Dear viewers, hello! I’m so happy that I can use our new webcast format to present some exciting news about innovations from the world of WAGO. The “WAGO I/O System Field” webcast will provide you with interesting information about the IP67-I/O system. Please feel free to use the online chat function to ask any questions. If you are watching this video after the webcast, when the livechat function is no longer available, feel free to contact our support team using the WAGO website. Let me introduce myself before I start. My name is Ludwig Adelmann, and I am a product manager working in the AUTOMATION Business Unit. So let’s get started! The WAGO I/O-System Field is an I/O system that is used in automation systems that don’t have control cabinets, and which supplements our existing IP20 portfolio. It is installed directly on the system or machine, that is, virtually at the location where the greatest demands are placed on the equipment, or on the components incorporated there. For example, this can mean that higher temperatures are present, that low temperatures may also prevail, there may be higher shock and vibration loads, and emulsions, greases, oils, etc., may additionally wet the module. We introduced this system on the SPS in 2019, and have used the months since then to develop it to its logical conclusion. We are currently commencing actual production and plan to have it available by midyear. The modules, which you will be able to purchase some time after the middle of the year, are PROFINET fieldbus modules, which are provided with IO-Link Master functionalities in some instances. In addition, we also offer IO-Link devices, like so-called IO-Link hubs, which will round out the entire portfolio. However, that was not enough. We have also used the time since the trade show to develop additional stacks. These include the EtherCAT® and the EthernetIP stacks, which we will make available as additional module variants before the end of the year. In order to be able to display the capabilities of the WAGO I/O System Field to you, I would like to show you the technical features and elaborate on the uses for you and your system that can result from them. For this reason, we have sorted the large number of technical features into groups. First, I will begin with the expanded network connectivity, before moving to integrated load management, and, last but not least, ending with the innovative design. In the WAGO I/O System Field, each fieldbus module is equipped with its own Bluetooth® interface. There is a free app, which we will make available in both an iOS version and an Android version from the Apple Store and Google Play respectively. This app functions so that I can easily view a machine status, both on the road and in my system, or I can track an error in order to initiate measures against it. Each of the fieldbus modules additionally has its own web server on board. This web server is likewise able to access all of the parameter data and provide diagnostic information. In addition, I can carry out a firmware update via the web server, which represents a major benefit in the case of a functional expansion, for example, or in case an error in the software requires debugging. Each fieldbus module additionally has an OPC-UA server which is already used internally to provide the data from the parameter model both for the app and also for the web server. You can naturally also access the parameter data and the parameter model via an OPC-UA Client, for example, OPC-UA Expert. And that’s not all! As already mentioned, we also use IO-Link modules, which, from the point of view of completeness, facilitate an effective, very economical data exchange with intelligent sensors and actuators. Another thing that I have to mention, is that this system is fundamentally already prepared for TSN – because it is only natural that we want our WAGO I/O System Field to be ready for this new technology which is currently in development, to the point that the specifications are not yet currently defined, which will probably become prominent in the future. Furthermore, I would like to announce that we plan to implement the MQTT message protocol by the end of the year. I already mentioned the available download functionalities, so that it is relatively easy to carry out these expansions even in existing systems. The use of MQTT was considered especially important for the cloud connection, because we can easily imagine that a data exchange can be carried out via OPC-UA standardized accesses, in connection with the MQTT message protocol, in both directions. Let me turn now to integrated load management. Integrated load management is distinguished by several diverse points. On the one hand, there is the M12-coded connector that we use. This connector includes two supply lines, and each supply line can be loaded with up to 16 amps. The first line functions to supply both the sensors and also the electronics. The second line is designed to supply actuators at a higher current draw. They can, of course, be switched separately. In addition, we equipped the IO-Link ports with a supply current of up to 4 amps. Of course, this has a significantly broader scope for providing the IO-Link-based field devices with current, which is an important benefit at this point. However, that is not everything: there are even more innovations related to the load management segment. Of greater actual importance, even today, is that we can measure the voltage, and also the current and temperature for the digital outputs, and make these values available. In addition, it is possible that we can define pre-alarms and main alarms for these values, so that you, as the customer, can define pre-alarms and main alarms. These can be adjusted, depending on what kind of actuator you are using. This has massive benefits for you, because you can administer predictive maintenance tasks, or you can try to reduce the stress in your system parts and your field devices, in that you can monitor them more closely. These analog data, which we are making available, can be acyclically collected, and can be subsequently evaluated in diverse formats. It is possible to view the data both via the app and via the web server. You can also naturally imagine that these data are archived in the cloud, for example via OPC-UA and in the MQTT protocol, or further processed. Furthermore, I would like to point out another function that is extremely helpful – namely the sequential switching. It is a fact that capacitive loads are often switched in the case of outputs, and it does not always make sense to switch them simultaneously. To prevent this, you can specify a sequence for all 16 channels that a single module may have. We have now arrived at innovative design. First of all, there is the metal housing, which is fully encapsulated. I have an example here to show you. In addition, a plastic housing is also available, which is non-encapsulated and is simply sealed at the back with a plate. However, all housing types, and also the modules contained within them, have this in common: they have a temperature range from minus 25 to plus 70 degrees Celsius – that is extremely broad. The also have an innovative marking system, which many of our customers also know from the TOPJOB® S world, from our rail-mount terminal block system. Marking strips can be used, as well as WMB Inline. Additionally, all modules have the potential for front-side mounting, and also side mounting. This is always advantageous, in that I can install everything a little bit more obliquely, in order, for example, to protect mounted cables from parts falling on them, or from mechanical loads. Each of these modules is equipped with a unique serial number identification. These serial number identifications, which we call UII (Unique Item Identifiers), enable parts to be tracked, so that in case of a fault, we can analyze which batch these products were produced in, who manufactured them, and which test certificates have to be deposited. The information regarding the serial numbers is also printed sideways on the one side; however, it is also printed in the form of a DM code, so that the entire thing is machine readable. The serial numbers are also, naturally, electronically stored. I hope that you were able to gain a few impressions about the capabilities of the WAGO I/O System Field, and that I was able to make you at least a little but curious. I would be happy to chat with you using the “Meet the speaker” function when this is over. Until then! Thank you for your interest, and stay healthy!