Curated and available on Advantech B+B SmartWorx’s Scoop.it topic “Enabling the Internet of Things.”
B+B SmartWorx helped a creamery whose operations relied upon standalone sensors that had to be read by human technicians with the Wzzard Sensor Platform. ...
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The Challenge We were contacted by a specialty steel manufacturer whose technicians customarily used laptops to communicate with the serial ports on some of the machinery. The machinery itself was built to last for decades, but the laptops weren’t quite as durable. They had to be replaced from time to time, and it’s getting harder and harder to find a new laptop that comes with a serial port. The manufacturer was seeking a simple way to connect new, USB-equipped laptops to the serial ports out on the factory floor. The Solution In......
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The Challenge A hospital’s intensive care unit monitored patients with ceiling mounted video cameras. The cameras were built in, and although they still did the job, they communicated via RS-485 connections. The hospital didn’t want to tear them out and replace them if it was unnecessary, but it’s getting harder and harder to find new computers with serial ports. New computers do, however, have USB ports. The hospital wanted an RS-485 to USB converter with medical-grade specifications that would let them keep using their existing surveillance cameras, even when they upgraded their......
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The Challenge Traditional manufacturing uses assembly lines to break processes down into individual steps. Machinery is permanently positioned to maximize efficiency and throughput. But that model lacks the flexibility needed for the production of custom work and small lot sizes. One alternative is the work cell, where the machinery and devices required for a specific project can be temporarily grouped together until a custom job is finished. A precision mechanics company specializing in turning, boring and milling custom pieces with special profiles and tolerances decided that stringing Ethernet cable to their flexible......
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The Challenge A large agribusiness had numerous buildings scattered across a wide landscape. They wanted to establish Ethernet connectivity for all of the installations, but they didn’t want to invest more money than was necessary. Fiber optic cable could have done the job, but the company had no current need for fiber’s enormous bandwidth, and they felt that a fiber installation would have been excessively expensive. There was, however, excellent line of sight between all of the structures. The company asked one of B+B’s value added resellers about a wireless solution. The......
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The Challenge There are nearly 1.5 million railroad cars in the United States alone, and railroad companies would prefer to know the location and current status of every single one of them. Are the hatches open or closed? Are the handbrakes on or off? Are wheel bearings overheating and calling for preventative maintenance? Are the internal temperatures appropriate for the on-board cargo? Just a few decades ago, railroads could only answer these questions by having train crews and yard clerks physically inspect the trains. So it’s no surprise that railroads have been......
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The Challenge A transportation system operates 27 ferries and services nearly 40 different stops on 7 different routes around a large harbor. Like land-bound subway or bus systems, the ferries are far more useful if they can operate on a predictable schedule, and if the intervals between ferry arrivals can be properly controlled. The ferries must be able to report their GPS positions to the central control office in real time. They must be able to provide the transportation authorities with real-time data about variables like fuel levels and the status of......
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Construction sites don’t always have access to wired Internet infrastructure. They need a mobile, wireless solution that can support real-time security applications. ...
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Cites B+B’s promising industrial IoT edge processing architecture as reason he joined company. Ottawa, IL – January 6, 2015 – B+B SmartWorx, a developer of mission-critical network connectivity solutions, announced today that one of Europe’s leading technology experts in machine-to-machine (M2M) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, Tim Taberner, has joined B+B SmartWorx as the global product manager for the company’s advanced IoT cellular gateways. Since B+B acquired Czech Republic-based Conel and their industrial cellular gateways in 2012, B+B has invested intensive engineering effort to develop the cellular gateways beyond passive conduits for raw data into true......
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Curated and available on Advantech B+B SmartWorx’s Scoop.it topic “Sensor Technology.”
B+B SmartWorx helped a creamery whose operations relied upon standalone sensors that had to be read by human technicians with the Wzzard Sensor Platform. ...
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When tourists visit an aquarium, they rarely stop to think about the headaches involved in providing healthy environments for all of the resident flora and fauna....
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The Challenge We were contacted by a specialty steel manufacturer whose technicians customarily used laptops to communicate with the serial ports on some of the machinery. The machinery itself was built to last for decades, but the laptops weren’t quite as durable. They had to be replaced from time to time, and it’s getting harder and harder to find a new laptop that comes with a serial port. The manufacturer was seeking a simple way to connect new, USB-equipped laptops to the serial ports out on the factory floor. The Solution In......
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The Challenge A hospital’s intensive care unit monitored patients with ceiling mounted video cameras. The cameras were built in, and although they still did the job, they communicated via RS-485 connections. The hospital didn’t want to tear them out and replace them if it was unnecessary, but it’s getting harder and harder to find new computers with serial ports. New computers do, however, have USB ports. The hospital wanted an RS-485 to USB converter with medical-grade specifications that would let them keep using their existing surveillance cameras, even when they upgraded their......
