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My company is in the process of building a new brick plant and it would be nice to be able to use their (Esteem) 192E radio modem to network a few notebooks we have. The new controls will all be 5/05 based and hard wired into the network. Most likely, iFix will also be used. It would be nice to have both iFix and RSlogix on a wireless laptop that could go online from either within the plant. The new control room will be in the middle of the plant up in the air, allowing full plant view. If a wireless industrial modem like the above were used, what may be some considerations/concerns that I may need to factor in?
The other question is have any of you ever used this modem with the pre-installed, internal 802.11b wireless cards that come factory with notebooks? Would the range be decreased over that of the Esteem's PCMCIA units? Or is it a matter of noise/interference. These PCMCIA cards from Esteem carry a chunky price tag and our notebooks already have (and more WILL have) 802.11b built in.
Aditionally the max distance between the controls room and the notebooks couuld be is maybe 150-200 yards. Would this be an issue?
Thanks for any help you may have.
The other question is have any of you ever used this modem with the pre-installed, internal 802.11b wireless cards that come factory with notebooks? Would the range be decreased over that of the Esteem's PCMCIA units? Or is it a matter of noise/interference. These PCMCIA cards from Esteem carry a chunky price tag and our notebooks already have (and more WILL have) 802.11b built in.
Aditionally the max distance between the controls room and the notebooks couuld be is maybe 150-200 yards. Would this be an issue?
Thanks for any help you may have.