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Mesh Network

Increase the performance, capacity & reliability of your system. The Mesh Control Network leverages advanced commercial communications technologies in robust industrial configurations, providing high-availability & self-healing network performance. It is scalable from one to thousands of station connections at data speeds of up to one gigabit. It provides the performance necessary for your future expansion needs without abandoning your existing system or applications. The I/A Series System architecture lets you determine the best network strategy to meet your automation needs.

The 1 Gb Mesh Control Network provides for fast response to faults with redundancy at every level. It provides top-to-bottom high availability offering fully redundant control and field communications with no single point of failure. Its self healing design can recover from multiple faults by automatically selecting alternate communication paths. The systems high speed and efficient utilization of the available bandwidth ensures the performance necessary to meet your future expansion needs.

Our Address Translation Station integrates existing Nodebus-based systems with Mesh network-based systems allowing seamless expansions and sharing of information without having to shut down. The Mesh is ideal when planning:

  • New systems
  • Expansions
  • CLAN Replacements
  • Controller and workstation upgrades
  • Control consolidation

Key Benefits

  • Faster throughput, with communication speeds of 1 Gb per second
  • Patented technology: smart point to point data routing allowing multiple communications to run simultaneously
  • Greater reliability: alternate communications paths between all stations, and the “self healing”
  • Mesh Network provides fast response to faults with redundancy at every level
  • Increased distances supported—better match for plant topology
  • Standard fiber optic and switch technology (no proprietary cell busses, packaging, networks, etc.)
  • Designed to easily adopt newer network technologies (including wireless) as they become suitable for industrial use

Key Capabilities

  • Improved communications throughout the system
  • Higher speed, longer distances, better match for plant topology
  • All fiber networks eliminate electrical noise and grounding
 
 

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2012 North America Invensys Foxboro User Group

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