Note: This is a sidebar to our January cover story. Read the full article: "工业无线：破碎的信号解决方案。"
Tim Pitterling，产品经理，工业以太网基础设施，自动化供应商西门子行业，注意到了Siemens offers a free, downloadable tool“这通过模拟不同接入点及其各自的天线的覆盖范围，可以帮助去除大量的RF工程猜测。”
This is a comprehensive guide, and users would be well served to check other vendors’ websites for additional helpful information.
自动化世界还具有白皮书和随需按需网络研讨会的资源，可在线提供。例如，来自题为“Wi-Fi - 工业控制和安全新关键的新关键”的新白皮书解释了Wi-Fi通信的零件聚合，通道键合等方面。在一个需求网络研讨会上，Red Lion的无线产品和解决方案的产品管理主任Mahesh Patel谈到“智能远程连接站点：使用蜂窝自动化来监控和控制资产。”在线查找这些和其他资源www.myenum.com/whitepapersorwww.myenum.com/webinars。
Mark Lochhaas, product manager for Advantech, offers this why-didn’t-I-think-of-that bit of information: “The industrial wireless user can find lots of assistance from the company IT department, since 802.11 is the dominant wireless standard in the enterprise office space as well. It is extremely useful when running into problems of bandwidth and interference to have people who are experienced with wireless networking already available.”
Lochhaas添加了，“802.11标准中有许多书籍和文章和它的技术。但Wi-Fi的重点是，用户甚至是工业环境中的用户，不需要了解技术，只是应用程序和用例。“
