Data Communication Faster and Easier With Bluetooth Wireless Radios
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Moving RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 serial data around the factory floor is quicker and easier than ever with Phoenix Contact’s new industrial grade Bluetooth wireless devices. The PSI-WL series is an interoperable set of license-free Bluetooth standard radios. Class I, Div 2 approved and easy to use, these high-speed radios offer connectivity to any Bluetooth-enabled device such as PDAs, PCs, or other PSI-WL devices.
The PSI-WL-RS232-RS485/BT is a DIN-rail mount package that interfaces to RS-232/422/485 electrical formats. Modbus and additional industrial protocols are also supported. It features software-adjustable transmit power to extend the Bluetooth reach up to 300 feet. The PSI-WL-RS232-RS485/BT can be used as a simple wire and cable replacement in point-to-point applications or in point-to-multipoint configurations. One master will support up to seven slave devices.
The FHSS (frequency hopping spread spectrum) devices operate in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, making Bluetooth suitable for worldwide use in industrial machine-to-machine and remote/temporary diagnostics and programming applications where cable-based circuits are too inconvenient to install or alter.
Phoenix Contact, with U.S. headquarters in Middletown, Pa., is an independent subsidiary of Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG of Blomberg Germany, which operates 38 subsidiaries around the globe and employs more than 7,000 people. Phoenix Contact Quality System is registered to ISO 9001:2000 – Quality Systems Model for Quality Assurance in design, development, production, installation and servicing.
