PXI on Wireless LAN

[sgregor249]

I have a PXI 8106 Controller that communicates with another device using modbus. I am doing modbus over TCP and using an ethernet cable between the two devices. I want to use a wireless connection instead of the ethernet cable. Is there any way to pick up a wireless LAN signal be it by PXI Module or using a USB wireless adapter?

[Scott-M]

Hi shregor249,

If your using modbus over TCP then is should also work over wireless TCP, our PXI cards don't have wireless built in but you could use a USB wireless adaptor as mentioned, to connect devices through a wireless router.

Sounds like a cool system your building good luck.

Thanks for Posting

Scott M.

[sgregor249]

Thanks for your reply Scott!

Would I need to purchase a USB wireless adapter with drivers that are compatible with the PharLap OS or whatever RTOS the PXI runs? Do these exist? Would any USB wireless adapter work?

[Scott-M]

Hey,

Sorry I did not realize you were using RT, I don't know of any wirless USB devices desgined for RT OS, that may be hard/impossible to find. In that case you would have to have your system cabled to the router.

Scott