Industrial Wi-Fi Network Bridge enables remote control, programming, and monitoring from any web browser on a PC or mobile device. It incorporates a customizable temperature data logger with storage and visualization, using an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
This device (software and hardware) adds a Wi-Fi interface to any Yamato products that use a VS-4, VS-6 operating in VS-4 mode, or CR5A Planar controller board. Examples include all DKN series ovens and FO series muffle ovens. It enables operators and managers to remotely interact with an oven located anywhere on a provisioned local network (or the internet).
Oven remote operations/monitoring/logging can be done securely by using a PC or Smartphone connected to the same network as the Bridge, either with a web browser accessing the built-in pages on the WBV bridge or by customizing your own web pages and accessing the bridge using its provided API.
All functionality present on the current VS-4 RS485 communication interface (OP-19) is also available through the Wi-Fi bridge but in a more user-friendly way: The low-level RS-485 serial communication protocol is encapsulated into Web Socket packets over TCP/IP, which is supported by all Internet web browsers and other IoT platforms like IBM's Node-Red. No need to calculate checksums, delay times, etc. The bridge does all that.
In addition, extra information can be stored in the Wi-Fi bridge and retrieved remotely using any web browser remotely. Ex: Temperature logs for any past date.
The software API (Application Programming Interface) adds convenient functions like Program Upload/download from a PC, in-browser Program editing /save back. Real-Time Status monitoring, data logging, etc. Because it is built on top of HTTP/Web socket server standards, adding even more functions to the final application is easy (for an HTML / JavaScript programmer, that is).
The Wi-Fi Bridge and API should also work on CR5A equipped ovens “as-is” and they can be ported to VS-5 and other Yamato controllers running Modbus with minimum effort, saving customer application development and deployment time as the remote control and monitoring User Interface would be the same for all ovens.
Thousands of Wi-Fi bridges (and ovens) can co-exist on the same network. Each one gets its own ‘network’ name automatically assigned by the Wi-Fi bridge device based on its Network MAC address, which is unique by definitions. Ex: A Wi-Fi bridge with MAC address A6:55:F3:1A:2B:3C will assign itself the name "WBV-2B3C". Traditionally, all devices with an Ethernet interface (Wi-Fi or wired) should have a label on the unit indicating its MAC address. The WBV4 Wi-Fi bridge is no different. A locator function makes it easy to locate one particular Oven in a sea of ovens: a user can issue a “ID ON” command to a Wi-Fi bridge and it starts blinking its bright Yellow LED, making it easier to spot.