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Introduction to Industrial I/O
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The Benefi ts of Integration
ioLogik Active Wireless I/O provides an integrated solution with a
number of important benefits.
Easy to Install
Extra Power Savings
Caller ID for Security
Needs only a Sliver of Bandwidth
Easy Installation
By supporting Moxa’s powerful Active OPC Server, Active GPRS I/O
products can be easily integrated with your SCADA system. Moxa’s
Active OPC Server with non-polling architecture supports the standard
OPC protocol, but also offers active (or “push”) communication
between Moxa’s ioLogik series of Active GPRS I/O products and HMI/
SCADA systems with instant I/O status.
Unlike the fixed IP requirement for Ethernet I/O with a traditional OPC
server, Active OPC Server and ioLogik products deliver the flexibility of
using dynamic IP addresses. The ioLogik product can connect directly
to the Active OPC Server instead of being polled, which makes the
dynamic IP configuration and WAN Access of the GPRS I/O possible.
As far as traditional data acquisition applications are concerned,
I/O devices are not capable of using this approach. In addition, the
flexibility of being able to connect through a firewall is a useful feature.
Active OPC Server and ioLogik series products offer “Auto Tag Generation” to eliminate the need to specify target IP addresses, I/O channels, and data
formats one by one or edit and import configuration text files. Instead, Active OPC Server creates the tags for the target ioLogik automatically. Simply
select the channels that need to be updated, and the tags are generated and configured without needing any input from the user. Generally speaking,
tag generation is 50 times faster on Active OPC Server than with traditional OPC server packages, and training on how to install and configure the OPC
server is no longer necessary.
Push-based Active OPC Server
Active OPC Server
ioLogik W5340
SCADA
Dynamic IP Address
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Low Power Consumption and Sleep Mode
Due to the high integration of GPRS communication, I/O functions, and data-logging, the power consumption of
Moxa’s integrated solution is half that of using separate solutions. You will be able to build a system that uses a
smaller solar power panel and lower battery capacity. For example, the ioLogik W5340 provides the optimal solution
for riverside monitoring applications, such as monitoring water flow to prevent flood disasters, or monitoring water
quality to protect the supply of drinking water. This solution’s power saving feature requires less power, even when
the power is supplied by a solar panel or battery. It also provides a data logging function for keeping the necessary
data on an SD card, and you can receive active messages automatically when a pre-defined condition is triggered.
When sleep mode is activated, the ioLogik W5340 will turn off GPRS communications, but keep the I/O function
working, and the status of all I/O activity will be recorded in a data Log file. The data log function will create a
new file every day and can be configured to upload the latest data to a host every night at midnight. In addition to
ensuring that all data is sent to your analysis system, you can also extend your I/O operation while using backup
battery power.