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This page describes some possible setup topologies for the Benderlink system.
( "Topology" is the science of geometric configurations. As applied to computer systems, it involves the physical arrangement of the interconnected computers.)
The hardware can be installed in a variety of arrangments depending on your
specific application. These are three examples of how the Benderlink
system can be implemented. (Other arrangements are possible.)
1. Desktop Unit At The Tube Measuring Center
Some customers ask that a single unit be installed at the measuring center.
Mutliple benders can be addressed using simple A-B switch (or T-switch)
technology.
The image below shows a Benderlink Deskop unit at a tube measuring center.
(This measuring center is an Eaton Leonard Vector that was retrofitted by
Multi Systems, Inc. with Supravision software.)
2. Desktop Unit In Between Several Benders
Some customers ask that a single unit be installed central to the
benders.
Mutliple benders can be addressed using simple A-B switch (or T-switch)
technology.
The Benderlink Destop unit below shows a Benderlink unit in the middle of
four benders. (This was the unit displayed at a FABTECH show
in the Cambridge Machinery booth. It uses a large monitor mounted on a
stand-up computer table.)
3. Desktop Unit At Each Bender Attached To The Company Network
Some customers ask that a single unit be installed at each bender and attached
to a company server using through a network connection. Benders effectively
become nodes on the network in this application.
In most of these applications,
customers also ask that we write translation software that converts company
data files to the Benderlink IV format. For more information on our
translation programming service, see our
Custom Programming Service page.
The unit displayed below uses this configuration and is attached to
the customer's main server using a standard Ethernet
connection. Any part files can be modified or accessed by the
engineering department which is a quarter-mile from the bender.
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