Three new members for Honeywell’s PKS Advantage program

Honeywell has announced three new member companies of the PKS Advantage program for its OneWireless Network and industrial wireless products and solutions. The new members - GasSecure, Redline Communications and Purelink - add support for wireless hydrocarbon leak detection, broadband wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and real-time location solutions to the wireless platform.

“The collaboration enabled by these new brands will allow wireless users to integrate a range of solutions that boost their operation’s safety and efficiency,” said Ray Rogowski, director of wireless marketing, Honeywell Process Solutions.

GasSecure offers its ISA100 wireless gas detector for hydrocarbon leakage monitoring. The GS01 is said to be the world’s first wireless infrared detector. It is based on innovative microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology to reduce power consumption and has two years of battery life with continuous monitoring.

Wireless M2M communications specialists Redline Communications and Purelink are manufacturers of real-time location systems (RTLS), long-range tracking badges, tags and software.

Redline’s RDL-3000 Elte-MT solution is the first ruggedised and M2M-optimised wide-area wireless system to be PKS-compliance certified. Providing M2M connectivity to link sensors and security cameras over widely dispersed areas for ‘digital oil fields’ with central automation and management systems, it will be the first of a number of systems made available to Honeywell wireless users.

“Oil and gas producers can now combine our rugged, reliable and high-performance broadband wireless solutions with Honeywell’s extensive product offerings with complete confidence of seamless interoperability,” said Leigh Chang, Redline’s associate vice president of product management. “The move should help speed the deployment of specialised M2M solutions.”

Purelink uses its Core Technology DILS (Digital Impulse Location System) to engineer RTLS systems and software used by customers worldwide to locate people and equipment in buildings, airports, manufacturing plants and other industries. It will enable its products to seamlessly integrate with Honeywell’s OneWireless Network to deliver location-based, context-aware applications for process optimisation, security and safety.

Using Honeywell’s wireless solutions, users can easily connect with a range of products from PKS Advantage members, as well as Honeywell’s own portfolio, for secure solutions with much lower installed costs than using conventional hardwiring. The PKS Advantage program already includes solutions from Beamex, Cape Software Inc, Flowserve Corporation, Flow Control Division, Metso Automation, Pepperl+Fuchs, Turck Inc and others.