Product Description

ModbusTCP Slave/Server – LonWorks Industrial Network Gateway

The ModbusTCP Slave/Server – LonWorks Industrial Network Gateway copies I/O-data in both directions thus enabling data exchange between the two networks. Default I/O configuration is 20 bytes Input and 20 bytes Output. Changing default settings is very easy using the windows based configuration software Anybus Configuration Manager X-gateway from HMS (free of charge).

The Anybus OPC Server is supported and included with this X-gateway. It enables fast and dynamic transfer of fieldbus data to and from e.g. SCADA/HMI/Enterprice level systems based on Microsoft Windows.

The Modbus-TCP interface consists of an embedded ModbusTCP 10/100 Mbit/s 2-port Ethernet interface with IT functionality such as WEB-server, SSI-scripts, Flash file system, FTP-server, Email client, Telnet etc. It is possible to build web pages displaying and controlling a factory floor process with data from the other connected network. The EtherNet/ModbusTCP interface module is certified by the Univeristy of Michigan and has proven conformance and interoperability with leading PLC´s, HMI´s etc. The 2-port Ethernet interface will allow daisy chaining thus removes the need for any external switch.

The LonWorks interface is a high performance interface to LonWorks networks. The interface supports LonMark objects handling. The required network variables on the LonWorks side can be configured and stored in FLASH. It is based on MIP that allows high throughput and a configurable set of up to 256 input and 256 output network variables. The interface can, via the “LWtool” PC-based configuration utility program, link, and convert data between the other network side and devices located on a LonWorks Network. The LonWorks side of the product can be configured for any type of network variable e.g. SNVT’s or UNVT?s.