Discrete and Process Automation

HART multiplexer software from Softing Industrial now supports Siemens controllers

07 April 2023

The HART multiplexer software SmartLink SW-HT from Softing Industrial, for accessing configuration and diagnostic data, now supports ET200 remote IOs from Siemens and the field device tool device type manager (FDT DTM) interface.

SmartLink SW-HT is a Docker container-based software application. It allows easy and fast access to HART devices connected to remote I/Os that can be reached via Ethernet. No additional hardware is required forSource: Softing IndustrialSource: Softing Industrial this. As the only solution available on the market, SmartLink SW-HT so far enabled the use of remote I/Os from Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric and R. Stahl. The current version 1.30 now also supports ET200 remote IOs from Siemens and the FDT DTM interface.

Configuration and diagnostic data are accessed via Emerson's AMS Device Manager or other HART IP-enabled Plant Asset Management applications. SmartLink SW-HT provides an Ethernet connection for tunneling the HART commands to the remote IOs.

On the field side, SmartLink SW-HT is low-risk and easy to integrate. This is even possible during operation and does not require a plant shutdown. The application thus makes it easy for users to implement open, standards-based, and scalable system architectures and integrate connectivity into edge solutions managed by IT.

At Hannover Messe, April 17 to 21, 2023, Softing Industrial will present SmartLink SW-HT in hall 015, booth F48.

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