User manual

Chapter 1
Understanding Your System
1-1 Introduction Undoubtedly, Ethernet connectivity is becoming to a
big trend for industrial applications. Longer communication distances,
faster communication speeds, and greater advantages attract people into
developing their system based upon this network scenario. But there
used to be a thresh-old in connecting information layers and field control
layers. People usually had to prepare a data exchange server between
information systems and control systems as a communication bridge.
Obviously, it takes a lot of time and money. To meet user’s requirements,
Advantech announces the new DA&C system, the ADAM-5000/TCP
Series, the Ethernet I/O solution for people developing their eAutomation
architecture. It can be applied to various applications, such as traffic,
building, telecom, water treatment, and others.
ADAM-5000/TCP Series include the following 2 products:
ADAM-5000/TCP: 8-slot Distributed DA&C System for Ethernet
ADAM-5000L/TCP: 4-slot Distributed DA&C System for Ethernet
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