Cocoon PowerTALK 101, User Manual

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PowerTALK 101
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Foreword
The PowerTALK product family, available from www.cocoon-creations.com, is
a
modular
set of tools that enable engineers and process controllers to
centralise
the monitoring and management of proprietary industrial equipment.
COCOON has recognised that there is legacy equipment in production today that
is robust, reliable and relatively inexpensive, however, such equipment often
comes with limited ability on-board for centralised monitoring and management.
The PowerTALK tool set provides the intelligence needed to connect such
equipment with modern IT networks enabling central control and management of
the device.
PowerTALK conforms to industry standards, for example:
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Industry standard, routable, communication protocol: TCP/IP (The
international standard)
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Industry standard connectivity: 10B
ASE
T Ethernet as default (others available)
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Industry standard lower level protocols: RS-232, RS-485
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No restriction to higher level protocols passed through