IOP-AD duTec I/O Plexer Controller

The duTec IOP Series I/O Plexer Controllers are a family of small, completely self-contained, industrial grade, remote data acquisition and control systems which exchange data with a Host computer via a serial communication link. Controlled by a Host, I/OPlexers are located near the sensors and actuators. The serial link eliminates the need for expensive and noise prone field wiring between sensors and actuators, and a central control room.

In applications such as remote process monitoring, factory automation, and energy management, a variety of signals must be transmitted over long distances. Instead of requiring expensive, multi-conductor, sensor wiring for each signal, cabling costs can be reduced significantly by using I/O PLEXERs and a single communications circuit. One of the most useful features of the I/O PLEXER is that in addition to gathering "raw" data, it can be instructed to perform many ranging and statistical operations on the data before it is given to the Host; thus allowing the Host to spend less time manipulating numbers and more time gathering them. Also the I/O PLEXER is able to spend more time exposed to the data which in turn allows it to base its responses to the Host on more samples of data. The I/O PLEXER may also be directed to manipulate the outputs in specific ways to produce delayed or repetitive effects.