Anybus Wireless Bolt - Description; Product Description; Bluetooth or WLAN?

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2 Description
2.1 Product Description
Anybus Wireless Bolt provides wireless communication over WLAN and/or Bluetooth
®
to wired
networks.
Typical applications for Anybus Wireless Bolt include:
• Adding wireless cloud connectivity to industrial devices
• Accessing devices from a laptop, smartphone or tablet
• Ethernet cable replacement between devices
Limitations:
Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) may not work with some devices due to different
implementations of Bluetooth by different manufacturers.
WLAN 5 GHz cannot be used at the same time as WLAN 2.4 GHz or Bluetooth.
2.2 Bluetooth or WLAN?
Use Bluetooth when...
• ...the wireless link has an Anybus Wireless Bridge II or Anybus Wireless Bolt at both ends.
• ...an interruption-free connection is more important than data throughput speed.
• ...interference robustness is important – e.g. in an industrial environment.
• ...a Profinet I/O cycle time or EtherNet/IP RPI of 64 ms or more is acceptable.
Use WLAN when...
• ...connecting to other types of wireless devices or a WLAN infrastructure.
• ...high data throughput speed is more important than connection reliability.
• ...large file transfers are expected.
• ...WLAN channel frequency planning is possible.
• ...a low Profinet I/O cycle time or EtherNet/IP RPI is desired.
Anybus
®
Wireless Bolt
™
User Manual SCM-1202-007-EN 2.5