WI-FI SOLUTION FOR WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

In warehouses and workshops, where the layout is complex and machinery is everywhere, Wi-Fi units need very high output and excellent wall penetration to cover the whole area. WICELL Hybrid Wi-Fi Mesh equipment is rated up to 1000 mW, the highest transmit power on the market today. WICELL units are also very flexible about swapping antennas to suit each specific layout.

Warehouses and workshops are relatively high-interference environments because of the electromagnetic radiation working machinery emits. Noise inside the factory or warehouse and signal reflected off surrounding obstacles are further causes. In such places the Wi-Fi signal is often intermittent — strong one moment, weak the next — markedly degrading service quality. WICELL Wi-Fi equipment supports 802.11ac in the 5.8 GHz band, minimising interference from the environment.

When wireless networks come up, many people worry about security. Use Hybrid Wi-Fi Mesh equipment, though, and your system is as well protected as it can be, with almost every leading security method built in, including 802.11x (RADIUS authentication). WICELL devices also carry a powerful firewall that monitors users coming and going in the most thorough way. WICELL equipment supports almost every other security standard for older devices as well, such as WEP, WAP and WAP2.

WICELL product ranges are built to the IP65, IP67 and MIL-STD industrial standards, so they work reliably in the dusty, high-temperature conditions found inside factories and warehouses. Service life can reach 5 – 7 years.

You can use the existing network cable both to power the device and to carry its data, with no need to run a separate power cable. And where there is power but no way to add network cabling, wireless MESH with local power supply gives you complete peace of mind.

Because of how work is done in warehouses and workshops, network devices are always on the move. That demands Wi-Fi units and client devices that hold a connection that is stable, fast and strong. Thanks to intelligent automatic roaming driven by the sensitivity thresholds set in the Hybrid Wi-Fi Mesh system, client devices always stay connected to the nearest and strongest access point.

Running cable through warehouses and workshops that are already in operation is extremely difficult and expensive: the layout is complex and machinery is constantly moving and working. Hybrid Wi-Fi Mesh equipment using TDMA lets us build a 100% wireless, fully automatic link that stays stable at speeds close to a wired network.

Wi-Fi 802.11ac is three times faster than 802.11n at the same number of streams, with speeds up to 1.2 Gb. It supports 20 MHz, 40 MHz and 80 MHz channel widths, carrying more data per channel. It also covers a wider area — and because 802.11ac works in the 5.8 GHz band, it rejects interference better.

Every WICELL device supports central monitoring from a single controller, sparing the IT team from managing each unit individually.

When equipment runs continuously in harsh, dusty, high-temperature environments such as the inside of a workshop or factory, its performance falls below normal. The AUTO REBOOT feature lets you control restarts easily, with no need to stand by and watch — and your system runs cooler and lasts longer for it.