Emerson DeltaV™ Wireless I/O Card Product Description

Product Description

The WIOC is a native DeltaV I/O node that supports up to 100

wireless devices. The cards install on a 2-wide carrier, with each

card having its own Smart Wireless Field link. The WIOC can be

commissioned in a simplex mode if no redundancy is needed.

The WIOC allows redundancy to be completed later, when

needed – online and bumpless.

The WIOC carrier has two Ethernet IO Ports that connect to the

DeltaV Area Control Network and are available with copper or

fiberoptic media. The Smart Wireless Field links are connected

to the I/O card using a 4-conductor cable. The cable has a pair of

wires for power and a pair for the communication to the

field link.

The WIOC uses the Smart Wireless technology supported by

WirelessHART devices and a Self-Organizing Network.

„„ No wireless expertise is required; devices automatically find

the best communication paths with Adaptive Mesh Routing.

„„ Network continuously monitors paths for

degradation and repairs itself.

„„ Adaptive behavior provides reliable, hands-off

operation and simplifies network deployments,

expansion, and reconfiguration.

If an obstruction is introduced into the mesh network, devices

will find the best alternate communication path. This alternate

path is automatically created by the network management

software and the device information will continue to flow.

WirelessHART Integration with the DeltaV

System and AMS Device Manager

Native integration with the DeltaV system enables you to

autosense the WIOC and easily commission it for seamless

integration with all DeltaV applications: Explorer, Diagnostics,

and Control Studio. The WIOC is commissioned into the DeltaV

I/O network and counts as one of the 300 I/O nodes.

WirelessHART devices can be easily added to a mesh network

using AMS Device Manager to assign the Network ID and

Join Key. Once configured, simply install the device in the

field and it is automatically detected and reconciled through

DeltaV Explorer. The device can be assigned to any one of

four controllers. Each device is also automatically defined

with PlantWeb alerts that proactively report device health to

maintenance personnel, with zero configuration.

This provides added flexibility and accommodates late

changes where control modules may be reassigned to a

different controller.

The Ethernet I/O Ports of the WIOC are the same as DeltaV

CHARM I/O Cards (CIOC) and can be connected with CIOCs

in the DeltaV network topology. The I/O Port for copper

10/100BASE-TX media support a second “cascade” port that

allows a series of WIOCs to be daisy-chained together to

simplify the network design and reduce cost.