Issue: 30/08/2006

News


1. SENA has moved to new office to better serve its customers

SENA is pleased to announce that it has moved to a new office facility in San Jose city, California.

You can contact us at:

SENA Technologies, Inc.
2362 Qume Dr. Suite E
San Jose, CA 95131
United States

Toll Free (US/Canada): 8668-US-SENA (866-887-7362)
Tel: +1 (408) 573-7425
Fax: +1 (408) 907-3738


2. SENA to begin shipping Tactical Software TTYredirector for Linux

SENA today announced that the Tactical Software TTYredirector for Linux will be bundled with SENA device servers, providing commercial-grade serial port redirector software to SENA customers using Red Hat, Fedora Core, SUSE, Debian, and other Linux x86 distributions.

TTYredirector brings to Linux the sophisticated serial port redirector technology of the Tactical Software Serial/IP COM Port Redirector, which SENA already provides for users of the Windows operating system.

The special edition of TTYredirector for SENA users will be included in software distributed with new SENA device servers beginning in September 2006. More information is available at
http://www.sena.com/products/device_servers/comport_redirector/.


Product Release


1. Affordable 4-port Device Server for Intelligent Device Networking: STS400

SENA is pleased to announce the release of new product in STS Series product line, STS400, a 4-port device server with competitive edge features such as flexible operation mode, TCP/UDP multicasting, telnet COM port control protocol support (RFC2217 compliant), SSL encryption, flexible customization, PC Card support and port event handling.



In TCP mode, the STS400 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 STS400 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.

The STS400 employs an embedded Linux Operating system and facilitates user customization using command-line interface or one of several prepared scripts, using UNIX/Linux commands. SENA provides easy to use Software Development Kit (SDK) environment to quickly develop custom applications that run on the HelloDevice Super Series. In addition, user can manipulate the raw data stream between remote host and serial device by adding a filtering program. Users can customize the web management interface, and integrate the programmed dynamic web pages to web menu.

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 STS400 is shipped with a licensed version copy of COMPort Redirection Software, Serial/IP for free of charge. 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/device_servers/external/sts/.

Solutions

Bluetooth Adapter replaces Vending Machines RS-232 cabling

Customer:
Building Security Monitoring.

Motive:
Electronic security systems manufacturers require scalable building security solutions that enable customers to manage and monitor secure areas from multiple locations. To accomplish such as system, may require the integration of a security system with their current network infrastructure. Vending Machine market is a very competitive market. Vending machines sell everything from sandwiches to electronic peripherals. Out in the field Vending Machines require a lot of maintenance since they do contain many moving parts. Also, to be efficient vending machines should be filled with product on a regular basis to keep customers happy.
 



By making use of any one of Sena Technologies Serial Bluetooth adapters, Vending Machine operators can Bluetooth enable their Vending Machines to provide more efficient and fast service of their Vending Machines, which allows for Vending Machine operators to have a competitive edge over its competitors.


Solution:
 Parani-SD, Parani-MSP

Benefits:

  • Allows users to network enable Vending Machines and related control systems that were previously not able to be network enabled.

  • Flexibility to remotely monitor Vending machines to provide efficient maintenance.

  • Wireless features allow for flexibility of placement of heavy Vending machines.

  • Allows for easy setup and maintenance to minimize potential downtime.




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