Why Choose the Pyxos Platform?

The Pyxos FT Control Networking Platform offer a number of benefits that translate into efficient operations and reduced product, installation, warranty, and lifecycle costs for manufacturers and end users.

Lower Lifetime Product Costs

• Self-organizing network. Pyxos FT networks configure themselves into a fully functional state without the help of technically skilled labor or installation tools. This lowers installation and maintenance costs.
• Free Topology wiring. Manufacturers or installers can wire Pyxos networks in a bus, star, loop, daisy chain, or any other configuration, reducing material and labor costs. And since Free Topology requires only a single twisted-pair cable, machine size can be reduced. Additionally, fewer wires means fewer chances for wiring failures, which leads to fewer lifetime failure instances and lower warranty costs
• Link power. Manufacturers can send both power and communications across a single wire, reducing system complexity and wiring costs. Read more about the new Pyxos High-Power Link Power technology.
• Polarity-insensitive connections. Assemblers no longer need to match positive and negative leads, reducing assembly errors and field failures.
• Reliable communication. With reliability built into both physical layer communication and protocol, Pyxos FT networks ensure minimum down time and lower service and warranty costs.

Higher Customer Satisfaction

• Fewer wiring failures. Wiring failures can account for as much as 40% of all warranty costs. The Pyxos platform helps improve margins on warranty service and customer relations by reducing the potential for error during assembly or installation, thus reducing customer complaints.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance. Machines can be diagnosed locally or over the Internet, with sensors transmitting data about product refills or preemptive maintenance directly to manufacturers—before the need becomes urgent.
• LonWorks reliability. The Pyxos platform leverages the reliability of the LonWorks control networking platform, which is used in tens of thousands of applications -- everything from steering and flap control in boats and airplanes, to train controls, to elevator, fire and security systems.

Added Value of the LonWorks Platform

• Complete control ecosystem. The Pyxos platform is part of a complete control ecosystem that can extend from the smallest digital sensor to enterprise expert systems. Companies that have already invested in the LonWorks platform can use the same tools, skills, and expertise to install and operate Pyxos networks -- either embedded in standalone machines or as integral parts of LonWorks control networks. The Pyxos Pilot is designed to leverage Echelon's smart transceivers, which make them appear like any other LonWorks device.
• Maximizing resources. LonWorks system providers can add Pyxos sensor networks or embedded machines to their LonWorks installations to increase the power of their existing networks and improve the performance of automation applications, such as energy management, without further training or equipment investments.