Category Archives: Control & Industry Solutions

Phoenix Contact Designline Contest is now Closed

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Thank you for participating in our Designline IPC Contest! We had such an overwhelming response to this contest with many great entries from across South East Asia.

We will be announcing the winners as soon as we finish looking through all the entries, so stay tuned on our Blog for the results!

 

Microsoft drops XP support

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Microsoft recently issued a security intelligence report stating that computers running on its Windows XP operating system are six times more likely to have been infected with malware than those running Windows 8.

Coupled with the fact that Microsoft will stop offering support and security updates and patches for Windows XP as of April 8, 2014, that means control systems that run on XP are at serious risk of infection.

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Profinet-compatible switch with a slim design

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Phoenix Contact has added a compact version to its range of automation switches to accommodate use in Profinet systems: The new FL SWITCH SMN 8TX-PN with eight 10/100 Mbps copper ports can be configured and diagnosed using the Profinet Device function in the PC Worx and Step 7 engineering tools. Continue reading

Extend the Life of your Investment

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Extend the life of your investment – Reuse copper cables laid for your existing legacy serial based network when you migrate to an Ethernet based network.

Migrating your serial based network to an Ethernet based networks could occur during the following situations due to obsolescence and retrofits to increase productivity

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