
{"id":58731,"date":"2021-04-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/?p=58731"},"modified":"2021-04-19T08:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T07:34:55","slug":"phoenix-contact-loves-to-test-its-own-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/phoenix-contact-loves-to-test-its-own-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Contact loves to test its own products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by Gareth Chamberlain, Product Manager- Cyber Security &amp; IT Automation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year we set a goal of self-reflection and a task to get to know our products more. Sure, reading a manual can really give insight into how it works and what it does,  but they do not explain the little details of a product that might be interesting as a feature, or as a little undocumented step.<br><br>One product I chose to work on was the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/online\/portal\/gb?1dmy&amp;urile=wcm%3apath%3a\/gben\/web\/main\/products\/subcategory_pages\/Wireless_IO_P-08-11-03\/7015d97b-fd6d-4e2f-8cf9-cf8f62be5e63\/7015d97b-fd6d-4e2f-8cf9-cf8f62be5e63?cpn=blog\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Radioline<\/a>&#8211;  can we setup a point to point network that is a little more extreme then just a flat area with two points? We have done tests before for customers, but never 400m up and broadcasting into the beautiful city of Shrewsbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>So, I recruited two of my colleagues Andy Neat and Matt Lee. The Dynamic duo would travel to Shrewsbury in search of a place to setup and broadcast from their side. While Darren Hack and I would climb the Wrekin to setup the Radioline master.  Take a look at the results in the video below.<br><br>Radioline is a radio transceiver solution allowing point to point, star and mesh networks to be built. This then can broadcast the following I\/O types<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Digital I\/O<\/li><li>Analog I\/O (4-20ma .. 0-10ma)<\/li><li>PT100<\/li><li>NAMUR<\/li><li>RS485\/RS232\/RS422<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick, easy and reliable wireless I\/O communication\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32qMI1MM8Gk?list=PL9PpVy4avE5GJM0IpzcQVcBJ6Ua96sGrP\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Gareth Chamberlain, Product Manager- Cyber Security &amp; IT Automation Last year we set a goal of self-reflection and a task to get to know our products more. 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