Let us be honest when you first hear about a router you get a picture in your mind. It might be a router you use at home for Wi-Fi with a slot for a SIM card added to it. It might just seem like a device that gives you internet on your phone when you…
Automation is not just for factories anymore. You can find self-service machines everywhere. Like vending machines, ticket kiosks, electric vehicle charging stations, car wash machines and payment machines that you can use by yourself. What makes all these machines work together is not the screen you touch or the way you pay. The fact that…
The Market Shift: Solar Energy Is Growing Fast Here’s a number that puts this in context: global solar photovoltaic capacity reached 1.5–1.7 terawatts in 2024, with annual growth of 20–25% . According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , solar is now the cheapest source of electricity in many regions, and installed capacity is expected to double by 2030. But…
Why Rural Sewage Monitoring Needs a Different Approach The numbers tell a clear story. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , about 25% of public wastewater treatment facilities in the U.S. use lagoon systems—pond-like basins that rely on natural processes to treat sewage. These systems are common in rural and semi‑urban areas because they’re less expensive…
The Unattended Edge: Why Traditional Networks Fail Automation is no longer confined to the clean rooms of factories and corporate data centers. The harshest and most volatile places you can think of are where unattended self-service terminals are installed. These dispersed devices are the very backbone of modern retail and financial infrastructure, from automated vending…
When project budgets are tight, it is tempting to specify a standard commercial cellular router for an automation project. In a climate-controlled IT closet, those devices work perfectly. But putting consumer hardware on a factory floor or an outdoor enclosure guarantees network failure. Understanding the role of cellular routers in modern industrial networks means recognizing…
Related Product: VT-LTE400 Today we need to be able to access things from away in a safe way for industry to work well. This tutorial shows us how to set up the Valtoris VT-LTE400 4G router to forward ports on the APN card. The Valtoris VT-LTE400 industrial 4G router is a choice for automating factories…
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