Product Highlights 2024

Highlights 2024

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Adapters and edge devices: How connectivity is created

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Highlights • Digitalization of existing or brownfield plants • Connection without interfering with the system architecture • Transmission of additional digital data via a second communication channel • Simple transfer of analog networks via adapter solutions • Immediate access to measurement and diagnostic parameters via mobile devices Immediate access to measurement and diagnostic parameters via mobile devices • Immediate access to measurement and diagnostic parameters via smartphone app Application In the latest generation of process plants, Industry 4.0 concepts are relatively easy to implement. In the digitalization of existing or brownfield plants, however, the challenge is to ensure connectivity of data from the field devices. That’s because, for the successful digitalization of plants, the connectivity of the data suppliers – the sensors and actuators – is the key element. The solution: transmission of additional digital data from field level in parallel to the measured data via a second communication channel. This means even existing plants can be made Industry 4.0-capable with little effort.

Simultaneous data transmission Our measuring devices already have numerous digital interfaces, e.g. 4 to 20 mA HART, PROFIBUS and PROFINET. Many sensors are also available with Bluetooth® and WiFi interfaces. With the new FieldPort SWA50 adapter, existing 4 to 20 mA sensors can be connected in accordance with the “Namur Open Architecture” (NOA) concept without placing any strain on existing communication channels or interfering with the system architecture. Our portfolio is supplemented with edge devices and gateways. Thanks to data transmission via a second communication channel, there is no longer anything to stand in the way of the digitalization of brownfield plants. Simple adapter solution The new NOA-compliant FieldPort SWA50 adapter brings existing metrology equipment in analog networks into the cloud quickly and cost-effectively via gateways and edge devices. The wireless adapter connects existing 4 to 20 mA HART field devices to digital services by converting all HART signals into wireless signals. Either via Bluetooth® or WirelessHART, all HART signals from field devices can be transmitted to the cloud in parallel with the measured value – even those from third-party manufacturers. Via the smartphone app, users can gain immediate access to measurement and diagnostic parameters.

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