the most powerful and secure way t o i m plement wireless capabilit i es the a d v antag e s of w i reles s netw o rking are ob vious. but as a n oem device manufa c turer, how can y o u e a si l y a n d securely implement w i re les s capabil i t i es in y o ur de vi ces? the s olution is the silex s x -55 0 mod u le, t he fir s t embed de d net w o rking solution that su pports all of th e major w i re less net w o rking standards -- 802 .1 1a, 8 02. 1 1b, an d 80 2.1 1 g -- a s w e ll as 100 base-t and 10 base-t w i red eth e rnet. the s x -55 0 p r o v ides the mo st ex te nsi v e netw o rk secur i ty cap abil i t i es in the indu stry , so it can b e use d in vi rtual ly a n y application or envi r onment t hat requires w i re less communi cati ons. the s x -5 50 inc r eases y o ur bot tom line b y red u cing y our time to mar k et, making y o ur products more competiti v e, and lesseni ng t h e nee d f o r in-hou se w i re les s ex p e rti s e. it en able s y o u t o easily add w i red or w i reles s net w o rk connecti vi t y t o y o ur d e vi c e s w i th such fe atures as: an av ai lable de v e loper' s k i t p r o vides the r eq u i red hardware, softw are tools and d o cumentatio n f or oem customers t o e asi l y i nte g rate t h e sx- 5 5 0 mod u le in their equipment. the d e v e l oper' s k i t inc l udes v a lue-adde d p rogrammable f e a tures, such as ap is for c ustom s nmp and email notifi c ation o n t h e n e twork. for e x a mple, y o u can u se th e av a i l able g p i os to elim inate t he ne ed for a n additional processor and theref ore t o r e d u ce cost. hig h ly se cure ea sy to manage the s x - 5 5 0 is eas y t o c onfig u r e and of fers s e v e ral options for manag emen t. i n a ddition t o a built- i n w e b b row s er interface, s i lex pro v ides ex ten d view , a window s util it y f or b u l k co nfiguration a n d manag emen t. a console a ccess ib le via t elnet or the u art i s av a i l able f or more sophisti c ated diagn ostic s and configuration. th e s x -55 0 is also compatible w i th the s imple netw ork m anag ement protocol ( snm p ) for c ompatibi l i t y w i th most p opular ne twork manag emen t s y s tems. in adddition, the sx-550 can be managed by the attached device using at commands and console commands sent via the serial port. the sx-550 firmware is stored in flash memory for easy updating in the field. 802.11a/b/g wireless and ethernet lan adapter sx-550 e m bedded wireless and wire d networking for oem devices eth e rnet an d wi reles s ve r s ions . the s x -5 50 is a v ai lable in m odels w i th w i red eth e rnet onl y , or w i th bo th eth e rnet an d 80 2.1 1 a / b/ g w i reles s capabilit ies. t he t w o mod e ls are program compatible, so y o u d o n o t nee d t o dev elop sep a rate sof t w are in order t o sup port b o th . 8 ge neral purpose inp u t/ out p u t (gpi o) signals . the gp ios c an be used f o r custom applications l i k e dri v ing leds and se nsing sw it ches, or for modem signals in conjuncti on w i th th e seri al ports. serial port emulation soft w a re. the s x -55 0 includes softw a r e that emulates a sta ndard window s tm com port (for ex ample, com3). this allow s y o u to u s e y our e x ist i ng w i ndow s-based ap pli c ations w i thou t a n y chang es. eth e rnet bridge mode. the s x -5 50 ca n b e c onfigured as a t r ansparent bridge be twee n et hernet a nd 8 02. 11 a/b / g. th i s al low s an et hernet- ena bled dev i c e to communicate w i reles s l y w i t h no modifications required y o ur e x ist i ng software. po w e r manage ment. th e s x - 550 consumes v e ry litt l e power during inacti v e per iods, mak i ng it ideal for batt e r y p o w e re d a pplica t ions. an ten n a d iver s i ty. the s x - 5 5 0 h a s tw o u.fl ant en na con n e c tors for imp r o v ed qu alit y of transmi s s io n a nd recep t ion . easy to use . the s x -55 0 f e a t ures a compact form factor w i th throug h-holes for flex ible mounting options. a 4 0-pin c onn e c tor hea der f o r t he ser i al and gpi o signals s i m pl if ies the h a rdware interface to y o u r devi c e. e mb edded in t elligen t oem n et w or k ing m o dule to security is critical for enterprise and medical networks. in fact, some network managers will not allow devices on their networks that are not compatible with their security standards. consequently, the sx-550 is designed to work with all the major security standards. it supports 802.1x extensible authentication protocol (eap) with tls, ttls, leap, fast, and peap to provide the most robust network authentication. for wireless security, the sx-550 works with the latest wi-fi protected access 2 (wpa2) enterprise and personal (psk) security, as well as wpa and wep. the sx-550 also includes other enterprise-level security features such as access control lists, protocol and application enable/disable, read and write configuration passwords, and snmp community name configuration. high speed serial port plus dedicated console. the sx-550 serial port runs at speeds up to 921.6kbps with full modem control. the sx-550 also includes a second serial port for use as a dedicated console.
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