Integrate your serial RS-232/422/485 based industrial devices and equipment to a Modbus RTU control system without the need for any changes to the device. Just connect, configure and you're done!

The Anybus Communicator is a proven and trusted protocol converter gateway that connects non-networked industrial devices and equipment to Modbus RTU. The gateway performs an intelligent protocol conversion and presents the serial data to the Master PLC/Controller as easily processed I/O data.

CONVERT ALMOST ANY TYPE OF SERIAL PROTOCOL

TYPICAL SERIAL APPLICATIONS

Serial Protocol Configuration Features

No high level programming skills are needed to set up the Anybus® Communicator as configuration is accomplished using the included, easy to use Windows™ based ACM (Anybus Configuration Manager).

• Selectable RS-232/422/485 interface
• Pre-defined 6-step Modbus-RTU configuration wizard
• Selectable pre-loaded DF1 commands. No scripting or serial frame building required!
• Ability to configure ASCII or vendor specific protocols (Request/Response or Produce/Consume via a visual frame building interface
• Multi-language support for English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese
• Handy Save/Load function allows for a completed configuration to be re-used for many other installations
• Password protection prevents unauthorized upload and download of configurations
• Serial Line Listener and In-built Checksum calculations for diagnostic and troubleshooting

Modbus RTU Slave Interface Features

• Complete Modbus RTU Slave functionality
• Max 512 bytes of Input and 512 bytes of Output data
• Coil and Register access
• Configurationvia on-board DIP switches
• Modbus RTU baudrate 12-57, 6 kbit/s
• 1x D-sub 9 female network connector

Features and benefits

• Saves machine builders and device manufacturers of integrating an EtherNet/IP interface
• Can be used as a data concentrator on a Modbus network being Modbus RTU master on the serial sub-network and a Modbus RTU slave towards the PLC side.
• Requires no hardware or software changes to be made to the connected device
• Compatible with all PLCs with Modbus RTU support
• Performs complete serial protocol conversion, no PLC function blocks required
• Intelligent I/O data mapping within the Communicator permits even devices with slow serial communication can be integrated without any restrictions to the upper network
• Possibility to connect up to 31 nodes via one Communicator giving inexpensive EtherNet/IP network connectivity for your devices
• Always free technical support from HMS and our global Anybus Distributors