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ConnectSense Internet Rebooter keeps routers running smoothly

ConnectSense Internet Rebooter keeps routers running smoothly

Internet-enabled devices have weaved themselves into every part of the modern home. From smart light bulbs to doorbell security cameras, virtual assistants to elaborate work-from-home setups, seamless connection to the web is more important than ever before. However, as we all have experienced at some point, connection disruptions can cause problems. They can range from the merely annoying, like having to go without social media for a short time, to costly and dangerous, like home security systems going down, leading to a robbery.

Capture Leaking Current Data Smarter

Capture Leaking Current Data Smarter

In machinery of all types, electric current leaks prove a common, but inefficient and costly, occurrence. That energy doesn’t have to go to waste, though. With the right smart device, leakage current can provide information that results in optimal efficiency and minimal equipment failures

New ‘universal translator’ for industrial communications

New ‘universal translator’ for industrial communications

Grid Connect, Inc. and Real Time Automation® (RTA®) have partnered to bring original equipment makers a new embedded module that serves as a universal translator for enabling serial devices (RS-232, 422, 485, SPI, I2C) to communicate via protocols such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, PROFINET, BACnet/IP and others. OEMs also gain the capability to push data from plant-floor and field devices to analytical and business applications via OPC UA and MQTT.

How to pick your communication protocol

How to pick your communication protocol

Many factors can influence this decision, from the necessary bandwidth, to existing infrastructure, to security concerns. Letting the application determine the best protocol results in optimal for connectivity solutions, whether operating farming equipment, or shipping supplies, to conflict zones.

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