Industrial Automation
Acquiring, integrating and sharing information quickly and securely over a network or the Internet is critical to advancing the Industrial Automation process. It's the key to increasing productivity, improving customer service, ensuring employee safety, controlling inventory, and cutting operating costs. The ability to connect your equipment to central controlling applications or a remote operator via a browser, in real time, provides an important component to a cost effective solution in numerous industrial environments.
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Manufacturing Automation
Make factories run more efficiently by using Perle device connectivity hardware to control, diagnosis, repair, and communicate with equipment such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), CNC’s, robots, process control equipment, temperature monitoring systems, barcode scanners, scales and mixing stations.
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Building Automation
Improve building safety and reduce energy costs by using Perle device connectivity hardware to control and remotely manage security systems, HVAC, lighting, elevators, fire systems, utility meters and building access over a single building management network. -
Agricultural Automation
Cut cost by remotely controlling and monitoring heavy agriculture machinery, water conservation systems and tanks of liquids, solids or gases. - Process Automation
Connect virtually any type of automation device to a corporate network or the Internet. With Perle, any SCADA system including PLCs, RTUs, OPC devices, HMIs, traffic controllers, environmental sensors, parking automation devices, relays, switches and valves that utilize digital (discrete) I/O, analog I/O, pulse I/O or serial interfaces can all have secure access and control using today’s most advanced networking technologies.
Enabling Long Distance Data transmission over Copper Cabling
IOLAN SDS Device Servers provide serial to Ethernet conversion to stream and access data from anemometers, microphones, and other field devices with serial communication ports over Ethernet.
Pixact use Perle Media Converters as part of their image-based process measurement solution where specialised cameras and processing monitoring software records and analyzes industrial processes.
IOLAN Device Servers and TruePort create a networked virtual serial port for remote download of transaction logs to keep the fuel dispensing system running in -60°F (-51°C) temperatures.
Perle SFP Media Converters provide crucial Ethernet to Fiber conversion over Alaskan Mountain top in -20°F (-6°C) temperatures and over 12 inches of radial ice.
Greater functionality and flexibility, coupled with reduced truck rolls, saves time and money
Dispersed manufacturing sites exceed Ethernet distance limitation but do not warrant costly Fiber Network installation
In case of a power outage, UPS kicks-in providing back-up power to the Rockefeller Center, Two World Financial Center and the Pepsi Building
To monitor water pollution produced during industrial production processes Jorin uses Perle Media Converters to transmit Gigabit IP Camera images over fiber in high temperature environments.
Perle IOLAN STS4 Device Servers provide RS232 connectivity to on-board hardware and transmission of GPS data in real-time. This optimizes hydraulic-assisted steering of tractors and reduces product loss during harvest.
Tesla Motors use Perle Media Converters to integrate an existing 100Base-FX door entry security system into a new copper Gigabit network without replacing the door reader devices or compromising security.
Perle IOLAN Device Servers provide a Modbus communications gateway between the RS485 serial network of the Variable Speed Drives and the SCADA Ethernet based network. This enables onshore and offshore personnel to monitor and control the output of pumps on oil production platforms.
Perle Serial Cards connect weighing equipment to central data management system. This enables multiple weighing stations to be monitored from a central control room for a smoother flow of operation that saves time and money.
Every major UK airport uses Perle serial cards to transmit RS485 serial data to a central processing system, making accurate and real-time weather data available to air traffic control and pilots.
Perle Serial Cards connect "classified" security devices to a main server.
Leading supplier standardizes its radiation monitoring protection systems
Perle IOLAN Terminal Servers transmit air quality, personnel exposure, temperature and humidity data gathered by a radiation safety monitoring system to a central location to ensure worker safety.
Perle Serial Card integrate 100's of remotely located production and management systems for up-to-the minute business information
Monaco Modernizes Public Parking Infrastructure From Leased Line to Ethernet
IOLAN Device Servers ensure network access of remote parking gates
Perle Serial Cards connect process controllers handling robotic equipment and bar code readers to the stock management system
Nasantara Aircraft Industry upgrades the factory floor
Perle Terminal Servers supply Numerical Control (NC) files to Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines on the shop floor of an extensive manufacturing plant.
Fortune 500 Automotive Company Chooses Perle Device Server To Increase Efficiency On The Shop Floor
Perle IOLAN Device Servers network enable multiple CNC machines on the plant floor. Centralized network access to the machines decrease human error and increase manufacturing efficiency.
Other clients in the Industrial Automation:
Serial to Ethernet in Industrial Automation
Industrial Automation Market Opportunities
Oil and Gas Utilities Market Opportunities
Access Control for Personnel Entrances
Media Converters in the Industrial landscape
Media Converters offer major benefits during Backhaul Network fiber-optic upgrades
Media Converters offer flexible expansion in Horizontal Networks
Managing Large-Scale Media Converter Deployments
Media conversion can unlock the potential of Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)
Quality of Service: Defining it and identifying its impact on high-priority applications
Using Media Converters to unlock performance and reduce costs during upgrades
Using AAA Security for Media Converter Management
I/O Device Servers in Industrial Automation
Digital and Analog I/O Devices
Ethernet I/O Event Notification to a TCP/IP Application
Monitoring of Fluid Levels in Remote Sterilization Equipment
Power over Ethernet Industrial Applications
A Background on Power Over Ethernet ( PoE & PoE+ )
Benefits of using PoE Power Management Controllers in Power Sourcing Equipment
Power Reach Installation Planning for PoE Ethernet Extenders
Powered Device (PD) Reset Feature for PoE Ethernet Extenders
Compliance