Gateway combines controls and IO-Link to gather data from devices of any make

摘要

SICK HAS UNVEILED an IO-Link gateway with an on-board Web server that can collect, combine, evaluate and transmit signals from IO-Link devices from any manufacturer. The SIG200 Profinet Sensor Integration Gateway is the first in a family of intelligent Industry 4.0 gateways designed to work both as IO-Link masters and as small, distributed control systems. The device is said to make light work of configuring local sensor applications and, at the same time, opens up high-speed transfer of sensor status, parameter and diagnostics to enterprise-level or cloud-based systems. Only one cable is needed to communicate via the fieldbus with the machine controller and with the higher-level systems.