Masevha emidziyo yeNPort IA anopa nyore uye kuvimbika kubatana kweserial-to-Ethernet kune maapplication eindustrial automation. Masevha emidziyo anogona kubatanidza chero mudziyo weserial kune network yeEthernet, uye kuti ave nechokwadi chekuti zvinoenderana nesoftware yenetwork, anotsigira nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzekushanda kweport, kusanganisira TCP Server, TCP Client, uye UDP. Kuvimbika kwakasimba kwemaseva emidziyo yeNPortIA kunoita kuti ave sarudzo yakanaka yekuisa network yekuwana RS-232/422/485 serial devices dzakadai sePLCs, sensors, metres, motors, drives, barcode readers, uye operator displays. Mamodheru ese ari mudzimba dzakasimba, dzakasimba dzinogona kuiswa DIN-rail.
Masevha emidziyo yeNPort IA5150 neIA5250 imwe neimwe ine maport maviri eEthernet anogona kushandiswa semaport eEthernet switch. Chiteshi chimwe chinobatanidza zvakananga kune network kana sevha, uye chimwe chiteshi chinogona kubatanidzwa kune imwe sevha yemidziyo yeNPort IA kana mudziyo weEthernet. Maport maviri eEthernet anobatsira kuderedza mari yekubatanidza waya nekubvisa kudiwa kwekubatanidza mudziyo wega wega kune switch yakasiyana yeEthernet.