ADVANTECH Launches Web-Link 2000 for Device to Business Internet Connection

Continuing the lead in eAutomation products for the factory floor, ADVANTECH today launched the Web-Link 2000 - a web server embedded device - that connects any device or legacy system to the Internet. From graphical operator panels to valve controllers, ADVANTECH customers will now be able to gather mission-critical information from anywhere in the world and economically dispense that information to the proper audience.

Through the Web-Link 2000, a company can access real time data, monitor and manage a device through the network, or even the Internet, without upgrading or re-designing the system. Technicians can predict repairs and respond to problems more quickly, and utility owners can track energy utilization and room temperatures through the Internet. If there are alarms or events that happen in the control system, Web-Link 2000 will also notify persons through email.

Web-Link 2000 can easily connect the existing system to the web through features that include OPC standard connection capability such as the Allen-Bradley PLC, Profibus DP compatible PLC, Modbus RTU/TCP compatible PLC, OMRON C type PLC, Mitsubishi

FX series, and A type PLC and ADAM series. Other features are an embedded Windows CE and web server bundled, a PC-104 Expansion Port and system default configuration/diagnostic utility HTML.