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The Challenge Traditional manufacturing uses assembly lines to break processes down into individual steps. Machinery is permanently positioned to maximize efficiency and throughput. But that model lacks the flexibility needed for the production of custom work and small lot sizes. One alternative is the work cell, where the machinery and devices required for a specific project can be temporarily grouped together until a custom job is finished. A precision mechanics company specializing in turning, boring and milling custom pieces with special profiles and tolerances decided that stringing Ethernet cable to their flexible......
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The Challenge A large agribusiness had numerous buildings scattered across a wide landscape. They wanted to establish Ethernet connectivity for all of the installations, but they didn’t want to invest more money than was necessary. Fiber optic cable could have done the job, but the company had no current need for fiber’s enormous bandwidth, and they felt that a fiber installation would have been excessively expensive. There was, however, excellent line of sight between all of the structures. The company asked one of B+B’s value added resellers about a wireless solution. The......
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The Challenge There are nearly 1.5 million railroad cars in the United States alone, and railroad companies would prefer to know the location and current status of every single one of them. Are the hatches open or closed? Are the handbrakes on or off? Are wheel bearings overheating and calling for preventative maintenance? Are the internal temperatures appropriate for the on-board cargo? Just a few decades ago, railroads could only answer these questions by having train crews and yard clerks physically inspect the trains. So it’s no surprise that railroads have been......
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The Challenge A transportation system operates 27 ferries and services nearly 40 different stops on 7 different routes around a large harbor. Like land-bound subway or bus systems, the ferries are far more useful if they can operate on a predictable schedule, and if the intervals between ferry arrivals can be properly controlled. The ferries must be able to report their GPS positions to the central control office in real time. They must be able to provide the transportation authorities with real-time data about variables like fuel levels and the status of......
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Construction sites don’t always have access to wired Internet infrastructure. They need a mobile, wireless solution that can support real-time security applications. ...
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Cites B+B’s promising industrial IoT edge processing architecture as reason he joined company. Ottawa, IL – January 6, 2015 – B+B SmartWorx, a developer of mission-critical network connectivity solutions, announced today that one of Europe’s leading technology experts in machine-to-machine (M2M) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, Tim Taberner, has joined B+B SmartWorx as the global product manager for the company’s advanced IoT cellular gateways. Since B+B acquired Czech Republic-based Conel and their industrial cellular gateways in 2012, B+B has invested intensive engineering effort to develop the cellular gateways beyond passive conduits for raw data into true......
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Curated and available on Advantech B+B SmartWorx’s Scoop.it topic “Carrier Ethernet Technology.”
B+B SmartWorx helped a creamery whose operations relied upon standalone sensors that had to be read by human technicians with the Wzzard Sensor Platform. ...
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When tourists visit an aquarium, they rarely stop to think about the headaches involved in providing healthy environments for all of the resident flora and fauna....
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The Challenge We were contacted by a specialty steel manufacturer whose technicians customarily used laptops to communicate with the serial ports on some of the machinery. The machinery itself was built to last for decades, but the laptops weren’t quite as durable. They had to be replaced from time to time, and it’s getting harder and harder to find a new laptop that comes with a serial port. The manufacturer was seeking a simple way to connect new, USB-equipped laptops to the serial ports out on the factory floor. The Solution In......
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The Challenge A hospital’s intensive care unit monitored patients with ceiling mounted video cameras. The cameras were built in, and although they still did the job, they communicated via RS-485 connections. The hospital didn’t want to tear them out and replace them if it was unnecessary, but it’s getting harder and harder to find new computers with serial ports. New computers do, however, have USB ports. The hospital wanted an RS-485 to USB converter with medical-grade specifications that would let them keep using their existing surveillance cameras, even when they upgraded their......
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The Challenge Traditional manufacturing uses assembly lines to break processes down into individual steps. Machinery is permanently positioned to maximize efficiency and throughput. But that model lacks the flexibility needed for the production of custom work and small lot sizes. One alternative is the work cell, where the machinery and devices required for a specific project can be temporarily grouped together until a custom job is finished. A precision mechanics company specializing in turning, boring and milling custom pieces with special profiles and tolerances decided that stringing Ethernet cable to their flexible......
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The Challenge A large agribusiness had numerous buildings scattered across a wide landscape. They wanted to establish Ethernet connectivity for all of the installations, but they didn’t want to invest more money than was necessary. Fiber optic cable could have done the job, but the company had no current need for fiber’s enormous bandwidth, and they felt that a fiber installation would have been excessively expensive. There was, however, excellent line of sight between all of the structures. The company asked one of B+B’s value added resellers about a wireless solution. The......
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The Challenge There are nearly 1.5 million railroad cars in the United States alone, and railroad companies would prefer to know the location and current status of every single one of them. Are the hatches open or closed? Are the handbrakes on or off? Are wheel bearings overheating and calling for preventative maintenance? Are the internal temperatures appropriate for the on-board cargo? Just a few decades ago, railroads could only answer these questions by having train crews and yard clerks physically inspect the trains. So it’s no surprise that railroads have been......
