SCALANCE W788 RJ45 access points can also be operated as client modules. As an alternative, the SCALANCE W748 RJ45 client modules can be used for this mode.

In conjunction with the SCALANCE W748 RJ45 client modules with degree of protection IP30, an infrastructure can be set up in which extreme temperature differences and protection against dust and water tend to be less important.

Linking in an automated guided vehicle system using iPCF with the SCALANCE W788-1 RJ45 and KEY-PLUG. The mobile automated guided vehicles are linked into the IWLAN RF field via the SCALANCE W748-1 RJ45 Ethernet client modules with KEY-PLUG. Both the access points and the client modules are in the control cabinet.