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IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document introduces ways for device manufacturers to improve the continued use of legacy RS-485 data collection devices. [Contents] ■ Subject ■ Overview ■ Traditional limitations of RS-485 remote I/O devices ■ When simple serial communication is sufficient ■ Exploring new ideas for RS-485 data collection devices *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains various applications and subsystems applicable outside of signal and control for onboard train computers. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Overview ■ Definition of classes in railway automation ■ Freight transport, mainline passenger, and mass passenger transport systems ■ Durability and reliability in freight transport systems ■ Computing systems for auxiliary freight transport trains: Overview *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document discusses several key challenges that need to be overcome when implementing a trackside condition monitoring system, as well as how to reduce the implementation and maintenance time and costs of a single condition monitoring platform. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Cost Evaluation ■ Challenges of Integrating Trackside Condition Monitoring Systems ■ Examples of Trackside Condition Monitoring *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document not only provides a detailed analysis of the HD IP surveillance network required for high-speed railway stations but also introduces important considerations for building a similarly robust HD IP surveillance network. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Bandwidth and Storage Calculations ■ Reduction of Network Bandwidth Consumption and Storage Requirements ■ High-Performance Network Ensuring Interruption-Free IP Surveillance *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. Power substations are critical systems that rely on high-precision automatic monitoring and messaging to ensure efficient and safe control. This document introduces the integration of IT management using MMS and SNMP for substation automation. [Contents] ■ Rapid changes in the electrical industry ■ SNMP, MMS, and substation architecture ■ The arrival of changes to IEC 61850: MMS everywhere (in many cases) ■ Revitalizing traditional systems using SNMP ■ Dual MMS/SNMP required for comprehensive messaging capabilities *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document outlines the characteristics of three important distinctions in ICS networks and the unique network security requirements of ICS networks compared to IT networks. Additionally, it includes a summary of the best practices requirements for ICS cybersecurity, so please take a moment to read it. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Key points ■ Understanding the unique needs of ICS network security ■ Challenges and standards for implementing IC network security ■ Defense-in-Depth cybersecurity ■ Barriers to implementing a defense-in-depth strategy *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. CNC tool stations are extremely durable machines. This document presents three tips to improve CNC performance. [Contents] ■ Key Points ■ Realizing the Potential of CNC ■ Tip 1: What is the best way to improve CNC efficiency? ■ Tip 2: Reducing CNC downtime through the introduction of fast software ■ Tip 3: Preventing DNC-to-CNC communication data failures ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document provides a detailed explanation of five key requirements for modern railway track backbones, including "user-friendly network management systems" and "separation of vital and non-vital networks." [Contents] ■ Separation of vital and non-vital networks ■ User-friendly network management systems ■ High-reliability fiber backbones with fast self-healing functionality ■ Resilient and flexible network expansion ■ Connectivity with legacy devices *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains the specific requirements of the T2G network and the challenges of supporting CCTV, voice, and data traffic simultaneously on a single network. Additionally, it presents practical obstacles to implementing these network requirements to address the operational challenges of systems onboard moving trains. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Key Points ■ T2G communication is essential ■ Communication requirements for the T2G network ■ Real-world challenges to meet T2G communication requirements ■ Trusted partners for communication between trains and ground *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

I.B.S. Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains how "SNMP" can be used as an interface for setting up the rewriting of control and automated device software. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Key points ■ Advantages and issues of IPC-based automation ■ Remote management and self-diagnosis using PC-based controllers ■ SNMP as a remote IPC management interface ■ Conclusion: Extending SNMP to remote IPC management tools *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains Moxa's technological innovation, the "Intelligent Heating Solution (IHS)," which provides industrial solutions necessary for harsh outdoor environments in extreme cold. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Key points ■ Heating solutions necessary for reliable operation in extreme cold ■ How can we effectively and efficiently build an Intelligent Heating Solution? ■ Design of proportional control technology *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document highlights five major categories of hacking that plague today's industrial control systems. We will introduce several simple hardware devices and settings that can protect against these threats. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Protection against external hackers causing destruction ■ Protection against external hackers attempting to steal information ■ Protection against internal employees accidentally causing destruction *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains how to introduce new challenges necessary for the reliability of industrial switches, availability of bandwidth, security of switches, ease of use of switches, and redundancy of networks in future industrial Ethernet networks. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Switches need to withstand environmental impacts at the field level ■ Availability of bandwidth requires high scalability ■ Redundancy of networks requires millisecond-level recovery ■ Industrial networks require safety to protect critical systems *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. Currently, Wi-Fi is ubiquitous, and people are comfortably using Wi-Fi for various applications. When used in industrial applications, there are many different Wi-Fi technologies, and this document provides insights to help decide which Wi-Fi technology to use, including knowledge about "application throughput requirements" and "how the application sends and receives data." [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Tip 1: Understand the application's throughput requirements ■ Tip 2: Know how many clients will access the Wi-Fi network ■ Tip 3: Understand how the application sends and receives data ■ Tip 4: Know which protocols you plan to use for the application *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

