WiFi Ethernet Serial Servers on the High Seas
Posted by Mike Fahrion on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 @ 02:40 PM
A global seabed mapping contractor provides ocean engineering, surveying, project risk and construction support services for oil and gas field development. Depending on project needs, various configurations of data collection and processing equipment must be installed on vessels - in this case, for surface and underwater positioning. This typically requires the installation of hundreds of feet of cabling to collect and transfer data aboard the ship. VlinxTM WiFi Ethernet serial servers, from B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, Inc., are a "seaworthy" alternative to the cost and time required to string cable through the often tight quarters of ocean-going vessels.
Read the press release.