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2. ProBee Series is a well-organized product offering for industrial applications.

3. ProBee Series is designed to maximize both Performance and Reliability.

4. ProBee Series supports easy to use management tool.

5. ProBee is a fruit of Sena’s long-time expertise in industrial communication.

Background:
A rapidly developing technology and scientific landscape brings new challenges for
the pharmaceutical industry. Strict regulations, harsh competition and rising R&D
costs require production, transport and storage processes to be as safe and
efficient as possible.
About the Customer:
Concept for Pharmacy is a unique pharmaceutical facility manufacturing
extemporaneous preparations , as well as special disinfection agents containing
colored chlorine.
Key Customer Challenges:

• Production, storage and R&D facilities span 4 floor, over 100 square meters
• Complex multi-site with parallel working processes requires simultaneous control of diverse humidity, pressure and temperature micro-environments
• Numerous transmission barriers - stairwells, multiple floors, and concrete walls
• Sterile areas require dust-proof installation and non-disintegrative system elements
• Non-digital autoclave legacy equipment functions at extremely high temperatures in patented colored chlorine manufacturing. Technicians must switch color plates at the moment of optimal temperature, which until now had been determined by periodic manual checks - both time consuming and open to human error.

DataNet Implementation:
A DataNet system with external PT100 sensor was placed inside the autoclave oven
providing technicians with timely alerts when the oven reached optimal temperatures. Clean
room refrigeration and freezer temperature and humidity levels were monitored by DataNet
temperature and RH units, connected to a non-disintegrating PT100 external temperature
sensor. They were mounted without screws to avoid any dust creation. A further DataNet
unit was connected to a convector which reconstructs environmental parameters. This
allowed engineers to test various temperature and humidity parameters and establish the
monitoring needs of products throughout the storage and transport life cycle.

Measurable Results:

• Helicopter view – fully controlled single view of all micro-environments.
• Reliable production process - whilst protecting the integrity of clean rooms, safe procedures with less raw materials and product wastage were ensured.
• Remaining constantly appraised – alerts and updates by cellular phone and email to both on-duty staff and off-duty managers
• Integrating legacy investments - oven color processing with a PT100 avoids human error and having to purchase a new and expensive digital autoclave with timer
• ISO compliance - as part of ISO 9000:2001 and ISO 13485:2008 incorporated into

Concept for Pharmacy’s management system, all processes have to be monitored
and data stored on record. The DataNet system enables the company to monitor all
these processes and extract any required data whenever necessary.

Customer’s Last word:
“We’ve found the system to be very user-friendly, streamlining our control processes and
preventing human error by automatically logging the data”
Evelina Fuchs, Process Engineer
Concept for Pharmacy, Kfar Saba, Israel

Available on the 433MHz European ISM Band and custom frequencies, these modules can be used to establish transparent one-way radio data links that support data rates of 9600 bps, with a line-of-sight range of 500m.

Unlike raw FM radio module alternatives, these modules take care of preamble, synchronization, bit balancing, error checking, and noise squelching, as well as all transmit timing, valid data identification and datastream buffering activities, allowing data links to be set up with the minimum of engineering effort. Each module can be assigned 1 of 8 unique addresses, so that a multiple radio link network can be established, provided no two modules are attempting to transmit at the same time on the same channel.

The transmitter has an output power of 10 dBm (10 mW) and the receiver has a sensitivity of -107 dBm. The modules require a 5V power supply and draw just 28 mA for transmitting and 22mA for receiving. They have an operating temperature range of -20 °C to +70 °C. These modules are ideally suited for fast prototyping and a variety of applications including industrial telemetry, data logging and remote data acquisition.

Further information on the products:
Click here.

ProBee - SENA ZigBee Modules - Serial Adapters, OEM, USB

SENA offers ZigBee product line that includes ZigBee OEM Module, ZigBee USB Adapter, and ZigBee Serial Adapter. SENA’s ZigBee products are designed to meet specific requirements of low cost and low power wireless applications such as home automation or smart energy by adopting the ZigBee technology. Despite of its low cost and low power consumptions, the SENA’s ZigBee products provide high performance and robust data transfer capability for wide range of applications.

