Streamline Industrial Systems and Enhance Performance

Industrial automation and control system applications range from manufacturing to environmental monitoring to field testing. Traditionally, many of these systems rely on dedicated serial connections that lack adequate ports, are expensive to implement and/or inconvenient to service. With Quatech's device networking and connectivity solutions, you can:

• Network-enable serial devices to improve productivity
• Enable remote monitoring, access and control
• Have confidence that the serial data is transmitted with ultra low latency

While these energy management systems are implemented using a broad range of hardware and software platforms, they all have one thing in common--a need for a large number of RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 serial ports to connect essential devices.

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APPLICATIONS

CNC/DNC Machine Tool Programming System

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OTHER APPLICATION EXAMPLES

• HVAC Maintenance
• Environmental Control System

BACKGROUND

Industrial automation and control applications involve many tasks from manufacturing to environmental monitoring to field testing. While these systems are implemented using a broad range of hardware and software platforms, they all have one thing in common--a need for a large number of RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 serial ports to connect essential devices such as:

• CNC Machine Tools
• Sensors
• HVAC controls
• Utility Meters
• Battery Monitors
• Environmental Monitors
• System Safety Monitors

Traditionally these systems rely on dedicated serial connections that can be expensive to implement, and inconvenient to service. Further, for device-intense systems, computers are no longer available with enough standard serial ports to meet application requirements. Further, when serial ports are available, they often lack the speed, and industrial protections required to adequately function in often harsh and demanding industrial environments.

What is the most reliable way to enhance performance for industrial systems?
Quatech Device Servers lead the industry with the most powerful processor and the lowest latency available for device networking solutions. Easy to install and configure, our device networking product line is integrator friendly, offering easy to install and configure wired and wireless options with one to eight ports. Because of its ultra low latency, Quatech is now the number 1 provider of device networking technology for CNC/DNC Programming systems.

Quatech device connectivity solutions provide desktop and standalone systems with additional RS-232 and RS-422/485 serial ports via convenient USB serial adapters--either in the form of a desktop unit or as a lower-cost embedded card with standard surge suppression. Quatech serial boards offer the same functionality for a wide range of desktop, rack mount, and standalone systems. Quatech PCMCIA cards are ideal solutions for mobile testing, providing robust RS-232 and RS-422/485 connectivity for handheld and laptop computers. Available in synchronous and asynchronous versions, Quatech cards provide industry leading data rates, and are available in ruggedized version ideal for harsh environments.

CASE STUDY

Shredding Paper Punch Tapes: Paine Machine Tool Turns to Quatech for CNC/DNC Solution

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Paine Machine Tool had a customer in desperate need of a technology upgrade. This customer had 16 CNC machines, but was still using paper punch tapes to load the CNC programs to each machine. Backup punch tapes were stored in filing cabinets, in little plastic boxes. The company converted its programs into electronic files, but it still needed a way to store the files, call them up by part number, and load the programs on individual machines. Quatech Device Servers provide an ideal solution.