Survey Shows End Users Moving Ahead with Wireless Applications
In a recent survey conducted by the editors of Control magazine (June 2011), end users were asked to reply to a series of questions about wireless technology. More than 43% of those responding to the survey stated that they are already using wireless field networks while an additional 27% indicated that they are thinking of using them in the next one to three years.
Which Wireless Network Do You Use Now?
When asked “if you are actively buying wireless sensors now which protocol are you using,” the vast majority said WirelessHART and proprietary protocols. For what applications are end users using wireless technology? 61% said they use it to extend the plant information network with traditional sensors; 39% said to improve maintenance; 24% to improve worker safety; and 23% to extract non-traditional process values.
The vast majority of these end users see protocol choice as a rather straightforward engineering decision. Fully 65% said they would choose the protocol that was easiest to deploy or the one they considered the best protocol overall. The dependability and familiarity of the proven global standard, HART Communication, makes this choice an easy one.
Walt Boyes, Control editor-in-chief, says, “End users are diving into wireless, and they aren’t waiting anymore. They have been studying the situation, making decisions and starting to implement their wireless strategic plans.”
With users moving ahead with wireless applications, it might be time for you to implement WirelessHART into your products. WirelessHART is proven to be Simple, Reliable and Secure making it the ideal wireless solution for automation applications.
You can read the complete article in Control (August 2011) at www.controlglobal.com.