How to connect industrial Raspberry PLC to Wi-Fi

Industrial Communications
March 15, 2021 by
How to connect industrial Raspberry PLC to Wi-Fi
Boot & Work Corp. S.L, Dani Salvans Quesada

Introduction

Raspberry Pi PLC  devices has Wi-Fi wireless connectivity by default. 

It uses the two most common frequencies: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. It also uses the IEEE 802.11.b/g/n/ac bands. And, to connect them to the Wi-Fi network, you have to follow some specific steps. 

Requirements

The key points to consider are as follows: 

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Explanation

To connect this PLC with your Wi-Fi network, you must modify the wpa_supplicant file inside the Raspberry:

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

And you must configure the file with the configuration parameters of the Wi-Fi network (it may change depending on the specific configuration of each case):

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=GB

network={
ssid="NETWORK SSID"
psk="NETWORK PASSWORD"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

And that is all, after that you must restart the networking services to apply the changes:

sudo service networking restart

Or you can reboot the system to apply the changes:

sudo reboot

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How to connect industrial Raspberry PLC to Wi-Fi
Boot & Work Corp. S.L, Dani Salvans Quesada March 15, 2021

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