Issue: 31/08/2005

News


Sena Welcomes Device-networking Partners

Sena welcomes its newest device networking business partners that provides distribution services, and full technical and design support to Sena device and terminal servers in their regions.

Business Partner Region Website
SoftChoice United States http://www.softchoice.com/
DB International Inc. United States http://www.db-int.com
Neteon Technologies, Inc. United States http://www.neteon.net/sena/
TECH-REP INC. Canada
CommuniPorts AG Germany http://www.communiports.de/
Irontech AS Norway http://www.irontech.no/
ethernet/ethernet.html
TeleTek OU Estonia http://www.teletek.ee/
CTS International Romania http://www.cts2000.ro/


New Products


1. Make your Serial Device Wireless-Ready: LS100W

LS100W  
Wireless Single port Serial Device Server
$179.00

Sena is pleased to release the wireless serial device server, "LS100W" that connects RS232 serial devices such as printers, scales, medical equipment, manufacturing machinery, barcode readers, card readers, point-of-sale equipment, and other data acquisition devices to a host computer via an 802.11b wireless LAN.

On the serial side, the LS100W features a nine-pin male DB-9 connector, 9-30V DC input, and supports data transfer speeds up to 115Kbit/s. It uses standard 64/128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) protocol to protect data being transmitted over a wireless LAN network.

The LS100W supports both infrastructure and ad-hoc (peer-to-peer wireless networking) operation modes. When working in infrastructure mode, the LS100W transmits serial device data to the host PC via an access point. Ad-hoc mode provides a full-duplex serial exchange between serial devices through the LS100W and without using any access point.

In addition, the LS100W supports COM/TTY drivers for Windows and Linux systems, ensuring that existing PC software will still work when used with the new wireless LAN infrastructure.

For more information, contact us at info@sena.com or visit http://www.sena.com/products/by_name/hd_lite/.

2. Affordable Device Server for Intelligent Device Networking: Pro Series

PS110

Versatile Single-port
Serial Device Server


$149.00

PS410

Versatile 4- port Serial Device Server


$399.00

PS810

Versatile 8- port Serial Device Server


$595.00

Sena announce the release of new products in Pro Series product line, PS110, PS410 and PS810, with competitive edge features such as flexible operation mode, TCP/UDP multicasting, telnet COM port control protocol support (RFC2217 compliant), SSL encryption, and port event handling. The unit is based on the embedded Linux and a 32-bit microprocessor platform.

Available in 1, 4, and 8 port models, the PS110, PS410, and PS810 supports RS232/422/485 serial communication, allowing virtually any asynchronous serial device to be accessed over a network via its DB9 serial port, and handles serial data transfer rate up to 230Kbit/s. On the Ethernet side, the PS110/PS410/PS810 features 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet interface and supports static and dynamic IP address. Dynamic DNS protocol is supplied for floating IP environments to allow access via a static domain name.

In TCP mode, Pro Series supports telnet COM port control option (RFC 2217 compliant) that is used to access serial devices over the network. This option enable user applications to set the parameters of remote serial ports (baud rate, flow control, etc.), detect line signal changes, as well as receive and transmit data. In addition, when working with Serial/IP COM port redirector, Pro Series transmit all serial signals including DTR, DSR and DCD.

The Pro Series supports modem emulation mode over SSL encryption. This feature provides secure serial modem emulation, accepting AT commands in an encrypted format to connect and communicate with serial devices. It means that equipment that was designed only for modem access can now communicate securely to its corresponding software application across the Ethernet.

TCP/UDP Multicasting feature is provided for those applications, which involve a serial device sending messages to many PC host (Max. 8) simultaneously. For secure data communication between a client and a server, SSL and RC4 encryption features are provided. In addition, HTTPS for secure data transfer over the web, and IP filtering controls the access to serial devices.

The Pro Series is shipped with a licensed version copy of COMPort Redirection Software, Serial/IP for free of cost. This software allows you to use the existing application programs based on serial communication and provides provide superior performance and low latency.

Built-in surge protection is added on serial port to safeguard the device from electrical interference, surges or spikes that could interrupt the system operation, i.e. ESD air 15KV, ESD contact 8KV, EFT 40A (5/50ns), and Lightning (8/20us).

For more information, contact us at info@sena.com or visit http://www.sena.com/products/by_name/hd_pro_100/.

Case Study

 

Sena Device Server puts serial based Media Display Devices Online

Application Scenario:
A leading provider of digital syndication and delivery services, who operates digital media distribution platforms for publishing and financial services needed to to Internet enable their media displays to receive up to the minute news and information from their Data Centers.

The SS100, a single port secure serial device server, was installed in multiple locations to connect their media displays to Ethernet network. In the new system, at the end of the network is a SS100, which is connected to Ethernet on one side and connected via a serial communication port to the media displays on the other. The SS100 receives news and information from data centers, converts and sends to a media display device.


Solution:

HelloDevice Super Series, SS100

Benefits:
• Allows users to Internet enable serial based Display devices.
• Allows users to create custom web pages for remote management and remote data acquisition using the Super Series built-in web server.
• Allows users to take advantage of the Super Series SDK kit, which allows you to flexibly create resident programs that run “invisibly” on the Super Series.



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