ProBee Modules

Universal PCI multi-port serial card

Available in both standard and low profile form factors; and in 2, 4, and 8 port counts, the DirectPort universal PCI multi-port serial cards support high serial speeds up to 921.6 Kbps, and are equipped with internal surge protection for maximum reliability.

Further, they support various OS’s including Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 and major Linux distributions to meet today’s various software environments.

The “DirectPort UPCI” product line is available in following models:

 

Part Number	Description
UPCI2SLP	DirectPort UPCI2 2-port universal PCI RS232 serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI2BSLP	DirectPort UPCI2B 2-port universal PCI RS422/485 serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI4SLP	DirectPort UPCI4 4-port universal PCI RS232 serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI4BSLP	DirectPort UPCI4B 4-port universal PCI RS422/485 serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI8SP	DirectPort UPCI8SP 8-port universal PCI RS232 standard profile serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI8BSP	DirectPort UPCI8BSP 8-port universal PCI RS422/485 standard profile serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI8LP	DirectPort UPCI8LP 8-port universal PCI RS232 low profile serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable
UPCI8BLP	DirectPort UPCI8BLP 8-port universal PCI RS422/485 low profile serial card w/ DB9 fan-out cable

DirectPort UPCI features, specifications, and ordering information

http://www.sena.com/products/serial_connectivity/directport_upci.php

DirectPort UPCI pin assignment

http://www.sena.com/products/serial_connectivity/directport_usb_layout.php

DirectPort UPCI datasheet

http://www.sena.com/download/datasheet/ds_directport.pdf (PDF)

Now that; we have released a software utility, “Parani Multi Wizard”, that allows configuration of multiple connection mode feature.  In the space below, let me summarize you about multiple connection mode feature and “Parani Multi Wizard”, for your reference.

Multiple connection mode:

With multiple-connection feature, one Sena Bluetooth adapter (let’s say Parani-SD1000) master unit can connect up to 4 Parani-SD1000 slave units simultaneously. There are two different multiple-connections modes available:

- Multi-Drop Mode

One master and up to 4 slaves can communicate with one another simultaneously in both direction.

- Node Switching Mode

Up to 4 slaves remain connected to the master, but only one slave communicates with the master at a time. The master selects which slave unit to communicate with using AT commands.

For detailed information about multiple connection mode, please see the attached presentation (1.2 mb / PPT) or following web locations:

Multiple Connection Mode > How it works:

http://www.sena.com/newsletter/casestudy/200909_casestudy_eng.html

Multiple Connection Mode > Usage scenario:

http://www.sena.com/blog/?p=250

Multiple connection mode configuration using Parani Multi Wizard:

The “Parani Multi Wizard” is the software tool for the configuration of multiple connection mode of Parani-SD1000 and Parani-ESD (ESD1000, ESD100v2, and ESD110v2) products.

The “Parani Multi Wizard” supports a couple of modes.  (1)  Wizard mode (2) Manual mode.  The Wizard mode provides the user, step-by-step instructions for multiple connection mode configurations.  In the Manual mode, settings for the multiple connection mode are to be entered manally, but can be configured in one window.

