Quatech Airborne APXG-Q5420 industrial wireless access point

The latest industrial wireless access point from Quatech, the AirborneAPT APXG-Q5420, enables M2M equipment to become the centre of a self-sufficient Wi-Fi network.

The access point allows easy access to serial data and network resources from Wi-Fi enabled devices, including laptops, tablets and handhelds powered by Android, iOS or Windows.

It includes a 10/100 ethernet interface and two serial ports and has flexible port configuration options. The ethernet interface can be placed in bridge mode allowing wireless devices to connect to an existing wired network. Alternatively, the ethernet interface can be set to wireless router mode, enabling direct connection to wide area networks including the internet using a cellular modem.

In router mode, the access point provides secure authentication using WPA2 (AES-CCMP) and a fully functional DHCP server to provide unique addresses for each authenticated client.

In addition, the built-in serial device server allows the wireless clients to use the serial interfaces to remotely access serial data. The serial interfaces provide compatibility with RS232/422/485 devices and allow simultaneous use of both ports in any serial data configuration.

The access point can be powered by a wide-range 5-36 VDC power source and provides both terminal block and barrel jack power connections. It can be configured using a remote web browser or by using the Airborne Management Centre software-based administration utility. Both methods provide straightforward installation and set-up of the devices.