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ARCOM LAUNCHES WIRELESS EDGE ROUTER
15 February 2005 - Arcom
| Kansas City, USA and Cambridge, England, Arcom is now offering an industrial Wireless Edge Router (WER1500) that enables wireless connectivity of data appliances over Nextel's nationwide digital network, allowing users to access enterprise IT systems and the Internet. As an industrial network gateway using TCP/IP over the Nextel iDEN network, the WER1500 has been tested and approved for fixed and mobile (vehicle) applications. |
Designed for telemetry and remote access services, the WER1500 offers secure communications for terminal server/clients equipment as well as serving an Internet router. Devices are connected to the WER1500 using a High res. TIF image (2.267MB) serial port (RS-232 or RS-485), local Ethernet, or by using an ad-hoc WiFi network. Utilizing TCP/IP, the WER1500 can be configured with a permanent public IP address so that it can be accessed from any Internet host system. By using NAT (Network Address Translation), the IP addresses of local connections (serial PPP, LAN & WiFi) can be routed over the Nextel iDEN network. For secure communications the WER1500 can be configured to use a variety of encryption and authentication techniques, essential in applications where data privacy and integrity are mandatory. The WER1500 is also available with a factory fitted Global Positioning System receiver providing accurate vehicle location data. "Special considerations often need to be made if a truck is carrying chilled food products. Since it can be monitored during transit, the logistics company can plan arrival times and monitor the storage conditions during its journey from the packing plant to the dock door of the store. Simultaneously, the WER1500 offers the driver access to the Internet from his laptop and can provide a number of other programmable services," said Kurt Hochanadel, product manager with Arcom. Target applications for WER1500 include fixed or mobile telemetry services in the utility industries, remote monitoring for Homeland Security, enhanced Field Force Automation, Automatic Vehicle Location and distributed building management such as Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems. The WER1500 is a highly configurable, fully programmable product based on Linux making it ideal for OEM customers wanting a wireless platform to integrate additional application software within their vertical market expertise.
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About: Arcom
Founded in Cambridge in 1982, Arcom has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of embedded computer and communications processors.
Arcom's embedded software development and support capabilities are second-to-none in the industry. Our engineering and support teams in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK) have an enormous depth of experience and knowledge in the field of embedded operating systems, communications protocols, and system design. We pride ourselves on being able to provide comprehensive development tools and excellent support to our OEM customers as they bring their products to the market.
Development Kits - we lead the embedded market with our strategy for new product introduction based on the 'blue-box' development kits. By combining new hardware solutions with the leading embedded operating systems we offer our customers a complete and rapid application development environment.Embedded Boards - our range of embedded processor boards (x86 and XScale), PC/104 I/O modules, ISAbus and PCI add-on cards are all designed and manufactured by Arcom. This gives our customers fast and easy access to the highest level of technical support. All products are supported by a clearly defined life cycle and a commitment for long term availability. PCs & Enclosures - we also recognize that customers need products to ease the integration of our embedded boards. Arcom's design team includes mechanical engineers who have developed a number of off the shelf enclosure solutions for stand alone and rack mounted systems. Industrial Networking - since 1992, we have been actively involved in the integration and deployment of data acquisitions systems for the process control markets. Working with our key technology partners we now offer products and expertise to provide guaranteed data delivery from your field devices straight into your enterprise level applications. Design & Build - we understand the drive to cost reduce products for high volume applications and to combine this with a 'complete technical solution'. We accept contracts to produce custom solutions which focus on the design of dedicated hardware, developing optimized operating system configurations or complete packaged system solutions. Through a focused approach to innovative design backed by comprehensive development platforms, global marketing and low cost manufacturing, Arcom pursues an aggressive expansion of its customer base in North America, UK and France. Arcom is a subsidiary of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company. Our business processes are accredited to the international QA standard ISO 9001 and our products hold all relevant certification. |
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