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Networking Hardware
News Release from: Panasonic Electric Works UK | Subject: FP Web Server
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2001
PLCs go online with two-way
communications
The multifunctional FP Web Server from Matsushita Electric Works provides users with the option of connecting any FP Series PLC - and most other PLCs - to the Internet.
The multifunctional FP Web Server from Matsushita Electric Works provides users with the option of connecting any FP Series PLC - and most other PLCs - to the Internet/Intranet thus enabling bidirectional communication The module has been designed to allow users to program/operate PLCs using a LAN or WAN network (Internet/Intranet) from any location in the world
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Web Server can be dialled up via a modem for local or wide area network access or by one remote gateway for multiple FP Web Servers in a local Ethernet network.
The FP Web Server supports RS232C to Ethernet redirection and conversion programming and uses visualisation tools to access an optional second, fully transparent port.
The Web Server can also display PLC data presented as HTML pages (web page) and can be accessed via a standard Internet browser, which allows for early identification of potential problems.
A Windows based program is supplied to make the configuration and set-up of the FP Web Server easy, and the software is supplied with programming examples.
Daily operating reports can therefore be produced quickly and easily, giving improved record keeping.
Email alarms or updates can be sent from a PLC to the user via email or as a SMS message using forwarding software after an event has occurred.
This means that existing support personnel can be better informed of any problems before reaching the site.
The mini FP Web Server has a compact design measuring only 90 x 60 x 25mm and requires a 24V power supply.
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