The Anybus CompactCom 40-series family from HMS Industrial Networks has been extended with a version that enables any automation device to communicate on CC-Link IE Field. This means that HMS now offers both embedded and stand-alone gateway solutions for any CC-Link-related communication issue, including CC-Link IE Field.

A wireless access point, ‘The Anybus Wireless Bolt’ has been introduced by HMS Industrial Networks, designed to be mounted on a machine or cabinet to give it wireless access via WLAN, Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy. This access makes it possible to do configuration via a regular tablet or smartphone or connect to a cloud service, realising Industrial IoT. 

WiFi, Bluetooth or Zigbee? Tom McKinney of HMS Industrial Networks offers a review of the available short range wireless standards for industrial applications.

The Anybus CompactCom 40-series provides industrial devices with multi-network connectivity with a specific focus on industrial Ethernet. Suitable for high-end industrial applications with high performance demands, the units are available in chip, brick and module formats. The 40-series solution for PROFINET enables fast communication between the host device and PROFINET, and supports PROFINET RT Class 1 and 3.

Until now, it has been complicated to develop PC-based measurement, visualisation or service applications for several Industrial Ethernet standards, since each protocol uses different interface cards and application programming interfaces. HMS Industrial Networks says its IXXAT INpact is the solution to this, offering a PCIe card in standard and low-profile formats which supports all leading industrial Ethernet standards.

Used mainly to connect welding and tightening controllers to the various control systems used in automation technology, HMS Industrial Networks announces that it has shipped its three millionth Anybus module to Bosch Rexroth. Providing multi-network connectivity for the major network standards, Anybus embedded products are interchangeable communications modules for different fieldbus and industrial Ethernet networks.

With the IXXAT Econ 100, HMS offers a stand-alone embedded PC for real-time Industrial Ethernet for many applications - from small material handling devices to complex robot-based systems for medical use. The Econ 100 combines the machine control expertise from IXXAT with the fieldbus and industrial Ethernet capabilities of HMS' Anybus technology.

CAN cards designed for the PCI bus, which are modularly expandable with up to four CAN interfaces and offered with driver and tool suite support, have been released by HMS. The CAN-IB300/PCI and CAN-IB400/PCI expand the company’s IXXAT CAN-IB series, which is suitable for both industrial and automotive applications.

Suitable for high-end industrial applications that require fieldbus or real-time Ethernet connectivity, the Anybus CompactCom 40-series has been introduced by HMS Industrial Networks. The series will support all major industrial networks, and the first release in April 2014 includes connectivity to EtherCAT, POWERLINK, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET and PROFIBUS.

Crouzet has decided to use HMS Industrial Network's Netbiter as remote management solution for their latest generation of micro PLCs - the Millenium 3 Smart. This provides users of the micro PLC with instant access to data on their field equipment over the web.

Svensk Industriautomation (SVIA) is a fast-growing automation company in Jönköping, Sweden, developing robot systems for customers in the Nordic countries, Germany, U.K., the Netherlands, and the U.S. The systems are put together to robot cells which are able to communicate with other systems in a factory for example. The core of the robot cell is SVIA’s own vision system called Pickvision, which detects exactly how a particular o...

HMS Industrial Networks has released a series of Anybus CompactCom modules equipped with M12 connectors. This enables network connectivity for machinery which operates in wet, dusty, or otherwise demanding industrial environments. Networks are initially PROFIBUS, PROFINET, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP and EtherCAT.

HMS Industrial Networks now releases Anybus CompactCom for BACnet/IP - a network communication module which can be embedded into air conditioning equipment, pumps, ventilation devices etc. in order to enable communication with the BACnet/IP network.

The new 2-port version of Anybus CompactCom for Modbus TCP is not only a fast and easy way for industrial device manufacturers to achieve connectivity to Modbus TCP. It is also a way to reduce the need for expensive external switches and cut down on factory wiring since the module comes with a built-in switch of its own.