Cybersecurity Comes to Serial Communications With SIOS.5 Serial I/O Module
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Bedrock Automation ceased operations in 2023. The product is no longer commercially available through standard channels, though it may occasionally appear on secondary markets like eBay. Support, firmware updates, and software availability cannot be verified. |
Bedrock Automation has extended cybersecurity to serial communications with a new SIOS.5 Serial I/O module for its Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) control system.
The SIOS.5 has five channels, each supported by an independent cyber-secure 32-bit ARM processor. Each channel is software-defined for RS-232, RS-485, or RS-422 communications, extending the range of industrial edge devices that can be secured by users of the Bedrock OSA.
Combined with other software-defined I/O modules, Bedrock OSA is the only system that delivers analog, discrete, digital, pulse, Ethernet, and Serial data as intrinsically secure I/O.
Extending cybersecurity to serial communications results in improved reliability on a wide range of applications:
- RS-232 support enables secure communication with modems, gateways, printers, barcode readers, programmable devices ,and PC peripherals
- RS-422 support with a single bus master for process automation (chemicals, brewing, paper mills), factory automation (autos, metal fabrication), HVAC, security, motor control, and motion control
- RS-485 support for multi master bus/drivers
- Mainstream protocols such as Modbus and ProfiBusDP
