Hāʻawi nā kikowaena hāmeʻa NPort IA maʻalahi a hilinaʻi hoʻi i ka pilina serial-to-Ethernet no nā noi ʻenehana ʻoihana. Hiki i nā mea kikowaena ke hoʻohui i nā mea hana serial i kahi pūnaewele Ethernet, a no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana me nā polokalamu pūnaewele, kākoʻo lākou i nā ʻano hana hana awa like ʻole, me ka TCP Server, TCP Client, a me UDP. ʻO ka hilinaʻi paʻa paʻa o nā mea kikowaena NPortIA e lilo lākou i koho kūpono no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka pūnaewele i nā polokalamu serial RS-232/422/485 e like me nā PLC, nā mea ʻike, nā mika, nā motika, nā drive, nā mea heluhelu barcode, a me nā hōʻike mea hoʻohana. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona a pau i loko o kahi hale paʻa a paʻa i hiki ke kau ʻia ʻo DIN-rail.
Loaʻa iā NPort IA5150 a me IA5250 nā kikowaena pūnaewele ʻelua ʻelua mau awa Ethernet i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me nā awa hoʻololi Ethernet. Hoʻopili pololei kekahi awa i ka pūnaewele a i ʻole ke kikowaena, a hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kekahi awa i kekahi mea kikowaena NPort IA ʻē aʻe a i ʻole kekahi mea Ethernet. ʻO nā awa Ethernet ʻelua e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai uea ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pono e hoʻopili i kēlā me kēia mea hana i kahi hoʻololi Ethernet ʻokoʻa.