• The Intel® Communications Alliance Accepts Moxa for General Membership
• MOXA White Paper—Transmitting Video Images for Transportation Management Systems

• Coming Soon—8-Port RS-422/485 Connection Box with 2 KV Isolation Protection

• Using Managed Redundant Switches for Power Substation Communication Systems
• UC-7420 Enhances the Proximal Monitoring of Vehicles

• Moxa's ITS Forum a Big Success
• See Moxa's "Integrating Video, Voice, and Data Over One Network" at SPS Show 2005
• MOXA Software Partner Program Enters Phase 2
• Learn More about Moxa

In recognition of the fact that Moxa Technologies' embedded computers (models UC-7420 and UC-7408) use Intel's Xscale IXP-422 processor, Moxa has been accepted for General Membership in the Intel® Communications Alliance. As a General Member of the alliance, Moxa will have greater access to resources provided by Intel, and will belong to a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers, all of whom are recognized by Intel.

Moxa welcomes this recognition and the opportunity to provide our embedded computer users with better products and service. To learn more about the Intel® Communications Alliance, please click on the official Intel statement below.

Moxa Technologies is a General Member of the Intel® Communications Alliance: a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers.

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White Paper Excerpt: Video cameras play an important role in providing administrators of modern Transportation Management Systems with real-time information. Unlike other types of detectors and sensors隝hich only provide digital data铳ameras provide real-time images of traffic situations, giving administrators a valuable tool for analyzing complicated traffic patterns and making snap decisions.

A typical Transportation Management System requires installing many video cameras. For example, it is now commonplace to see cameras located at regular intervals along the roadside when traveling on the highway. However, the problem faced by system administrators is that most of the cameras could be located up to several miles from the Central Traffic Control Center. In fact, for this kind of video application, large systems with numerous cameras and 続istributed? camera locations make the installation and management of video transmission more difficult and complicated than for other types of devices.

It is fair to say that video transmission is the most important issue related to making large, distributed video camera systems a part of a Transportation Management System. Two kinds of video transmission solution are used for most Traffic Monitor & Control systems. One is the traditional 静CTV system,?which uses optical fiber to extend the transmission distance of video signals. The other is 挿ideo over IP system,?which uses an IP network to transmit video signals.

>> Click here to download the complete white paper

>> Click here to read about Moxa's Video over IP Servers

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Moxa's serial boards are well known around the world for their quality and high MTBF, but did you know that we also provide a wide range of connection options? The newest option, called OPT8I, is an 8-port RS-422/485 connection box with female DB25 connectors. The connection box can be used with most of Moxa's 8-port multiport serial boards, including C218Turbo, C218Turbo/PCI, C168H series, and CP-168U V2.

OPT8I allows users to connect external serial devices to a PC running Windows, SCO, or Linux. Moxa's electrical isolation technology uses two photo couplers to create a gap in each electrical signal. One photo coupler transforms the electrical signal into a light signal, which is transmitted across a small gap, and then the other photo coupler transforms the light back into an electrical signal on the other side of the gap. In this way, the two electrical circuits are completely isolated from each other, limiting the damage that could otherwise be caused by power surges in the electrical signal.

NOTE: OPT8I is not compatible with CP-118U.

OPT8I has the following features:

• 8 ports for RS-422, 4-wire RS-485, or 2-wire RS-485
• 2-wire RS-485 uses ADDC™ to sense and control data direction automatically
• Supports 2 KV Isolation Protection
• Transmission speed up to 230.4 Kbps
• TxD, RxD indicators for each port

If you are interested in this product, please contact a Moxa Sales Representative or Official MOXA Distributor for more information.

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One of Moxa's strengths as a company is the ability to introduce the right product to the right customer. One way we do this is by holding local forums that feature expert speakers from various vertical markets. The most recent such event, which focused on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), was held in Taiwan on September 22.

Moxa provides several different products that can be used with traffic control applications, such as railway traffic control systems, traffic information display systems, vehicle management systems, traffic signal systems, and video monitoring systems.

>> Click here for a closer view <<

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Moxa will display its Triple-Play (Video/Voice/Data) of Networking Solutions at SPS/IPC/Drives 2005. You can find us in Hall 9, Booth 158, from November 22 to 24, 2005, in Messezenrum Nürnberg.

This year, we will display Moxa's new Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and focus on the topic of One Net Solutions. Product lines to be exhibited include Industrial Ethernet Switches, Media Converters, Wireless AP/Bridge/AP Client, NPort IA Industrial Serial Device Servers, Network I/O Servers (coming soon), Embedded Computers, and Video over IP Servers. We will also prepare a live demo area that includes "Gigabit Industrial Ethernet Solutions" and "Remote Video over IP Surveillance Solutions."

We look forward to seeing you at SPS Show 2005.

SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2005
Nov. 22-24, 2005
Exhibition Centre Nüremberg
Karl-Schönleben-Strasse
90471 Nuremberg, Germany
Hall 9, Booth No. 9-158

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