The BAT450-F's ruggedized design withstands harsh industrial environments while maintaining the modular and compact size required in many industrial network installations. The wireless access points are also versatile and flexible, allowing network administrators to use them as access clients or access points that function as routers or bridges. Furthermore, they offer interfaces for wireless wide area networks (WWAN), WLAN, and Ethernet to suit the needs of each network.

In the words of Khachic Arjinian, Product Manager at Hirschmann: “The BAT450-F product family is the answer to a growing need for easy installation of a powerful access point in extreme conditions. These access points offer numerous configuration possibilities with a range of connection interfaces, including wireless, wired, and mobile options. This allows us to meet any customer requirement and ensure secure communication and high network availability, especially in the transportation sector.”

The transport sector finds the dual-band radio of the access point particularly beneficial, enabling simultaneous voice and data communications on board trains, as well as between carriages via the carriage-to-car network coupling function.

In addition to the transport sector, the low weight and small volume of the BAT450-F family make it especially suitable for industrial environments, such as those for the transmission and distribution of electrical current, process automation and oil and gas, since the access points can be mounted in enclosed spaces and make long-distance communication possible.

Arjinian adds: “With this new product family, we have sought to maximize profitability by offering a complete solution that helps industrial engineers looking to deploy a reliable, customizable, and versatile wireless infrastructure.”

As successors to the BAT300-F family, the new WLAN access points enable the integration of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) functions and can be configured for specific application needs, network functions, and country-specific protocols.