Product Bulletin
The WLAN software for
Hirschmann’s OpenBAT and
BAT450-F industrial wireless
devices includes new features
to protect networks from
malicious attacks, ensures
reduced roaming handover
time and provides wireless
coach coupling.
• Enhanced security – Systems and features
to protect WLAN networks from new
threats, identify the intruder and provide
configuration scalability
• Roaming enhancements – New features to
reduce roaming handover time
• Wireless coach coupling – Coach-to-coach
coupling solution without serial bridging
cable between the devices
With the recent enhancements to
Hirschmann’s HiLCOS 9.12 software, Belden
continues to help industrial networks achieve
wireless connections that match the reliability
of wired solutions.
Through Hirschman’s OpenBAT and BAT450-F
families – which are supported by HiLCOS 9.12 –
network managers can confidently use
wireless technology in their mission-critical
applications, when distance or environmental
conditions make wired options too expensive
or challenging.
In addition to reliability, securing wireless
networks is vital to plant safety, data integrity
and around-the-clock operation. The updated
HiLCOS 9.12 software enables network
managers to monitor and control human and
machine network flows, while also protecting
that traffic from unwanted threats or attacks.
Applications
The HiLCOS 9.12 software is ideal for use in
industrial environments where engineers,
integrators, machine builders and plant
operators need the network to communicate
across long distances or in challenging
environments.
Verticals markets – including transportation
(railways), power transmission and distribution,
oil and gas, renewable energy, machine
building and hazardous environments – can
benefit from the software’s reliability and
security features.
Customer benefits
Through WIDS (Wireless Intrusion Detection
System) additions, HiLCOS 9.12 hardens the
network against malicious attacks and provides
the flexibility of configuring and monitoring
the WIDS functionality from the Wireless LAN
Controller.
A rich set of new features provides improved
wireless transmission quality for roaming
applications.
The new option of monitoring wireless links
helps reduce troubleshooting time and
optimizes network performance and quality.
Additionally the wireless coach-to-coach
coupling feature provides an automatic way
to
connect two access points via point-to-point link.
PB00062HE
HiLCOS 9.12 WLAN Software
from Hirschmann
WLAN software designed to
enable maximum stability for
reliable and secure wireless
connections in industrial
applications.
A new product to
serve your needs
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HiLCOS 9.12 WLAN Software for Hirschmann OpenBAT and
BAT450-F Devices
HiLCOS 9.12 is the new software version for Hirschmann’s OpenBAT and BAT450-F industrial
WLAN devices. It can be used to set up Wide Area Network (WAN) connections and hardware-
encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels.
The software offers features well beyond basic WLAN functions, and the latest updates are based
on more than 20 years of continuous development and improvement by Belden and Hirschmann
experts.
The improved WIDS (Wireless Intrusion Detection System) features increase network security by:
• detecting new threats
• identifying the source and locating the attack
• providing scalability and ease of configuration by using the WLC (Wireless LAN Controller)
Benefits at a glance
• Enhanced security via additions on the WIDS to detect new threats, identify and locate intruder
and configuration flexibility by using the WLC
• Roaming enhancements
–
prioritized channel scan, improvements for client bridge roaming
support and advanced roaming configuration options
• Automatic way to connect two rail coaches via
point-to-point link
between two access points
(wireless coach-to-coach coupling)
• Reduce troubleshooting time and optimize network performance with Wireless Link Status
• NAT 1:1 on WLAN interface
• Compliance to the new FCC regulations
• New country approvals for Thailand, Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Algeria
• Extensive management functions via LANconfig, LANmonitor, WLANmonitor and Industrial HiVision
• Frequency analysis identifies potential disruptions in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band
• Ideal for all access points and WLAN clients of the OpenBAT platform, BAT450-F devices and the
BAT WLC controllers
• Free download from www.hirschmann.com
HiLCOS 9.12 Software
ensures maximum
network availability and
data security across
wireless connections
especially in mobile
applications.
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