I.B.S. Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains how the gateway can integrate "fieldbus devices" with the more popular Ethernet-based protocol "PROFINET," as well as how to leverage IT knowledge to optimize the performance of this connectivity. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Introducing IT management tools to the automation network using Proxy ■ System logs for regular analysis ■ Instant alarm notifications ■ Web interface *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains the need to rectify recovery tools for appropriately smart automated software platforms and the technologies required to achieve this. [Contents (excerpt)] - Recovery solutions for automated smart platforms - Expertise, efficiency, and speed - Discussions have already begun in the industry - Providing users with what they want - Four fundamental needs *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains several important issues that power suppliers must address when planning upgrades to substations. The focus is on better ways to improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of substation automation networks within the context of the IEC 61850 vision in each case. [Contents] ■ Making substations smarter using IEC 61850 ■ Measuring customer concepts ■ Enhancing reliability, availability, and maintainability ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. Automating the network configuration and device settings that take time for network devices brings benefits to railway networks. In this document, we will introduce how to achieve excellent availability in railways through smoother configurations. [Contents] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Spotlight on Availability ■ What Does the Availability Formula Mean in Railways? ■ A Common Maintenance Task: IP Configuration *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document will identify the issues engineers face when setting up an RS-485 network and explain how Moxa's intelligent RS-485 technology can resolve these issues. [Contents] ■ Overview ■ Challenges of RS-485 ■ Understanding Moxa's Intelligent RS-485 Technology ■ Using Moxa's Intelligent RS-485 Technology ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. When it comes to IP surveillance, video resolution is mentioned as part of the story. On the other hand, pixel count becomes a crucial basic specification in HD surveillance, but system builders need to keep in mind the need to maintain many other important requirements while constructing a system that can achieve sufficient performance and robustness. This document will examine these requirements and several related tools. [Contents] ■ Development of high-resolution video systems ■ The impact of high resolution in the video surveillance market ■ Advantages of HDTV for IP video surveillance ■ Bandwidth and storage calculations ■ Moxa's HDIP surveillance solutions *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. Ethernet technology helps reduce the total cost of ownership of railway networks and alleviates complex maintenance and management burdens. The unfamiliarity with Ethernet in the railway industry makes it difficult to fully realize these advantages. Therefore, this document provides detailed information on the "knowledge gap" regarding Ethernet technology in railway vehicles and the "cost of the knowledge gap." [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Introduction ■ Overview ■ "Knowledge Gap" of Ethernet Technology in Railway Vehicles ■ Cost of the Knowledge Gap ■ Innovative Technologies for Railway Vehicle Networks *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

I.B.S. Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document focuses on data monitoring and control applications in very remote locations, such as oil and natural gas pipelines, pumps, and railway-side equipment, and addresses the unique technical challenges necessary for remote data collection. Furthermore, it provides a detailed introduction to the key features and functions required to implement solutions for remote monitoring. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Overview ■ Challenges and Solutions ■ Featured Products *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

