Would multiple (25) delivery trucks with wireless bolt be able to connect to 4 different delivery stations?

I Have an application in which up to 25 trucks (with AB Point IO and an HMI all with individual static IPs ) will drive up to 4 different machine one at a time and need to connect wireless EtherNet/IP to a AB PLC.

Only 4 bolts could be in one location at a time, but normal conditions would be 1 on plc and 1 of 25 of visiting truck.

Truck wireless bolt would have the ability to connect to 4 or more different bolts (PLC)

PLC bolts would need the ability to connect to 25 truck 1 at a time ( 2 might be close enough to be picked up, but this is not a concern)

Would a wireless bolt work for this application?

Hello,

This does sounds like a good application for the Anybus Wireless Bolt. When in access point mode they can have 7 slaves connect at once.

In client mode the Bolt can store a list of AP’s to connect to and can connect one at a time as they become available.

A full overview of the specs can be found at the following link. Let me know if you have any further questions.
https://www.anybus.com/products/wireless-index/anybus-wireless-bolt/detail/anybus-wireless-bolt---ethernet-rj45-poe

Deryck

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In client mode can the bolt store a list of 20 or more AP’s?

In Client mode you can create a connection list of 50. If AP’s shared the same SSID and Passphrase you would be able to connect to all of them and the Bolt would switch between them as signal quality changed.

The best way to create an AP connection list would be though the AT commands. In particular AT*WSCLW. You can find details on this command on page 47 of the AT command manual.

Deryck

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