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The Challenge A transportation system operates 27 ferries and services nearly 40 different stops on 7 different routes around a large harbor. Like land-bound subway or bus systems, the ferries are far more useful if they can operate on a predictable schedule, and if the intervals between ferry arrivals can be properly controlled. The ferries must be able to report their GPS positions to the central control office in real time. They must be able to provide the transportation authorities with real-time data about variables like fuel levels and the status of......
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Construction sites don’t always have access to wired Internet infrastructure. They need a mobile, wireless solution that can support real-time security applications. ...
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Cites B+B’s promising industrial IoT edge processing architecture as reason he joined company. Ottawa, IL – January 6, 2015 – B+B SmartWorx, a developer of mission-critical network connectivity solutions, announced today that one of Europe’s leading technology experts in machine-to-machine (M2M) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, Tim Taberner, has joined B+B SmartWorx as the global product manager for the company’s advanced IoT cellular gateways. Since B+B acquired Czech Republic-based Conel and their industrial cellular gateways in 2012, B+B has invested intensive engineering effort to develop the cellular gateways beyond passive conduits for raw data into true......
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Curated and available on Advantech B+B SmartWorx’s Scoop.it topic “ Cellular Technology.”
B+B SmartWorx helped a creamery whose operations relied upon standalone sensors that had to be read by human technicians with the Wzzard Sensor Platform. ...
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When tourists visit an aquarium, they rarely stop to think about the headaches involved in providing healthy environments for all of the resident flora and fauna....
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The Challenge We were contacted by a specialty steel manufacturer whose technicians customarily used laptops to communicate with the serial ports on some of the machinery. The machinery itself was built to last for decades, but the laptops weren’t quite as durable. They had to be replaced from time to time, and it’s getting harder and harder to find a new laptop that comes with a serial port. The manufacturer was seeking a simple way to connect new, USB-equipped laptops to the serial ports out on the factory floor. The Solution In......
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The Challenge A hospital’s intensive care unit monitored patients with ceiling mounted video cameras. The cameras were built in, and although they still did the job, they communicated via RS-485 connections. The hospital didn’t want to tear them out and replace them if it was unnecessary, but it’s getting harder and harder to find new computers with serial ports. New computers do, however, have USB ports. The hospital wanted an RS-485 to USB converter with medical-grade specifications that would let them keep using their existing surveillance cameras, even when they upgraded their......
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The Challenge Traditional manufacturing uses assembly lines to break processes down into individual steps. Machinery is permanently positioned to maximize efficiency and throughput. But that model lacks the flexibility needed for the production of custom work and small lot sizes. One alternative is the work cell, where the machinery and devices required for a specific project can be temporarily grouped together until a custom job is finished. A precision mechanics company specializing in turning, boring and milling custom pieces with special profiles and tolerances decided that stringing Ethernet cable to their flexible......
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The Challenge A large agribusiness had numerous buildings scattered across a wide landscape. They wanted to establish Ethernet connectivity for all of the installations, but they didn’t want to invest more money than was necessary. Fiber optic cable could have done the job, but the company had no current need for fiber’s enormous bandwidth, and they felt that a fiber installation would have been excessively expensive. There was, however, excellent line of sight between all of the structures. The company asked one of B+B’s value added resellers about a wireless solution. The......
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The Challenge There are nearly 1.5 million railroad cars in the United States alone, and railroad companies would prefer to know the location and current status of every single one of them. Are the hatches open or closed? Are the handbrakes on or off? Are wheel bearings overheating and calling for preventative maintenance? Are the internal temperatures appropriate for the on-board cargo? Just a few decades ago, railroads could only answer these questions by having train crews and yard clerks physically inspect the trains. So it’s no surprise that railroads have been......
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The Challenge A transportation system operates 27 ferries and services nearly 40 different stops on 7 different routes around a large harbor. Like land-bound subway or bus systems, the ferries are far more useful if they can operate on a predictable schedule, and if the intervals between ferry arrivals can be properly controlled. The ferries must be able to report their GPS positions to the central control office in real time. They must be able to provide the transportation authorities with real-time data about variables like fuel levels and the status of......
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Construction sites don’t always have access to wired Internet infrastructure. They need a mobile, wireless solution that can support real-time security applications. ...
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Cites B+B’s promising industrial IoT edge processing architecture as reason he joined company. Ottawa, IL – January 6, 2015 – B+B SmartWorx, a developer of mission-critical network connectivity solutions, announced today that one of Europe’s leading technology experts in machine-to-machine (M2M) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, Tim Taberner, has joined B+B SmartWorx as the global product manager for the company’s advanced IoT cellular gateways. Since B+B acquired Czech Republic-based Conel and their industrial cellular gateways in 2012, B+B has invested intensive engineering effort to develop the cellular gateways beyond passive conduits for raw data into true......
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