The EDW-100 is an is an Industrial Ethernet to serial adapter or Ethernet Terminal Server, designed for industrial use in harsh environments. The unit use standard TCP/IP protocols together with serial equipment, it allows almost any serial devices to interface through a new or existing Ethernet network. Two EDW-100 units can be used to create a simple point to point link or multiple units can be linked to form a one to many application all using Ethernet as the medium to transport the data. A point to point application can be configured with both UDP and TCP, if TCP is used the unit can act both as a client or as a server. Configuration of the unit is simple using theWeb-tool or via Telnet. It is also possible to configure speed and duplex via DIP-switch, this setting can be override by the Web-tool.

A special adjusted 2 port licence of the virtual COM-software, Serial/IP from Tactical Software, are included with EDW-100 and EDW-120. If there is a requirement for more than two ports, a new licence must be ordered from Westermo. Note that the new licence can not be based on the delivered 2 port licence. Possible options are 4, 8, 16, 24 or 48 ports. For price information, please contact Westermo.