The process control industry has grown in leaps and bounds. Product quality improvement is facilitated by the knowledge in real time of production process parameters. This knowledge gives engineers and operators the information to control this technology in depth, which has lead to the constant monitoring and control of processes throughout a plant.SAN People have brought innovative solutions by their development of the EtherPAD range of thin servers. EtherPAD enables the connection of any RS232/RS422/RS485 serial device, such as a process controller, with an Ethernet network. The EtherPAD is programmed with an IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address compatible with the Ethernet Network it is planned to use the device on.The SAN People EtherPAD is a cost effective solution to the process industry bringing Ethernet connectivity to a host of applications, simply and reliably. The EtherPAD is connected on the Ethernet link with its own IP address. The EtherPAD is a cost effective solution to web-enable your existing serial devices. With its embedded web server and applications, it provides, via a standard Web Browser, configuration, control, visualization, device management, emails and data logging for all of the devices connected to the EtherPAD. No programming required!\r\n