Creating a successful industrial wireless network isn't rocket science, but it does require forethought and careful planning. Our slideshow details the four steps require for the successful launch of your industrial wireless network.

1. Four Steps for a Successful Industrial Wireless
Network

2. We’ve emphasized over the last few months that successful industrial wireless
network design isn’t simply a matter of buying some hardware and then throwing
it up someplace that looks like it might work.
It’s not rocket science, but good wireless network design requires careful
consideration of a number of issues, including the distance that needs to be
covered by your network, the interface you’ll be dealing with and the type of
environment you’re operating in.
The answers to these questions will help inform your decisions on things like
the type of antenna you’ll need as well as the licensed or unlicensed radio
frequencies that will work best for your specific application.
Plan to Succeed

3. Once you understand your specific situation and the reasons you should go
wireless, a straightforward four-step plan will help ensure the ultimate, long-term
success of your industrial wireless network:
1. RF Network Design
2. Radio Site Survey
3. Installation
4. Commissioning
4 Straightforward Steps

4. Step 1: RF Network Design
The first step, RF network
design, is a valuable tool for
setting expectations, avoiding
unpleasant surprises on site
and eliminating the possibility of
expensive rework.
This step comprises a software
feasibility study, plugging values
for designated measurements (such as the distance between points within
the network and the height of antennas) into a software program.

5. Step 1: RF Network Design
In the case of ESTeem’s RF Site Design Tool, the program will render an RF
Path Analysis that displays calculated figures for:
• ERP (Effective Radiated Power)
• Feedline Loss
• Transmitting Power
• Expected Receiver Signal Strength
• Receiver Sensitivity
• Maximum Distance
Our Design Tool displays calculations for each end of the radio system, as well
as key site data such as fade margin, height warnings and Fresnel zone
warnings.

6. Step 2: Radio Site Survey
With your anticipated signal levels and achievable data rates in hand, we can
move on to Step 2, the radio site survey, which will serve as the foundation for
your industrial wireless network. This phase of the process:
• Provides a complete physical on-site analysis
• Validates software modeling results
• Evaluate frequency of operations
• Analyzes data throughput

7. Step 3: Installation
The result of the first two steps is a thorough understanding of the type
of wireless hardware and network that are required for your application.
This leads directly to installation of the equipment by a qualified systems
integrator.
Just as it’s important to use wireless hardware specifically designed with your
industrial application in mind, it’s also important to hire a systems integrator who
is well versed in industrial applications and who understands your needs and
concerns (we can supply the contact information of some knowledgeable,
successful integrators, if necessary).

8. Step 4: Commissioning
Even though it seems as if we’ve come to the end of our story, there’s still the
fourth, crucial step – commissioning – to help ensure your industrial wireless
network will operate as needed for years to come.
Commissioning includes RF communications and data testing, with ESTeem
support personnel on site for installation and startup to provide technical
assistance and customer training.
Each step of the process delivers
information or action crucial to the
success of your wireless network.
Take any step away, and you risk
failure.

9. The ESTeem Advantage
We design, engineer and manufacture industrial wireless radios and modems - all
in the US and all specifically focused on solving our customers’ most difficult
networking challenges, no matter what the frequency.
Through all of those years, we’ve stuck to the philosophy that applications will not
bend to fit the hardware. The solution must fit the application, and we work with
our customers to ensure they get the right wireless solution to fit their needs.
To that end, all of our models come with full compatibility
baked in (195E/Horizon, 192/195 Narrowband), and we
write our software/OS specifically for the components used
for optimum efficiency and performance.
To learn how ESTeem can deliver the cost-effective,
reliable wireless network your operation needs, visit our
website or submit this simple contact form.

10. ESTeem Corporate Information
Electronic Systems Technology
• Incorporated 1982
• Public Offering 1984
• Symbol: ELST
• dBA ESTeem Wireless Modems -
2007
Corp/MFG Headquarters
• Kennewick, WA
• Rockwell Automation Encompass
Partner – 25+ years
• CSIA Member/Supplier
• Control Systems Integrator
Association
45,000+ Radios in Service Worldwide
• Industry’s most complete
portfolio: 10 models
• FCC Licensed Frequencies
• License-Free Frequencies