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Industrial Data Xchange: The Netbiter EasyConnect EC250 firmware update
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Friday, January 30, 2015. The Netbiter EasyConnect EC250 firmware update. Connectivity is not uniquely about industrial devices and machines, but more importantly, it is also about connecting to the client’s specific needs via IDX product support services. A week ago, an Netbiter EC250 was brought by a customer to the IDX team for firmware update and, of course, we were glad to assist him. But first, let us briefly introduce the Netbiter EasyConnect EC250 or as abbreviated EC250. The Netbiter EC250.
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Industrial Data Xchange: January 2014
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Monday, January 27, 2014. Connecting the ComAp Generator Control Panel to the Netbiter. In this blog, I will discuss the steps involved in getting the Netbiter. To record and display values. Coming out of the ComAp Generator Panel, so that one can do remote monitoring and control of the generator. The Netbiter Model used in this case is the EC220 and the panel used is the InteliLite AMF 26 P. The steps followed here can be applied to any MODBUS device due to the generic nature of the Netbiter. Make sure ...
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Industrial Data Xchange: September 2014
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Thursday, September 4, 2014. Netbiter Remote Access to ABB Analyzer. Using the simulator, you can load the GSD file and connect to the PROFIBUS address of the Analyzer. Via a piece of PROFIBUS cable - easy! They are now ready to do a proof of concept to any customer that is using PROFIBUS. The new EC350 with its remote access capabilities is able to do this. It's like having a really long Ethernet cable connecting your PC to the to the remote device! The Netbiter EC350 has an Ethernet port to connect to ...
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Industrial Data Xchange: PROFIBUS and PROFINET International is 25 years old!
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015. PROFIBUS and PROFINET International is 25 years old! This week, members from PROFIBUS and PROFINET Associations, Competence Centers, Training Centers and Test Labs meet in Ireland to celebrate the 25th year. The PROFIBUS International Organisation has been in existence. The meeting has of course a more formal purpose and is split up in four parts:. The Test Labs meet to discus certification processes for new PROFIBUS and PROFINET devices. Hot topics for this year include:. PROFIN...
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Industrial Data Xchange: IDX at the Africa Automation Fair
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015. IDX at the Africa Automation Fair. If you're interested in certified Profibus and Profinet training, network test equipment, remote monitoring solutions or protocol converters, then come find out more by visiting us at our booth at the Africa Automation Fair at Northgate dome this week.We'd love to meet you! Convert from PROFIBUS to PROFINET. Industrial Data Exchange is an industrial data communications solutions company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Industrial Data Xchange: May 2014
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014. IDX KNX Test Laboratory now offers device certification services. We are pleased to introduce IDX as a new certified ISO 17025 KNX Test Lab. Located in Johannesburg, South Africa. IDX, a certified KNX Advanced Training Centre since 2011, was thoroughly audited by the KNX Association and achieved certified test laboratory status in May 2014. We are therefore able to provide interworking certification for your products according to volume 8/7/1 of the KNX Specification. They say th...
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Industrial Data Xchange: December 2013
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Monday, December 2, 2013. Converting PROFIBUS to ControlNet with Anybus - a Green Application. In a call-out to a smelter in South Africa last week, the IDX Product Technical Support Team assisted in the configuration of an Anybus X gateway. This particular flavour of the vast Anybus range converts PROFIBUS to ControlNet. More specifically, it is a PROFIBUS master and a ControlNet adapter (slave). So what steps were taken to ensure everything was working? The result of this was that one of the PROFIBUS s...
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Industrial Data Xchange: March 2014
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Friday, March 28, 2014. Free Anybus Communicator training presented to Eaton at The IDX Academy. As the renovations are coming to a close at the IDX Academy, the trainers have become eager to get training up and running again at IDX. The first course in the new facilities was a fully-booked Certified PROFIBUS Engineers Course. This week, IDX presented their free Anybus Communicator Training to Eaton covering the following:. Some essential aspects of the MODBUS protocol. The device in question is the.
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Industrial Data Xchange: Serial to Ethernet Converter (RS-232 / RS-485 to LAN)
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Serial to Ethernet Converter (RS-232 / RS-485 to LAN). What happened to the serial port on my laptop? Indeed it seems that our PCs are upgrading faster than the industrial devices we still use. Being an Industrial IT company, on a daily basis we still have to use HyperTerminal and other serial based software to configure devices and get information out of systems such as belt scales and gateways. Well for that we can use the Anybus Communicator. Converter such as the. And run t...
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Industrial Data Xchange: August 2014
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Friday, August 29, 2014. COMbricks - the vaccine for the "PROFIBUS Virus". Sometimes the intermittent and unexplained failures of a PROFIBUS network can only be explained as one thing: "my system has caught the PROFIBUS virus! Receive on arriving to troubleshoot a PROFIBUS network is:. But it was running fine for all these years - why does it fail suddenly now? To answer that question, you can think of it this way: does a person die the moment they have a cough? Is just such a tool - it tells use if ther...
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