The commonly used Ethernet network with TCP/IP protocol has been gaining success in industry automation. It is a proven, standardized system for factory-wide data communications. Linet is the network that offers the benefits of a reliable, real-time data communication system to the simplest devices, such as switches, sensors, relays, alarms, etc.
 
A link between these systems is available today from Comsel System. Their 'PE80' series I/O-server has been connected to the Linet 'LIC02' controller, allowing to set outputs and read inputs of each node in this Linet network via Ethernet. This is a simple and cost effective way to connect a large number of  I/O points to the factory-wide Ethernet. Ethernet operates then as the 'backbone' system, and separate Linet networks are the 'fingers' that are connected to the devices on the bottom level.
 
Application example of such is an alarm system, where the Linet nodes are connected to various temperature sensors, counters and alarm indicators, passing their information to and from the process control system.
 
For more information, please contact:
Comsel System, Mr. Timo Kesti, tel +358 6 318 2703, e-mail: timo.kesti@comsel.com, or
Linet Oy, Mr. Kalevi Härkönen, tel +358 9 4774 0089, e-mail: kalevi.harkonen@linet.fi. 
 
 
About the companies: Comsel System Oy operates in industrial networking and data communications, developing and manufacturing products for standardized local area networks.
 
Linet Oy is a privately held company committed in developing and marketing the Linet network. Products available from Linet are the network chip set and design services. Linet, 'the light network', is an innovative local operational network offering easiest design, set-up and administration in such simple network applications as home automation, alarm systems or industry automation. The Linet network is patented in the USA and Finland, other patents are under pending.
 
 
Linet Oy, 1st March 2000