spreadsheet.

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ProSoft “Live Chat” Technical Support:

ProSoft’s worldwide technical support team is available by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in our North America office to assist you from pre-sales questions to set-up and throughout the life cycle of the product. ProSoft Technology’s Live Chat allows you to quickly reach a live technical support engineer directly from our website by clicking on the ‘Online Help’ icon located on the left-hand side of our homepage.

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802.11n Industrial Broadband Solutions

ProSoft Technology’s new 802.11n wireless solutions leverage the latest technology to provide greater flexibility and performance to a broad range of manufacturing and production applications. The radios utilize multiple antennas to improve performance for high-bandwidth video applications and high packet-rate control applications, or to provide better range in obstructed/reflective environments like mobile factory settings. Where concerns about network crowding exist, the radios can operate in the 5GHz Band, which contains 24 non-overlapping channels.

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Cellular for Remote Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Intelligent Cellular provides an easy-to-install, inexpensive solution for systems requiring long-range communication—such as water and wastewater projects which monitor remotely located pump and lift stations, flow meters, reservoirs and storage tanks. Machine builders can easily install the Intelligent Cellular radio with their machines to remotely troubleshoot customer applications around the globe. Intelligent Cellular leverages existing cellular infrastructures to bring access to these remote devices and locations. Event detection and alarm reporting allow authorized personnel to receive SMS notifications at predetermined set-points in the digital input readings, and allows for remote troubleshooting over the cellular network, saving costs in both time and travel for maintenance repairs. Support industrial operating temperatures and Class I Div 2 hazardous location certification. Versions are available for both serial and Ethernet devices for CDMA and GSM based cellular networks.

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PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS

Modbus TCP/IP to PROFIBUS DP-V1 Master Gateway for Schneider Electric M340 PAC and Quantum Processors

ProSoft Technology’s new Modbus TCP/IP to PROFIBUS gateway for Schneider Electric now supports both M340 and Quantum Modicon processors. The 5204SE gateway offers the new Application Communication Logic (ACL) function which automatically generates all the Derived Function Blocks (DFBs) required for cyclic and acyclic communication to the gateway. The 5204SE gateway provides acyclic pass-through capabilities allowing processor-to-slave communication, and now offers a password protection feature to prevent unauthorized access to the gateway. All PROFIBUS gateways support FDT/DTM communication when using the products communication DTM.

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‘C’ Programmable to Modbus TCP/IP Gateway

The ‘C’ Programmable to Modbus TCP/IP Gateway (5201-ADMNET-MNET) is designed to enable Modbus TCP/IP connectivity for OEM custom developed Ethernet applications. Included with the gateway are a developer’s guide, a set of functional application program interfaces (APIs), a software development kit (SDK), and sample programs.

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New 802.11a and 802.11g High Power Industrial Hotspot^TM

The new 802.11a (RLXIB-IHA) and 802.11g (RLXIB-IHG) Industrial Hotspot^TM radios are high power (up to 250 mW) and provide extended operating temperatures (-40° to +75° C) for demanding applications. They are great for plant engineers looking for a reliable way to communicate to devices on moving platforms. They are also perfect for material handling systems, high-speed plant network access for maintenance and SCADA systems.

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