Bandwidth-Saving IO Solutions for a Solar Farm Lighting Control System

To control their lighting system, the renewable energy provider deployed Moxa’s ioLogik E2210 Active Ethernet I/O, which uses active architecture to operate in a low bandwidth network environment. Compared to a traditional Ethernet I/O solution that uses a passive polling architecture, the ioLogik E2210’s active, event-based alarm messages consume less bandwidth and is ideal for the bandwidth confines of satellite communications. Instead of relying on constant device polling, users can define SNMP trap messages for events. When a pre-defined event triggers a trap message, the ioLogik E2210 will proactively send out an SNMP trap. To improve the lighting control, the customer needed a schedule function that turns the lights on and off. They were able to quickly define an on/off schedule for the system’s LED lamps without any programming using Moxa’s Click&Go™ configuration feature. Thanks to Click&Go™ defining I/O event schedules is as easy as arranging meeting times in Microsoft Outlook—system engineers no longer need to write complex control logic. In addition, the ioLogik E2210 supports the SNMP protocol, which made the integration with the customer’s existing Network Management System (NMS) a breeze that was simpler than ever before. Product Solutions: ioLogik E2210 - Supports SNMP protocol - Schedule function for I/O control - Active architecture to work in low bandwidth networks