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HMS Industrial Networks has acquired all shares in the German company Beck IPC located in Wetzlar, Germany.
Beck is a provider of technology and solutions for embedded control and industrial M2M communication, including solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things, IIoT.
The base technology IPC Chip is the core of Beck IPC’s product offering for industrial original equipment manufacturers. [Read more…] about HMS Industrial Networks acquires Beck IPC
Emtas and HMS Industrial Networks have formed a partnership to develop CAN-based industrial communication.
The collaboration will involve the distribution and development of protocol software for CANopen and SAE J1939, as well as the distribution of the IXXAT CAN hardware products from HMS in combination with Emtas software tools.
CAN stands for controller area network and is a communications standard which enables microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other without a host computer.
The collaboration enables both companies to leverage their combined experience in this area, targeting to further improve the offering for CANopen, SAE J1939 and CAN/CAN-FD. [Read more…] about Emtas and HMS Industrial Networks agree partnership for CAN-based industrial communication
by Sam Francis
HMS Industrial Networks has obtained ISO 27001 Certification for eWon Talk2M, its award-winning cloud connectivity platform.
The ISO 27001 Certification is the international standard that describes best practices for an information security management system.
Compliance with the ISO 27001 certification validates that HMS Industrial Networks has implemented comprehensive information security practices to protect their users, their information, and their data in accordance with internationally recognized standards. [Read more…] about HMS received the ISO 27001 certification for eWon Talk2M
by Sam Francis
HMS Industrial Networks has introduced a new range of Anybus .Net Bridges for ProfiBus, ProfiNet, EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP.
Bridging the gap between operational technology and IT, the .Net bridge family enables data from industrial machinery to be presented to .Net-based IT applications.
The result is that .Net programmers can build a PC program which exchanges live data with a PLC system — for statistics, analysis or maintenance. [Read more…] about HMS Industrial introduces range of Anybus .Net Bridges
by Sam Francis
HMS Industrial Networks has launched two new Anybus WLAN Access Points – industrial-grade infrastructure hubs for long-range Wireless LAN connectivity.
The products are ideal for collecting data wirelessly from any machinery or system, especially those equipped with Anybus Wireless Bolt or Bridge.
The Anybus Wireless LAN (Local Area Network) Access Points allow users to set up an industrial wireless infrastructure for multiple wireless clients. [Read more…] about HMS Industrial Networks launches two new Anybus WLAN access points
by Anna
HMS Industrial Networks has added the M.2 format to the IXXAT® INpact PC-card range. The result is the smallest PC-interface for Industrial Ethernet and Profibus on the market, says the company.
With the new IXXAT INpact M.2 interfaces, users can implement PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, Modbus-TCP, Powerlink and PROFIBUS slave connectivity with the smallest footprint ever.
The compact form factor M.2 2260 (Key B-M) makes INpact M.2 suitable for small and mobile devices, typically used for service, configuration, data analysis or process data visualization purposes.
[Read more…] about Smallest industrial PC interface launched
HMS Industrial Networks has shipped its five-millionth Anybus product to Parker Hannifin – a Fortune 250 company in motion and control technologies.
The five-millionth Anybus is an Anybus CompactCom B40 which is to be used in one of Parker´s new valve control unit.
Anybus CompactCom will enable these valve controls to communicate on any fieldbus or industrial Ethernet network and consequently be used in any type of application, anywhere. [Read more…] about HMS delivers 5 millionth Anybus module to Parker Hannifin
by Sam Francis
HMS Industrial Networks has launched a mobile version of its remote access solution, eWon eCatcher.
eWon eCatcher is the software that eWon users utilize to establish a remote connection via an eWon router to their machine.
HMS Industrial Networks’ mobile version of this award-winning remote access solution is called eWon eCatcher Mobile. [Read more…] about HMS Industrial Networks launches mobile version of remote access solution
HMS Industrial Networks has integrated support for the IoT protocols OPC UA and MQTT within its Anybus CompactCom range of embedded networking solutions.
HMS says that, with OPC UA and MQTT in the portfolio, device and machine manufacturers who use CompactCom are offered “a straight-forward path to providing secure data to the IIoT factories of tomorrow – already today”.
To achieve the vision of Industrial Internet of Things, device and machine manufacturers are required not only to connect their hardware to different industrial networks on operational technology, but also to provide data to IT systems and IoT software. [Read more…] about HMS integrates support for OPC UA and MQTT into its Anybus CompactCom networking solutions
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