In the ControlGlobal.com article, WirelessHART Takes Off, the author opens:
First introduced in 2007, WirelessHART has become the standard of choice for wireless communication with industrial field devices. Also known as IEC 62591, WirelessHART is the first international standard for wireless industrial field devices.
Emerson Exchange 365 community member, Jonas Berge, is quoted several times in the article. He notes:
WirelessHART has more supporting instrument suppliers than any other wireless industrial protocol. Interoperability is assured because they all use the same common application protocol: HART commands. All features for all instruments regardless of vendor can be accessed thanks to the HART standard.
The article addresses some of the concerns process manufacturers have including power, data rates, security, network planning, and robustness. It closes:
The way to increase the robustness of the network is to add more devices to the network. Each additional device geometrically increases the number of potential paths information can travel through the mesh. The WirelessHART mesh network is designed so that up to 10,000 devices can be added to a single network.WirelessHART builds on the solid foundation of HART communication, enabling users to quickly and easily gain the benefits of wireless automation while maintaining total compatibility with existing devices, tools, skill levels and systems. That’s why WirelessHART has become the most commonly used process automation wireless field instrument network. It is simple, reliable and secure, and…it is HART.
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