Provided by:Dominion Electronics
15/05/2008 - CMC Industrial Electronics (Canada) offer an easy, low-cost solution to monitor industrial facility.
Imagine trying to keep track of an entire manufacturing plant or the different mechanical systems in a building. There are plenty of tasks to keep a team busy throughout the day, and sometimes problems are missed that lead to delays, and ultimately cost the company time and money.
Traditional systems approached the problem by using a PC to directly interact with the sensors and other devices. The PC required special software to configure and collect data from the system. The PC was the only Human-Machine Interface (HMI) device, so users had to travel to the PC’s dedicated location to check on the system. CMC developed a streamlined solution that could configure and display a large network of sensors and would allow users to view monitoring data over the Internet using a PC at any location, without requiring additional software.
CMC developed the Web-server with Rabbit’s RCM2250 RabbitCore®. The Web-server provides a Modbus TCP/IP interface that allows data from up to 256 sensors to be managed and accessed over the Internet from any PC. This HMI system is comprised of a digital bus backbone to which all the sensors connect via a 1-Wire® connection. Sensor data is then converted to a Modbus network. The Web-server also manages an extensive sensor alarm system including email alerts.
To learn more about the Rabbit® technology used in this solution or to discuss a similar customised solution with one of our consultants, phone the Australian distributor on 02 9906 6988 or email using tosales@dominion.net.au
