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News Release from: Digi International | Subject: Digi One IA RealPort
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 November 2002
Port overcomes Ethernet compatibility
barriers
The combination of two highly innovative features, multi-master and multi-protocol capabilities enables a device to relaise full utilisation of Ethernet connectivity in industrial automation.
The unique combination of two highly innovative features, multi-master and multi-protocol capabilities, in the new Digi One IA RealPort from Digi International, offers the potential to break down many of the barriers that currently exist to wider adoption and full utilisation of Ethernet connectivity in industrial automation applications The Digi One IA RealPort's multi-master capability allows more than one PC, host or HMI to access a serial device smoothly, simultaneously and without conflict
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Potential problem-solving applications of this technology include the ability to send instructions to a serial device from more than one PC on the network and the ability to reprogram devices from alternate masters either on or off site.
The multi-master facility also allows data querying of working serial devices, such as PLCs, without interfering with routine operations.
An equally powerful feature of the Digi One IA RealPort is the new multi-protocol capability, which allows device and host to connect using protocols such as Modbus, DF1, Compoway /F, Hostlink, FINS, EtherNet/IP, Modbus/TCP, and Allen-Bradley Ethernet.
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It can also be configured for user-defined protocols, making it uniquely adaptable and virtually future-proof.
These two highly innovative and liberating features have been specifically developed by Digi to ease the path for Ethernet network integration in industrial automation environments.
The multi-master and multi-protocol capabilities of the Digi One IA RealPort can be utilised simultaneously, so that one host can communicate with the device using one protocol while a second master connects using a different protocol.
The Digi One IA RealPort is designed for robust and reliable operation in industrial operating conditions.
It also offers easy web-based configuration and complete serial and Modbus MIBs for easy management through SNMP.
It incorporates a switchable EIA-232/422/485 serial interface in addition to a 10/100Base-T network port.
RealPort COM redirection software also allows serial devices to communicate with any host on the Ethernet network as though via a COM port.
The Digi One IA RealPort accommodates the broad spectrum of power requirements used in industrial automation environments by offering voltage from 9 to 30 volts as well as support for the new 802.3af powered Ethernet standard.
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII), the leader in Connectware, makes device networking easy by manufacturing products and technologies that are cost effective and easy to use.
Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with European headquarters in Dortmund, Germany, Digi International was founded in 1985 and currently employs more than 400 people worldwide.
With more than 16 years experience and over 20 million ports shipped worldwide.
Digi markets it products through a global network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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