applicom® products offer a range of complete communication solutions covering more than 40 industrial communications protocols. These solutions connect your PC-based applications to industrial equipment and are designed to enable deterministic data acquisition in various industrial applications. Today there are over 85,000 applicom systems installed worldwide in markets including petrochemical, automotive, food processing and technical building management. applicom open technology enables innovative solutions for the toughest automation projects.
Network Interface Cards –
Network Interface Cards (NIC)
Woodhead Network Interface Cards connect various types of computers including PCI, ISA, PC/104, PCMCIA, Compact PCI, and VME, directly to industrial networks including Allen-Bradley DH+/RIO, CANopen, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Ethernet, Modicon MB/MB+/RIO, Profibus, Reliance AutoMax DCS/RIO, Serial, and WorldFIP. Applications include PC Control, I/O emulation, OI/HMI/SCADA, PLC programming, and network configuration, diagnostics and troubleshooting.
Gateways –
applicom® PROFINET IO Proxy –
NEW! The latest version of the Woodhead Gateway provides access to PROFIBUS-DP devices via the PROFINET Real-Time Channel.
Besides the Real-Time connection, automation devices from different suppliers (e.g. Rockwell, Schneider, Mitsubishi or Omron) which are linked to the integrated Ethernet and Serial ports can be used by the PROFINET Controller or Supervisory station.
applicom® GATEway - Industrial Multi Protocol Gateway –
Woodhead GATEway is configurable stand-alone smart Ethernet TCP/IP, Profibus and Serial gateway that allows based controllers to communicate and to interoperate simultaneously with each other.
Woodhead GATEway is more than a standard tunnelling gateway! It is the first hardware platform that allows simultaneous communication between industrial devices (PLC, SCADA etc.) using up to 20 different Ethernet, Profibus and Serial protocols.
applicom® webGATE - Web Remote Gateway –
Easy access to Serial and Profibus networks, via the LAN or Internet, it's just "Plug & Play". The application software is all on the webGATE, any Web based device can become the control console.
Woodhead webGATE is a "customizable" Web enabled gateway providing both
local and remote monitoring services for Serial and Profibus connected devices. The gateway creates the connection from your industrial installations to LAN based networks.
applicom® GT4010/GT4010R - Industrial 4 Serial ports Gateways –
4 Serial channels - included RS485/RS422 line interfaces with galvanic insulation 500 Volts. Also availalble RS232 or 20mA current loop line interfaces.
applicom® Software Package –
The core of applicom® solutions lies in our software tools; enabling fast integration of industrial communication into your applications. We offer a set of integrated tools comprising:
NEW! Woodhead DAServer
Woodhead DAServers are designed to provide simultaneous connectivity between Wonderware® FactorySuite® client applications (InTouch®, InControl™, InBatch™, InTrack™, IndustrialSQL Server™ and SuiteVoyager™) and industrial devices (PLCs, RTUs, DSCs, flow controllers, loop controllers, scales and other hardware).
OPC Server
Woodhead interfaces support multi-protocol OPC Server. It can be used to simultaneously manage mutiple communication channels distributed on different interface cards. The OPC server includes a powerful optimization mechanism to reduce the number of network requests on the medium. New abilities include Managing equipment redundancy and A-B ControlLogix tag browsing compatible.
Communication Activex Control
Woodhead Communication ActiveX Control allows you to quickly and easily develop applications requiring communications with industrial devices. Using one ActiveX, your applications can transparently communicate with a large variety of industrial devices without any development related to the communications protocols. NEW! Programming wizard to accelerate development and usability through Visual Basic.
Library/DLL
An API library enables you to directly control and command the functionality of Woodhead interface cards. There is no license required. It is available for Windows 32-bit and other operating systems.
Configuration Console
Woodhead Console is an intuitive project management and configuration tool integrating powerful features that allow quick, easy, and labor-saving integration of your industrial communication with your application. Whatever the card and the protocol used, you always set up your project in the same way.
The Woodhead package includes powerful asnd easy-to-use tools for testing and monitoring your industrial communication. They can be used during implementation as well as operation. Benefits include. Data Traffic display in real time, access in read/write to process data, protocol frame viewer, the ability to work in parallel of your applications, easy to use graphic tools and sophisitcated network monitoring.
applicom® Protocol Development Toolkits –
These kits allow you to develop in C Language any protocol (Ethernet TCP/IP or asynchronous Serial master/slave) and use it as any other protocol. Without extra development, your protocol is automatically integrated in applicom environment (configuration, diagnostic tools) and process data can be accessed via application interfaces such as DLL, Data servers (OPC, DDE/SuiteLink) or ActiveX control.
applicom development toolkit for Ethernet TCP/IP protocol
Part Number: APP-KIT-ETH
applicom development toolkit for asynchronous Serial protocol
Part Number: APP-KIT-SER
This kit enables you to develop industrial tasks which will run in the multitask kernel of the card for outstanding performances. These tasks may be: data treatment, embedded cyclic treatments, timetable management and gateway functionality.
applicom development toolkit for embedded C programming
Part Number: APP-KIT-SAT
