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According to IDC’s IT/OT convergence survey*, more than 30% of organisations are planning to integrate operational data from systems such as data historian software, industrial control systems, and asset management into their enterprise data governance model for the first time. Closed OT systems will need to move towards a more open OT architecture, which creates new challenges and breaks old models for operating and securing OT networks. Seamless and real-time network communication is the key to turning data into a valuable asset and to ensure continuous operations.

To overcome serial communication challenges, Moxa’s serial connectivity solutions enable your serial device connectivity effortlessly. Their serial connectivity product portfolio includes multiport serial boards, USB-to-serial converters, serial device servers, and serial-to-Ethernet protocol gateways that fulfil your different demands in connecting your serial devices into modern systems.

To keep up with changing connectivity requirements while saving you time and effort, the EDS-2000 Series unmanaged switches install-and-forget durability and extra compact size design continually meet your demands for flexibility, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. That’s why the EDS-2000 Series has already gained widespread positive recognition from industrial automation engineers in the US and Japan since its release in 2020.

Moxa’s rugged palm-sized Arm-based UC-2100 computers are reliable and secure IIoT gateways with Ethernet and ESD-protected serial ports. The mean time between failures (MTBF) is up to 1,600,000 hours and the preinstalled Debian-based Moxa Industrial Linux comes with 10-year lifecycle support. This makes the computers ideal for cost- and space-constrained industrial scenarios.

Moxa's NAT-102 Series Network Address Translation (NAT) devices are designed to simplify the IP configuration of machines in existing network infrastructure and provide basic cybersecurity protection for factory automation environments.

Retrofitting substations with our new MGate 5119 Series IEC 61850 gateways are easy and secure. Our gateways provide DNP3/IEC 101/IEC 104/Modbus-to-IEC 61850 protocol conversions, easy-to-use functions to simplify configuration and troubleshooting, and security-hardened features based on the IEC 62443 and NERC CIP standards, and protocol encryption functions to enhance communication security. With these features, the MGate 5119 Series IEC 61850 gateways are a perfect fit for substation retrofit projects.

Moxa is pleased to add the SDS-3016 Series to our Red Dot award-winning product family. The new addition includes Gigabit uplink, eight additional ports, and an easy-to-configure Industrial Automation (IA)-profile that allows automation engineers to quickly process the increasing amounts of data within the smart manufacturing industry.

“Ethernet” has become mainstream and has been widely used in industrial automation networks. OT engineers could use OT NMS monitor Ethernet switches, routers, etc. network devices in OT networks; however, many onsite machines and devices with serial, I/O, and other hardwired interfaces are not updated simultaneously due to high cost, which requires edge connectivity hardware, such as serial device servers, protocol gateways, or edge computers, to communicate with Ethernet infra. Thus, those edge connectivity in the field sites is currently the blind spot of OT networks.

Moxa's edge connectivity solutions, based on IEC 62443 standards, not only provide you with hardening devices, but also offer an easy-to-use yet secure network management tool, enhancing your device security in every aspect.

Data collection begins with “Connectivity”, a critical factor driving smart factories. However, achieving connectivity in factories is no small task. Many successful smart factory transformation leaders point out the need to consider user-oriented perspectives in order to achieve business objectives when designing network connectivity for smart factories.