STW and the Ethernet Powerlink Standardisation Group (EPSG)
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Posted to News on 12th Dec 2015, 10:03

STW and the Ethernet Powerlink Standardisation Group (EPSG)

At Agritechnica 2015 in Hannover, Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) was presenting on the Ethernet Powerlink Standardisation Group (ESPG) stand. With the porting of the Powerlink real-time open-source protocol onto the ESX-3XL and ESX-3XM centralised control units, and with the CONNEX-TC3G data management and telemetry module, STW demonstrated its first access to the world of industrial Ethernet.

STW and the Ethernet Powerlink Standardisation Group (EPSG)

Ethernet Powerlink is a real-time-capable and hardware-independent open-source protocol. It permits easy access and switching to industrial Ethernet in construction and agricultural machine technology. As a solution provider in these fields, STW aims to provide its customers with new technologies. Therefore, Powerlink has been ported onto the ESX-3XL and ESX-3XM centralised control units, which are also designed for use in safety applications. Both control units are characterised by their modularity and their compatibility with convenient development environment CODESYS or the sophisticated toolchains for programming in C. For the porting of Powerlink, the CONNEX-EB07 was used with an extension board especially designed for data management and communication, which can be used on both central control units. As both control units support several CAN interfaces, the communication from the sensor via decentralised I/O modules to the control unit, and from there to the process level and IT infrastructure, are possible.

The CONNEX-TC3G also supports the Powerlink protocol. With this data management and telemetry module, the focus lies on the collection, evaluation and transfer of data. On the wireless side, 2G/3G mobile communications, WLAN and Bluetooth are supported, enabling connections to be made to cloud systems and remote access applications. With Powerlink, both CAN and industrial real-time Ethernet connections are now available.

For STW, the support of the Powerlink protocol and its membership of the ESPG represent an initial step in the direction of the real-time Ethernet world. With Powerlink, access to a world of existing systems which already exceeds 1.1million devices is accessible for users of STW products and systems.

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