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I am currently involved in a system that will require some form of wireless communications between a base station and some movable gantry cranes.
My first inclination was to look at some Radiolinx or Dat-Linc ethernet modems, but they seem oriented around comm paths that are miles distant. i am looking at something for a few hundred feet.
Now I am thinking maybe the answer might be just common wi-fi equipment, maybe in an industrialized version. It will be located deep in the bowels of a factory, with no connection to the outside world, just the three AB SLC5/05 processors and an HMI.
Just curious what some of your experiences with wireless comms might be. I hate to spend a lot of money to solve a simple problem when less money might solve it just as well.
My first inclination was to look at some Radiolinx or Dat-Linc ethernet modems, but they seem oriented around comm paths that are miles distant. i am looking at something for a few hundred feet.
Now I am thinking maybe the answer might be just common wi-fi equipment, maybe in an industrialized version. It will be located deep in the bowels of a factory, with no connection to the outside world, just the three AB SLC5/05 processors and an HMI.
Just curious what some of your experiences with wireless comms might be. I hate to spend a lot of money to solve a simple problem when less money might solve it just as well.