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Five Simple Steps to Wireless Success

Is compliance with new safety, security, or environmental regulations on your "to do" list in 2010? How about improving productivity, energy efficiency, or asset utilization? Whatever your objectives, wireless technologies will likely be essential to achieve your facilities' operational, compliance, and financial goals for 2010. If wireless is in your plans for 2010 - what steps can you take to ensure wireless success?

Follow this list of 5 simple steps for Wireless Success and you'll be better prepared to achieve your objectives for 2010 – and be ready for even greater opportunities in 2011.

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Apprion's open, wireless application networks seamlessly integrate both standards. Now you don't have to choose.

Apprion, the leader in industrial wireless applications networks, recently announced a new version of their IONizer industrial wireless networking appliance that seamlessly integrates wireless sensor network gateways based on either ISA100.11a or WirelessHART standards with 802.11 (WiFi) radios to support other industrial wireless applications such as mobility, location, video, and communications and to enable efficient backhaul of sensor data wirelessly.

Harry Forbes, ARC Advisory Group, commented, "Many process manufacturers have expressed concerns to ARC about the emergence of two distinct wireless sensing standards. Apprion is wisely incorporating both into its IONizer offering..."

Read more about Apprion IONizers integrated Support For ISA100 And WirelessHART™ Wireless Sensor Networks »

Environmental Effects on Wireless: How do Rain, Snow, Ice and Fog Impact Wireless Performance?

In the process of distributing wireless to a geographic area it is often necessary to place transceivers out of doors. In doing so a prudent designer understands that one cannot afford to overlook the effects of the environment on the life of the equipment and the performance of the wireless system.

The major environmental effects include;

• Weather related precipitation in the form of rain, snow, ice and fog
• The seasonal effects on propagation of signal and equipment reliability
• Electromagnetic interference caused by machinery, power distribution or other nearby transponders
• Local topography and site structures

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About Apprion
Apprion delivers wireless application networks and services for the process manufacturing industry. These wireless application networks are based on Apprion's ION System. Integrated into the ION System are five applications that are core to industrial wireless application networks: Asset Tracking, Communications, Condition Monitoring, Workforce Mobility, and Video.

Whether it is the need to address safety or security concerns, reduce maintenance or material costs, or improve productivity or asset utilization, a wireless application network from Apprion will assure that any wireless application is easier to deploy and manage while delivering value faster, more efficiently. For more information, visit www.apprion.com.

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