For detailed information about “Parani Multi Wizard” software tool, please visit following web location:

http://www.sena.com/download/manual/manual_parani_sd1000-v2.0.2.pdf (page # 24 and 25 - PDF file 2.1 mb)

]]> http://lemosint.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=95 http://lemosint.com/blog/?p=89 http://lemosint.com/blog/?p=89#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:50:38 +0000 admin http://lemosint.com/blog/?p=89 Chipset pairs SX1211 ISM transceiver from Semtech with VE209S mesh controller from Virtual Extension to offer a low-power, high-performance solution

CAMARILLO, Calif., May 27,  2010 — Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, and Virtual Extension (Tel Aviv, Israel), a leading mesh wireless sensor network provider, today announced a two-chip wireless mesh network chipset that brings a new level of performance and signal robustness to smart lighting applications.
The chipset pairs Semtech’s SX1211 transceiver for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band applications with Virtual Extension’s VE209S wireless mesh controller. Smart lighting designers now have a low-power, high-performance solution for building a wireless sensing network with no single point of failure and very robust signal processing. This low-power chipset is also perfectly adapted to battery-operated applications with a 10-year operating lifetime.
The SX1211 is part of Semtech’s complete platform of ISM-band transceivers and is optimized for asynchronous sensor network designs in unlicensed ISM frequency bands (868-870 MHz and 902-928 MHz).  The device features the industry’s lowest receiver current consumption (<3mA) for increased battery life. All of the transceiver’s major RF communication parameters are programmable and can be configured dynamically, with RF output power programmable up to +12.5 dBm.
The VE209 family of high-performance mesh controllers serves as the main building blocks of a VEmesh unit, either a gateway or a node. These mesh controllers have the necessary internal elements for performing all the interfaces and network management.
VEmesh units provide highly reliable bi-directional communication and best-in-class range and coverage for distributed monitoring and data collection of sensor and metering systems. All VEmesh nodes also act as relays to retransmit data from other units in order to create a modular solution with no practical limitation to the number of nodes or size of coverage area.
“This new chipset is great news to smart lighting designers, who now have now a highly reliable network that also has great potential for additional applications, such as smart metering or home and building automation,” said Sameer Vuyyuru, Semtech Vice President Marketing for Semtech’s Advanced Communications and Sensing Group. “The relationship with Virtual Extension means we can offer good integration between two of the industry’s highest performing ICs, and comes at the right time for Semtech to expand its leadership in these times of growing focus on energy efficiency.”
“Until now, the market has not had a mesh option that offers the winning combination of high performance, low power consumption and low cost,” said Yariv Oren, CEO of Virtual Extension. “Semtech brings the high-performance transceivers that, when combined with our ‘diversity path mesh’ technology, results in networks that are easier to design and build, are much more robust, easier to install and maintain, and have higher scalability. This chipset offers a simple, low-power, robust routing solution for wireless mesh networks”.

Key Features of the Semtech - Virtual Extension ISM Wireless Mesh Solution
-    Fully bi-directional
-    Built-in unicast and broadcast capabilities
-    Farthest range in class
-    Fastest response in class – lowest and most predictable latency
-    Secure (frequency diversity) and resistant (space diversity) to multipath fading and propagation changes
-    No-knowledge, no-training installation and maintenance
-    No need for managing software
-    Instant addition and removal of nodes, with no network downtime
-    Practically unlimited number of hops, thousands of nodes per network
-    Highly scalable: robustness and network range increase when the network expands.

Availability
Evaluation kits (order code: SX1211MESH-868 and SX1211MESH-915) are available immediately from Semtech.  Semtech offers comprehensive design assistance, including field- and factory-based support. Data sheets, volume pricing, and delivery quotes, as well as evaluation kits and samples, are available at www.semtech.com/info. For customized ready-to-use modules based on the chipset, please inquire with Virtual Extension at info@virtual-extension.com.

About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment.  Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit http://www.semtech.com.

About Virtual Extension
Operating since 2000, Virtual Extension has pioneered Diverse Path Mesh technology for Smart Metering, Smart Lighting and Wireless Sensor Networks. The company’s OEM customers rate its products as having the best range, resiliency and simplicity of deployment.
Virtual Extension provides a system that literally enables removing the wires from an existing sensor and replacing them with self-organizing wireless devices.
Virtual Extension’s design wins power a diversity of applications, including pipeline security applications, agricultural, remote lighting, and industrial control and monitoring applications.
For more information, please visit us at www.virtual-extension.com