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I've actually seen one...
No, I haven't seen a copy of the new Harry Potter book.
Yes, I have seen people with iPhones, but so what.
What I saw earlier this week that is worthy of note was the first WirelessHART device that I have ever held in my own hands. "But how is that possible," you say. "The WirelessHART protocol is not even released."
As Adrian Monk would say, here's what happened: I was in Boston earlier in the week at the Invensys Foxboro user group meeting. (More on that later.) Wandering the exhibit/demo area, I was passing the Pepperl+Fuchs display. There was a wireless transmitter added to their corrosion measuring device. Next to it was a small gateway. I asked about it and was told that it uses the WirelessHART communication system. Being a polite person, I didn't ask if there were any actual insides or if these were simply appearance models. Since the protocol still isn't finished, I doubt anybody has gone ahead and manufactured anything beyond experimental prototypes, but it doesn't matter anyway.
The point is, it's coming. Manufacturers want to have product ready to roll out as they see events unfolding. P+F knows that WirelessHART isn't far away, and they want to have everything in place to respond right out of the box. It may not be a rush yet, but wireless is on its way. It may not come exactly the way people might have thought, but it will come one way or another.
I've actually seen one...
July 19, 2007
No, I haven't seen a copy of the new Harry Potter book.Yes, I have seen people with iPhones, but so what.
What I saw earlier this week that is worthy of note was the first WirelessHART device that I have ever held in my own hands. "But how is that possible," you say. "The WirelessHART protocol is not even released."
As Adrian Monk would say, here's what happened: I was in Boston earlier in the week at the Invensys Foxboro user group meeting. (More on that later.) Wandering the exhibit/demo area, I was passing the Pepperl+Fuchs display. There was a wireless transmitter added to their corrosion measuring device. Next to it was a small gateway. I asked about it and was told that it uses the WirelessHART communication system. Being a polite person, I didn't ask if there were any actual insides or if these were simply appearance models. Since the protocol still isn't finished, I doubt anybody has gone ahead and manufactured anything beyond experimental prototypes, but it doesn't matter anyway.
The point is, it's coming. Manufacturers want to have product ready to roll out as they see events unfolding. P+F knows that WirelessHART isn't far away, and they want to have everything in place to respond right out of the box. It may not be a rush yet, but wireless is on its way. It may not come exactly the way people might have thought, but it will come one way or another.
Posted by Peter Welander on July 19, 2007 | Comments (0)
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