With the growth of the voice/data networks and their increasingly important size, the Telecom operators and the companies rely more and more on the Ethernet TCP/IP network architecture to manage equipments and to ensure themselves of their availability and Performance.

To fulfil these needs, system administrators and persons in charge of networks need to control and manage remotely these equipments.

ACKSYS brings them solutions for :

       Remote configuration, monitoring and administration of equipments
       Access to equipments through the Ethernet network (local or distant)
       The connection of equipments which doesn't have any Ethernet interface
       The modernization of old equipments (eg: PABX, BMX, switches ...)

The COMETH range features a single port serial solution for RS232, RS422 & RS485 interface with various formats and casing :

The COM port redirector software enables legacy based COM ports Windows applications to access remote serial devices across the Ethernet network without modification, remote COM ports are seen by the application as native PC local ports.

The migration of a traditional serial topology towards an Ethernet topology is done very quickly and very simply with an extremely tiny cost of Re-design.

Using the Ethernet network became strategic and is a de-facto standard in industrial automation applications.
Nevertheless, much of industrial equipments don't have the Ethernet connectivity but mostly feature RS232, RS422 and RS485 interfaces, in addition, communication protocols are often completely heterogeneous.

These various interfaces and protocols represents a major problem in actual installations, their evolution creates serious concerns for interoperability.
Iintegration of such networks remains very expensive and very complex.

ACKSYS's serial to Ethernet solutions enables to :

       Build an homogeneous integration of all equipments within a same network
       Remotely configure, monitor and administer equipments
       Access to equipments through the Ethernet network (local or distant)
       Build protocols data gateways (eg: serial MODBUS to MODBUS/TCP)
       The connection of equipments which doesn't have any Ethernet interface :

       Extend the limited distance of tradional serial interfaces
       The removal of any cabling on the serial equipments (WiFi IEEE 802.11b)
       To profit from all the assets given by the Ethernet TCP/IP network

COMETH range and more particularly the COMETH-FIELD are perfectly suited for such needs. The COMETH-FIELD features a RS232, RS422 & RS485 interface and is even capable of control two half duplex RS232 serial equipments from a single module.

Point to point mode or Tunnel mode enables to connect two serial equipments directly or through the network in a transparent way regardless of the Protocolused (MODBUS ASCII, MODBUS PLUS, MODBUS RTU, UNITELWAY, DF1 ...).

In the same way, the "Remote COM port" mode gives access to any serial equipment in a transparent and Protocolindependent way from any PC connected to the Ethernet TCP/IP network.

The MODBUS/TCP Protocolsupport permits to connect a serial MODBUS equipment to the Ethernet network in order to communicate with supervisors or softwares using the MODBUS/TCP Protocol.

Lastly, if you are looking for a solution to :

the WL-COMETH device with its 2.4 Gz radio wireless Ethernet IEEE 802.11b will help you to carry out an installation without wiring and with exactly the same characteristics and features given by the "wired" COMETH product family.

If you are responsible for a simple store, a chain of department stores or supermarkets, the search for equipment working together and in a harmonious way is often hazardous because they often use RS232 and RS422 serial interfaces.

Each equipment requires a point-to-point personalized connection and needs converters, multiport cards ... which results in significantly increase the installation costs and make the maintenance and the breakdown service of the whole installation more difficult.

All these questions can be simply solved since all the equipments are connected to a single homogeneous network like Ethernet TCP/IP.
The Ethernet networl topology removes the limitations related to the traditional serial interfaces, the equipments can be shared without installation of a dedicated server thus futur extensions are made easier, cost are reduced and reliability is improved.

ACKSYS's solutions are particularly suitable for :

       The connection of equipments which doesn't have any Ethernet interface :

       The simplification and maintenance of serial multi-port boards based installations
       To add serial devices to an existing Ethernet network
       To remove any cabling on the serial equipments (WiFi IEEE 802.11b)
       To remotely administer, configure and monitor equipments in real time

COMETH range is well suited for such applications are feature solutions.

The COM port redirector software enables legacy based COM ports Windows applications to access remote serial devices across the Ethernet network without modification, remote COM ports are seen by the application as native PC local ports or multi-port board serial links.

Lastly, if if you want to avoid from and cabling constraints, connect mobile devices or equipments often moved, the WL-COMETH device with its 2.4 Gz radio wireless Ethernet IEEE 802.11b will help you to carry out an installation without wiring and with exactly the same characteristics and features given by the "wired" COMETH product family.

The medical field requires reliable and simple solutions to implement the connection of equipments and medical devices to the Ethernet network with the aim of simplifying the monitoring of the hospitals rooms and to centralize the results of the diagnosis systems ...

The trends of this sector turn today to the improvement of the health care by taking into account information in real time, a better reactivity within departments, a reduced use paper, a reduction of the costs related to maintenance and lastly an increase in flexibility and performances.

ACKSYS's offer meets today these needs in helping you to :

       Connect serial equipments and measurement systems to the Ethernet network
       Remotely administer, configure and monitor the equipments in real time
       Modernize of old equipments (eg: Diagnosis and analysis devices ...)

