All Ethernet, All the Time

Based on the vendor’s PACSystems Rx7i and Rx3i control platforms, the Solution is designed to manage a large number of mission critical I/O at high speed in a distributed architecture. “Unscheduled downtime in mission-critical manufacturing and infrastructure operations can be catastrophic to the business, resulting not only in loss of revenue, but sometimes compromising the safety of the operation,” says Jerry Simons, director of applied solutions for the vendor. “With the combination of a high-performance central processor, distributed I/O and a 100 Mbps network, users will be able to manage a larger number of I/O and a larger number of remote drops at speeds far greater than was previously possible.”