New EasyLink product
We present our new EasyLink product. It was developed to be connected to a variety of external devices in order to allow the sending of fundamental (and non-essential) data to a Cloud platform, or simply to the local company network. Through the simple and intuitive web server on board it is possible to monitor and configure, as well as system parameters and functions, a series of modbus registers that will be used to query the various external devices.
It can communicate with the outside world through the Ethernet interface, USB host, CAN bus, RS485/RS232 and GSM/GPRS; the MQTT service was also added to be able to monitor data in real time via desktop PC or APP on smartphones and tablets.
It is possible to connect a 12V lead rechargeable backup battery, for the management of any alarms due to a lack of main power supply, and a plugin has also been optionally provided to support other network protocols such as PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP and POWERLINK.
Here are the characteristics:
- Power supply 24VDC
- ARM Cortex-M7 microprocessor
- 3-axis accelerometer (for waking up the board or for detecting abnormal vibrations)
- External NTC temperature sensor
- Log storage when the device is offline
- Ethernet communication interface with the possibility to power up the board via PoE
- Modbus RS-485 communication interface, or in alternative RS232 interface
- CAN communication interface
- USB mass storage interface for updating board firmware
- GSM/GPRS interface
- n°3 digital inputs
- n°3 digital outputs
- n°2 analog inputs with the possibility of configuring 4-20mA, 0-10V, PT100 or PT1000 modes
- Optional plugin to support other network protocols such as PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP and POWERLINK.