14 December 2005 -- When industrial instrumentation firm Sensonics wanted to add remote monitoring to its DN36 Spyder monitor and Spydernet plug-and-play monitor, it chose Digi Connect ME embedded networking modules. Sensonics designs, makes and supplys monitoring instrumentation and predictive maintenance systems. Its DN36 Spyder and Spydernet, with Digi Connect ME modules, can be used to monitor industrial devices via a LAN or the internet.
'As soon as I heard about the Digi Connect ME, I realised that it offered us a cost-effective and very compact means of adding TCP/IP connectivity to our monitoring systems,' said Nigel Stevens, Chief software engineer at Sensonics.
'Using the Net+Works 6.0 development tools it took no more than 20 minutes to add an email alert facility'.
'In addition, our customers can use the web-based configuration and control tools without the need for any specialist or additional software'.
The Digi Connect ME comes in a package a little bigger than a standard RJ45 connector.
At its heart is the 32bit Netsilicon NS7520 microprocessor.
For monitoring rotating machinery, including turbines, motors, pumps and fans, the DN36 provides dual channel monitoring and mix-and-match measurement options such as vibration, displacement, temperature, speed and eccentricity.
There are two alarm levels per channel to drive common relays for the safe tripping of plant.
Spydernet is for remote monitoring of vibration or process channels and can monitor eight standard ICP or current mode accelerometers as well as 4-20mA process inputs.
Sensonics is looking at using the Digi Connect Wi-ME embedded module to add wireless connectivity.
This provides secure 32bit 802.11b wireless functionality.
