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New Product Release
January 1998
Connect any instrument or serial device directly to a network (Ethernet)
with a Lantronix MSS1 and communicate with it via TAL Technologies TCP-Wedge,
TCP/IP communications software.
TAL Technologies and Lantronix can provide the user with a complete Ethernet-based data
acquisition and instrument control solution. TAL is a software company specializing in
data acquisition software and Lantronix is a network equipment manufacturer.
Lantronix, Irvine CA, developed the MSS1 Micro Serial Server to enable users to connect
serial devices, modems, data loggers and instruments directly to an Ethernet network
without the need for a PC interface. It is ideal for connecting devices throughout a
plant, research or manufacturing facility directly to Ethernet, so data is available to
any computer on the network. It eliminates the need for computers on the factory floor
just for data collecting.
TAL Technologies, Philadelphia PA, has been providing serial data acquisition products for
many years. It has recently released TCP-Wedge software. This runs on any Windows 95 or NT
based PC and allows the user to communicate directly from any Windows application program
to any TCP/IP address. Each Lantronix MSS1 has its own IP address and hence TCP-Wedge can
input data from each port directly into spreadsheets, Excel, Wonderware, FixDMACS,
Labview, MMIs, databases, control packages, etc… any application program.
TCP-Wedge also allows the user to send commands and data out to any IP address –
including the MSS1s. This provides full device control from within your Windows
applications.
Some advantages of Ethernet Data Acquisition include:
- Inexpensive: Economies of scale and competition help to keep
the cost of setting up an Ethernet network low compared with other fieldbus options.
- High speed and capacity.
- Flexibility: Many suppliers of hardware and software
available.
- Reliability: Ethernet automatically provides high integrity
data handling.
Some advantages of Lantronix MSS1 and TCP-Wedge include:
- MSS1: Hook-up scales, bar code scanners, PLCs, measuring
devices, flow meters, sensors, data loggers and other RS232 output devices DIRECTLY to
your Ethernet network.
- TCP-Wedge: Input data directly from any IP address (over
Ethernet or Internet) directly into any Windows, Windows 95 or NT application. Also sends
commands and data out to IP addresses.
- Together the MSS1 and TCP-Wedge provide Ethernet-based data
acquisition and control of serial devices and instruments located anywhere in your
facility.
- Low cost: The complete solution, MSS1 plus TCP-Wedge, is under
$1000. For connecting additional serial devices to your network you will need additional
MSS1s however, TCP-Wedge can communicate with any number of IP addresses.
In addition to TCP-Wedge, TAL Technologies provides a full range of serial
data acquisition software products to collect data from ANY serial instrument
or device. Visit www.taltech.com
for TAL’s full line of data acquisition and bar code software products.
Also visit www.lantronix.com for
Lantronix’s full line of networking equipment including multiport
serial to Ethernet servers, print servers and switches.
WinWedge $495 (includes TCP-Wedge
and File-Wedge):
TAL Technologies, Inc., 2101 Brandywine St., Suite 102, Philadelphia
PA 19130.
(215) 496-0222 or (800) 722-6004 (USA only). Fax: (215) 496-0322
Internet, www.taltech.com e-mail, sales@taltech.com
70 mm color images are available on request.
Contact Susan Rogers, VP Marketing, srogers@taltech.com
MSS1 $499 - $545
Lantronix, 15353 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92718
714-453-3990 or (800) 422-7055, Fax: 714-453-3995
Internet, www.lantronix.com e-mail, sales@lantronix.com
Contact: Stephen Moore, Marketing Manager, stephenm@lantronix.com
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