IWLAN RCoax Cable
Coaxial cable as antenna: RCoax radiating cable for industry
Whether it’s cranes, elevators, or rail-guided vehicles like overhead monorails, IWLAN RCoax radiating cables enable a reliable radio connection where conventional antennas are difficult to install or aren’t suitable for wireless communication.
Easy integration of the IWLAN RCoax Cable in wireless networks
For wireless applications in Industrial Wireless LANs, the IWLAN RCoax Cable is available in two variants for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands. RCoax radiating cables can be easily connected to SCALANCE W Access Points as an external antenna. The mobile participants are connected conveniently with SCALANCE W Client Modules.
Operating principle of the IWLAN RCoax Cable
RCoax radiating cables are Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) antennas for industrial applications that can be laid as a cable. The coaxial cable is installed along the route that is used by moving participants, e.g. within the rail of an overhead monorail. The radio signal exits through openings in the outer conductor – thus establishing the radio connection with the mobile participant.
Reliable radio connection with IWLAN RCoax Cable
Thanks to its special radiation characteristics, the IWLAN RCoax Cable can establish a reliable radio field also in places where ordinary omnidirectional or directional antennas do not achieve continuous coverage, as with overhead monorails. With the RCoax Cable, the radio field can be defined along the route, such as a rail, without causing interference in other network segments of the production.
Here’s why a transmitting coaxial cable: The benefits
More antennas and other accessories
As an alternative to the IWLAN RCoax Cable, you can also combine your SCALANCE products with other antenna types featuring different radiation characteristics. Of course, you will also find other accessories that are optimally matched to the SCALANCE products, such as cabling technology and mounting accessories – including cables, lightning protection elements, and plug-in connectors.
WLAN from the control cabinet
Implement wireless networking of machines easily and economically – with SCALANCE W760 Access Points and SCALANCE W720 Client Modules! Due to their practical SIMATIC design, minimum space is required in the control cabinet when integrating automation components such as a SIMATIC ET 200SP seamlessly into an industrial WLAN, in accordance with the IEEE 802.11n standard and with data rates of up to 150 Mbps.
WLAN for indoors, outdoors and in harsh environments
The SCALANCE W Access Points and Client Modules for demanding solutions can be used in a variety of ways. In combination with additional industrial functions (the so-called iFeature functionalities), application possibilities open up that go far beyond standard WLAN. For example, wireless real-time communication including safety-oriented communication with a focus on personal safety, or redundancy via WLAN.
Depending on the location and communication requirements of the application, different device classes are particularly well suited.
For particularly high bandwidths
The SCALANCE W1780 Access Points and SCALANCE W1740 Client Modules according to wireless LAN standard IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2, and the SCALANCE WAM766-1 Access Points and SCALANCE WUM766-1 Client Modules according to IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) can be used to implement applications even in harsh industrial environments that require particularly high bandwidths, e.g., for high-performance video transmission.
Security information
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Direct path to fast, reliable and robust IWLAN
To develop or modernize your wireless communication system, Siemens not only offers the ideal hardware and high-performance additional functions designed especially for the needs of industry; our experts will also advise you and put the ideal solution in place for you, individually tailored to your application. Don’t delay – talk to us now.
