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Controls Product Brief
| January 3, 2011

WLAN adapter

Beckhoff’s FCC-certified CU8890 WLAN adapter provides cost-effective wireless integration of Industrial PCs into an Ethernet network.
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The DIN rail mounted WLAN box complies with rigorous industrial standards making it useful for harsh manufacturing environments. Supports the WLAN standard IEEE 802.11 b/g. When connected to an Industrial PC with USB port, the controller facilitates the fieldbus-neutral exchange of all UDP/TCP-based data and can be used both as an access point and as a client. Features a reverse SMA plug, to which various radio antennas can be attached.
SOURCE: http://www.packworld.com/controls/machine-control/wlan-adapter