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Automation & IIoT

Weidmuller Expands its Radio Product Line with Wireless Transceiver

July 30, 2024

Designed for data collection and monitoring in remote and challenging environments, the WI-I/O-9-U3 wireless transceiver aims to be an all-in-one-solution for communication capabilities across a range of industries.

Sharon Spielman

Related To: Weidmuller

Made for wireless communication across industries, the launch of Weidmuller’s WI-I/O-9-U3 wireless transceiver expands the company’s radio product line. The unit combines multi I/O, modem and gateway functionalities into a single, all-encompassing device. The technology extends communication capabilities to sensors located in remote and hard to reach areas, facilitating data collection and monitoring and even the most challenging environments.

Key features of the transceiver include:

Network design
Communication protocols
Security
Long-range connectivity.

Built-in Innovation

The network design supports scalable configurations from simple to complex and allows point-to-multipoint setups. The device offers flexible Ethernet support with robust gateway capabilities for various protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3 I/O, MQTT and Sparkplug B. Secure communications are ensured with AES encryption, advanced IP filtering, multi-level authentication and detailed event logging. The transceiver operates within the 902-928 MHz frequency range in the United States and has a European variant at 869 MHz.

Its full Ethernet protocol over the air provides a standards-based flexibility to support future and legacy devices. It features a ProMesh automatic path selection and network formation as well as an internal user-configurable web dashboard to display I/O and diagnostics.

The WI-I/O-9-U3 is suitable for a range of industries, including water and wastewater management, renewable energy such as solar farms and wind turbines, irrigations control systems, oil and gas production, environmental monitoring and mining infrastructure activities.

About the Author

Sharon Spielman | Technical Editor, Machine Design

As Machine Design’s technical editor, Sharon Spielman produces content for the brand’s focus audience—design and multidisciplinary engineers. Her beat includes 3D printing/CAD; mechanical and motion systems, with an emphasis on pneumatics and linear motion; automation; robotics; and CNC machining.

Spielman has more than three decades of experience as a writer and editor for a range of B2B brands, including those that cover machine design; electrical design and manufacturing; interconnection technology; food and beverage manufacturing; process heating and cooling; finishing; and package converting.

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