I.B.S. Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document investigates the management challenges that must be overcome at each stage of the network lifecycle and explains advanced network management software that can help overcome these challenges. [Contents] ■ Key Points ■ Overview ■ Four Stages of Industrial Network Management ■ Success Stories ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of current wireless redundancy methods, as well as how Moxa's advanced AeroLink protection technology ensures network reliability. Additionally, it explains how this technology can be applied to mission-critical applications. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Abstract ■ Overview ■ Why do wireless networks experience failures? ■ How can redundant wireless communication be beneficial? ■ Current wireless redundancy methods *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document introduces the usage of industrial Ethernet gateways to form a communication gateway between VFDs and PLCs that is easy to install and maintain. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Summary ■ Overview ■ Communication requirements for monitoring and controlling VFDs ■ Existing solutions ■ Introduction to industrial Ethernet gateways *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document focuses on three important areas: "improving passenger satisfaction," "enhancing operational efficiency," and "reducing carbon dioxide emissions," and provides detailed explanations. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Market trends in the railway industry ■ Old vehicles: Should they be replaced or modified? ■ Issues with train modifications ■ Choosing suitable technologies for vehicle modification projects *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document discusses the challenges in industrial network management and explains how mobile monitoring tools can continuously grasp network status even when located away from the control room. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Overview ■ Key challenges in industrial network management ■ Success stories ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

I.B.S. Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document discusses the issues related to the introduction of expensive 1:1 seamless networks and interoperability with multiple PRP/HSR solutions. [Contents (excerpt)] ■ Overview ■ Background ■ Key Challenges ■ Recommended Solutions *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document provides a detailed FAQ regarding the Modbus protocol conversion between serial and Ethernet. We will also explain the terms used in the document through a glossary. Please take a moment to read it. 【Excerpted FAQs】 ■ When should a serial device server or designated protocol gateway be used? ■ How do you handle multiple Modbus serial networks through a single Ethernet connection? ■ How do you build a multi-host/redundant SCADA architecture? *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains the differences between "data updates via polling" and "data updates via exceptions," provides some general rules to determine which method is suitable for various I/O devices, and introduces Moxa's "MX-AOPC UA Server Solution." [Contents] ■ Summary ■ Introduction ■ Data updates via polling or exceptions ■ Setting easy-to-understand tag names ■ Facilitating server-client connections via OPC UA *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains the "Importance of Reliable CCTV Monitoring," "Advantages of Industrial-Grade IP Cameras," and "How Industrial IP Cameras Ensure Reliability." [Contents] ■ Overview ■ Importance of Reliable CCTV Monitoring ■ Advantages of Industrial-Grade IP Cameras ■ How to Ensure the Reliability of Industrial-Grade IP Cameras *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. Building an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can lead to significant issues such as network congestion and processor overload caused by the concentration of raw data. This document analyzes these problems and guides users and system integrators to suitable solutions. [Contents] ■ Preface: Industrial Internet of Things ■ New demands from industrial automation and Industry 4.0 ■ Preprocessing to control large amounts of data ■ Significant demand from the renewable energy sector ■ Interoperability essential for smooth upgrades *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains the challenges of in-train Wi-Fi networks and five key considerations for selecting the necessary products to provide a high-density Wi-Fi environment. [Contents] ■ Challenges of high-density in-train Wi-Fi networks ■ Five keys to successfully deploying high-density Wi-Fi ■ Conclusion *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

IBS Japan Co., Ltd. is the official distributor of Moxa in Japan, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-quality and highly reliable network products for "industrial use" for over 25 years. This document explains excellent solutions to problems, the unique advantages of Wi-Fi in networks that require high mobility, and important considerations regarding key technologies that enable industrial IoT. [Contents] ■ Advantages of Wi-Fi ■ Overview ■ Mobile Wi-Fi that enables IIoT (Industrial IoT) ■ Business advantages ■ Commonly seen Wi-Fi mobility applications and their challenges *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

In the era of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), previously unconnected systems have begun to connect via private or public networks to gain more insights and improve productivity. However, as connectivity increases, the risk of exposure to cyber threats also rises. This document discusses how both the public and private sectors can work together to address one of the biggest challenges for the future of industrial automation in an increasingly interconnected world, as industrial control systems lose their immunity to the growing threat of cyber attacks. [Contents] ■ Overview ■ Industrial control systems are under attack ■ Addressing issues from various aspects ■ Cybersecurity: The future of OT/ICS *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

This white paper discusses how to integrate video streams into SCADA systems. Unlike the common I/O data familiar to automation engineers, integrating IP video streams requires a significant amount of time and effort to understand SDK documentation, programming code, and trial-and-error testing. For more detailed information, please refer to the English PDF document. * For more details, please check the PDF document or feel free to contact us. * You can download the English version of the catalog.