RF PLC communications

Nuffin' to do wiv me mate...but I wouldn't touch a wireless system with a barge pole.

Installed a wireless router at home...to cut a long story short:- As soon as I turned off the wireless section and put in a wired link, my broadband speed came back up and no more dropouts... (I couldnt download anything bigger tham a couple of meg on the wireless link.)

I know some are ok, but I have heard so many tales of woe.

Del (I hate RF) the cat

Sorry to burst the bubble, but IEEE came up the 802.11 n standard in 2004 which will uses multiplexing different channels to bring WIFI up to the wire broadband rates. It should be soon implemented.

I would check with Mitsubishi Electronics. They have a low of new technologies available for PLC's. I have a couple of machines with their electronics on them and I can hook up a modem to it to be able to have technicians "talk" to the machines. I believe they have a wireless lan available as well. I'm not sure how many, (if any) other brands it will communicate with but other manufacturers wil have similar devices.

If you can get a wired lan connection you can always install a wireless router at the machines location to create the wireless link.

Thanks for that but I was looking for something that isn't tied to one particular type of plc. Have 10 machines and its pretty much a 50/50 split between Mitsi's and AB.

Im sure it wouldn't be a major project to design it myself but lack of time means I need to get something off the shelf

Hi Al,

Phoenix Contact have some good products but a little on the pricey side though but take a look at this page.

http://www.phoenixcontact.co.uk/news/248_5522.htm

As for displays, you might want to take a look at our website:

www.digital-instrumentation.co.uk

Cheers

Rob