EWON Inc. News and Press Releases

Ewon 2005cd With 3g Cellular Connection Now Available At 2g Prices

Pittsburgh, PA (November 8th, 2011) - eWON, a leading Belgian manufacturer of remote connectivity products for the automation market, announces that the 2G (GPRS/EDGE) version of its highly popular eWON 2005CD industrial router is to be replaced by a new 3G (UMTS) version, at the same price. The replacement will be effective as of November 1st 2011. This new 3G version will complete the eWON 2005CD cellular product range, alongside the existing eWON 2005CD 3G+ (HSDPA/HSUPA) version . This technology step up lets the eWON 2005CD multiply the bandwidth available for communication, offering users, typically machine builders & OEMs, the benefits of more fluidity in interactive PLC program maintenance and more convenience in remote customer support . Both the eWON 2005CD 3G and 3G+ models require standard SIM cards and are backward compatible with 2G networks (GPRS & EDGE). Remote access is facilitated by the use of Talk...

Ewon Provides Remote Service For High Precision Food Packaging Machines

Pittsburgh, PA (September 22nd, 2011) - A Rockwell Automation OEM customer, manufacturing and installing food packaging machines worldwide, uses eWON to perform customer support tasks from remote, across Internet. Controlling plants remotely and doing maintenance from a distance has quickly become a necessity. Zacmi selected eWON’s Talk2M Pro service, in combination with eWON 2005CD hardware modules for its remote access needs. Background Zanichelli Meccanica (Zacmi) was founded in 1954 in Parma, Italy by Giuseppe Zanichelli and is still family-owned. The company designs and builds machines and complete plants for the food industry. Over the last few decades Zacmi specialized in line fi lling and closing installations for food products, non-food products and beverages. The company also manufactures machines that are capable of accurate dosing. This was considered as very challenging in the past, or even impossible, mos...

Ewon Adds Plug And Route To Routers

Pittsburgh, PA (September 22nd, 2011) - eWON adds Plug And Route functionality for its industrial routers. This allows machine builders, system integrators and automation engineers to enjoy faster and easier on-site configuration while eliminating the associated IT difficulties. The “Plug and Route” feature aims at simplifying the configuration steps to access Ethernet devices – PLC, HMI or IP camera- on a Machine LAN network through Talk2M. It is indeed no more needed to reconfigure the device to define the eWON router as default gateway. On practical ways, it is no more needed to stop the PLCs, eliminating therefore the need also to stop the associated machine. The “Plug’n Route” allows all IP traffic to be conveyed and forwarded to its final destination on the remote Machine LAN network, making eWON a transparent access to any remote Ethernet devices.

Ewon First Hands-on Video Of Talk2m Remote Access

Pittsburgh, PA (August 4th, 2011) - eWON is proud to announce its first hands-on video showing the easiness of Talk2M to remotely service Allen Bradley PLC. Talk2M is a set of smart services offered by eWON for remote connectivity to PLC controlled machines. By taking advantage of Internet technology, eWON offers quick and easy access to installations and machines across broadband Internet and 3G cellular network. With the launch of the Talk2M Internet service platform in 2006, eWON made secure Internet remote access even simpler than dialing a modem. While OEM's and Machine Builders appreciate the ease of use and the effortless deployment of the simplest eWON modules, System Integrator like the flexibility and the open interfacing of the more advanced platforms. When hitting the "Connect" button in Talk2M PC client eCatcher, the user PC is then set virtually on the same network as the remote equipment. One can the...

Ewon Enhances Its Free Remote Access Service

Pittsburgh, PA (March 23rd, 2011) - eWON, a leading European manufacturer of remote connectivity products for the automation market, has just released an enhanced version of its free instant Internet connectivity service. This new service, called "Free+", allows an easy and seamless upgrade to the “Pro” version, with no local change in eWON configuration nor any disruption in eWON connections. A completely renewed PC client (eCatcher 3) interfaces both Free+ and Pro services. Clearly, remote machines or installations worldwide are just one click away and at broadband speed. Talk2M, one single powerful remote access platform With an easy and seamless transition from the Free+ to Pro service of Talk2M, customers can now really "try before they buy" and validate the Talk2M solution for their use, without losing any time when going live on Pro. The new Free+ service is set to replace the old Talk2M Free, whic...

Harnessing Access To Remote Plc

Pittsburgh, PA (December 6th, 2010) - With the aid of the new eWON’s service called Talk2M Pro, OEMs and factory operational managers can now access or give access to remote machines and devices from any location globally at the click of a mouse. Talk2M manages access to machines across multiple users with various levels of access and security authorization. eWON, a leading European manufacturer of remote connectivity products for the automation market, announces the release of Talk2M Pro, a new, smart Internet based remote access solution. Building on its 2009 Belgian/Walloon Innovation Prize winning predecessor, the Talk2M, eWON has added significant value-adding features to its latest offering by enhancing its ability to facilitate seamless integration with a large variety of PLCs and automated devices. Fully compliant with most of the leading PLC manufacturers, Talk2M Pro revolutionizes traditional management and m...

Ewon 2005cd And 4005cd Industrial Routers With Dual Lan Modem Connectivity Now Available In The Usa

Pittsburgh, PA (December 6th, 2010) - eWON, a leading European manufacturer of remote connectivity products for the automation market, announces the release of its highly popular eWON 2005CD product in the US market. This compact industrial router is designed to give OEM’s, system integrators and architects a highly flexible, yet cost effective device to achieve a straightforward remote Internet access through a Local Area Network. The eWON 2005CD is a comprehensive industrial router featuring “Site” LAN to “Machine” LAN routing functionalities with VPN tunneling features. The router offers a WAN Ethernet port which allows a smooth connection to the Internet through the local IT network (site or factory LAN) and its firewalls. In combination with eWON’s Talk2M Free or Talk2M Pro services, duly authorized users can then access any of their machines, devices and installations equipped with 2005CD devices over a quality broadb...

Make Your Machine Internet Enabled And Minimize Costly On-site Visits

Pittsburgh, PA (October 22nd, 2010) - Unique, innovative, user-friendly products that help manufacturers sustainably gain productivity by avoiding unplanned, recurrent on-site travel. eWON, a pioneering manufacturer of remote connectivity products for the automation market and leader in its field in Europe, has chosen the US market as the next step in the company’s international growth strategy. In September eWON opened its US subsidiary, eWON Inc., to strengthen its position with local presence and better serve its customers. “eWON’s products allow your engineers to connect your machines to the Internet, at the customer´s site, in your local market and also anywhere else in the world without leaving their office. You create your own catalog of machines that you can connect at any time, sort their problems out, support your customers, adjust programs if needed… all without having to resort to costly on-site visits” sa...