The age of digitalization has arrived. Industries are becoming highly reliant on the use of data for making day-to-day & long-term decisions, while robotics are gaining intelligence and are expanding from their previously-held portfolio of machines; all through the efficient & effective use of data.
The accessibility of data has been one of the most major concerns regarding its use but modern, robust industrial communication infrastructure has brought reassurance into the path of digitalization. Industrial Remote Communication is the term that truly consolidates such high-end networking, ensuring that plants, distributed machines & applications operate, both securely & economically.
Some of the benefits introduced into within global systems through Industrial Remote Communication include:
Industrial Remote Communication is an umbrella term, which many products & services may reside under.
Telecontrol
Several process stations distributed over a wide geographical area often need to be connected to a central process control system so that they could be properly monitored, controlled & troubleshooted for faults. A number of transmission components falling within the remote networks category support such communication over public & private channels. In addition, specific Telecontrol protocols have been developed so that communication can be carried out with minimal losses within a limited bandwidth.
Siemens is one of the pioneers of this technology and provides highly flexible system components & solutions for control centers, networks and outstation.
Some applications of Telecontrol include:
Teleservice
This is yet another solution that falls within the Industrial Remote Communication category, allowing distant machines & plants to be maintained economically, preventing any unplanned downtime, and initiating support action on a need basis.
A few functions of teleservice include:
Teleservice enables plants to be diagnosed & maintained remotely over a number of networks, ranging from classical telephone networks to IP ones. This greatly reduces the maintenance costs which would otherwise be associated with on-site personnel who would have to be called in at a regular interval of time.
Optimum teleservice is dependent upon reliable, secure & low-cost data connections which can be wired or wireless. In recent years, wireless mediums powered by microwave & satellite communications have gained a strong foot-hold due to the high level of flexibility it provides. Therefore, teleservice solutions therefore have also been upgraded to ensure compatibility with such channels.
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