The COMETH range features a single port serial solution for RS232, RS422 & RS485 interface with various formats and casing :

The COM port redirector software enables legacy based COM ports Windows applications to access remote serial devices across the Ethernet network without modification, remote COM ports are seen by the application as native PC local ports.

The migration of a traditional serial topology towards an Ethernet topology is done very quickly and very simply with an extremely tiny cost of Re-design.

Lastly, if if you want to avoid from and cabling constraints, connect mobile devices or equipments often moved, the WL-COMETH device with its 2.4 Gz radio wireless Ethernet IEEE 802.11b will help you to carry out an installation without wiring and with exactly the same characteristics and features given by the "wired" COMETH product family.

Imagine a building or a house in which you can monitor and regulate in a homogeneous way all the parameters of environment (lighting, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and other electric & electronic appliances ...), security and access control systems with a maximum comfort while reducing the costs.

The technology to carry out such installation exists today with the Ethernet TCP/IP network which became a de facto standard for these applications.

ACKSYS's offer (wired Ethernet 10/100 & wireless IEEE 802.11b) is particularly well suited to these applications needs by making possible to :

       Remote and real time access to connected equipments
       Reduction of maintenance and adminstration costs
       Reduction of cabling and installation costs (wireless IEEE 802.11b)
       Increase in flexibility and possibilities of extension
       Connect equipments which doesn't have any Ethernet interface
       Remove any cabling on serial equipments (WiFi wireless IEEE 802.11b)

COMETH range is well suited for such applications are feature solutions.

The COM port redirector software enables legacy based COM ports Windows applications to access remote serial devices across the Ethernet network without modification, remote COM ports are seen by the application as native PC local ports or multi-port board serial links.

Lastly, if if you want to avoid from and cabling constraints, connect mobile devices or equipments often moved, the WL-COMETH device with its 2.4 Gz radio wireless Ethernet IEEE 802.11b will help you to carry out an installation without wiring and with exactly the same characteristics and features given by the "wired" COMETH product family.

Wireless solutions find all their interest in environment where wired network cabling operation is difficult (restricted access, equipments often moved from a place to another, connection of equipments from any place, connection of equipments when no cables, no plugs are available ...) or prohibitively expensive.

Customers (point of sales, medical instrumentation, industrial automation, security systems, building automation) can right now rely on this new technology to build safe wireless network applications while freeing themselves from wiring constraints and while taking advantage of a full electrical isolation, no more cables cut failures, maintenance and installation reduced costs ...

ACKSYS's offer (Wireless Ethernet IEEE 802.11b) is particularly well suited to these applications needs by making possible to :

       Design wireless systems (eg: robot, overhead crane, display ...)
       Turn wired systems into wireless (eg: robot, overhead crane ...)
       Monitor display & signaling systems (eg: stations, airports, hotels, exhibitions ...)
       Use wireless telemetering, measurements and administration equipments
       Connect mobile terminals for quality and security monitoring applications
       Connect security and access control devices to the wireless network
       Install equipments when cabling operation is not possible or difficult
       Connection of serial equipments in hazardous & potentially explosive area
       Build a high speed full-duplex wireless serial link between two equipments

WL-COMETH relies on the wireless 2.4 Ghz Ethernet IEEE 802.11b standard and features an RS232/RS422/RS485 serial interface, a 11 Mbps Ethernet data rate which is automatically reduced (auto-fallback system) to 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps depending to signal qualité and in order to adapt itself as best as possible to the environment constraints.

Communication security and confidentiality is achieved by 4 independent 64/128 WEP "Wired Equivalent Privacy" keys (alphanumerical or hexadecimal) plus a TCP/IP address filtering mechanism.

WL-COMETH uses that same IP technology used in other COMETH products and enables to access to remote radio serial devices exactly as local wired serial devices directly connected to the PC through a cable.

Tunnel mode enables to connect two serial equipments through the network in a transparent way regardless of the Protocolused (MODBUS ASCII, MODBUS PLUS, MODBUS RTU, UNITELWAY, DF1 ...) while point to point mode (Ad oc) do the same function without the network and thus without any access point, radio communication occurs between the two virtually connected serial devices, then, it is possible to create a radio bridge between two serial equipments.

WL-COMETH comes with omnidirectional 2dBi built-in antennas (standard coverage), an external higher gain antenna can be connected instead for long distance communications (SMA connector).

Because industrial Ethernet wireless actual networks are not WiFi compliant, there is not interoperability between radio vendors. Central and remote sites must use same brand of equipments.
WL-COMETH authorizes a total interoperability with all the equipments compliant with the IEEE standard 802.11b, it's also possible to replace a full-duplex wired serial link with two radio WL-COMETH.

The MODBUS/TCP Protocolsupport permits to connect a serial MODBUS equipment to the radio Ethernet network in order to communicate with supervisors or softwares using the MODBUS/TCP Protocol.