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AS-INTERFACE OVERVIEW |
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AS-Interface – The Why and How of AS-I |
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AS-Interface is one of the hottest trends in Automation |
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Replacing simple sensors and actuators with AS-Interface sensors
and actuators is one of the hottest trends in automation today, and for good reason. AS-Interface, already a worldwide de facto standard for simple I/O networking, is quickly becoming a US standard too. Its potential to cost effectively replace the rats nest of wires that permeates most industrial sites is tremendously appealing across many industries. Of the available low level sensor/actuator replacement networks,
AS-Interface offers the highest performance at the least cost.
Due to its roots as a Siemens network AS-Interface already enjoys the enthusiastic support of the Industrial Automation community in Europe. Now many automation vendors in the US are becoming attracted to its high speed, power on bus, simplicity of operation and insulation displacement wiring system. With Control Engineers increasingly more comfortable with a stratified networking system, AS-Interface is the perfect solution for the lowest level in the network architecture, those simple, low-level sensors and actuators that consume the majority of installation, startup and ongoing troubleshooting expenses. Quite frankly, with the growth of AS-Interface networking, for many automation vendors it is now a mistake to not support AS-Interface. |
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Important Questions You Must Ask Yourself First |
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Once you decide that your products must support AS-Interface, the big question becomes "how can I get it done and get it done quickly"?
Do you have excess Engineering resources to commit to the project? Can your existing opportunities and customers for
AS-Interface be put off until next year? Is your engineering staff intimately familiar with the technology? Are they experienced in the somewhat complex minefield of device-id selection? Do you have the PLCs, tools and physical resources to thoroughly test an AS-Interface solution?
If you're having difficulty with any of these issues, then this paper is written for you. It details the technical information you need to know and gives you practical steps for adding AS-Interface to your existing product in the next 30 Days.
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