Modbus System promotes access to multiple I/O points.
Press Release Summary:
FGRIO Modbus multipoint network enables direct analog and digital wireless connections to all FGRIO functions. Master radio supports up to 246 slave radios, and each slave supports 2 analog inputs, 2 digital inputs, and 2 digital outputs on one network. Along with 20-bit analog conversion, system features pulse-counting digital inputs that ensure detection of pulses smaller than 1 msec. Active Modbus data port lets users extend networks by adding external devices.
Original Press Release:
FreeWave Delivers New FGRIO Modbus System with Simplified Network Design
Multipoint network enables more access to I/O points than before
BOULDER, Colo., April 17 / -- FreeWave Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of spread spectrum radios, today announced the release of its newest communications protocol, the FGRIO Modbus system.
The FreeWave FGRIO Modbus multipoint network enables direct analog and digital wireless connections to all FGRIO functions. The radio provides great cost savings for wire replacement and reliable data communications. FGRIO Modbus master radios supports up to 246 slave radios. Each slave supports two analog inputs, two digital inputs and two digital outputs on a single network. The system's 20-bit analog conversion ensures high accuracy between each slave radio's analog inputs and its repeater capability efficiently evades link obstructions between radios.
FGRIO Modbus features pulse-counting digital inputs that assure detection of pulses smaller than one msec, allowing wireless connection of 1kHz turbine meters. Additionally, the active Modbus data port allows users to extend their networks by adding external devices.
"With the FGRIO Modbus system, we offer our Modbus to access more I/O points on a network," said Colin Lippincott, vice president sales and marketing. "By combining a simplified network design with greater error detection, FGRIO Modbus provides for even more savings on wire replacement than in any other wireless communications network."
About FreeWave Technologies
Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in innovative design and manufacturing of ISM band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical and life-and-death applications around the world. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the company offers network design, path studies and pre-installation engineering services to ensure reliable, error free data-flow under any condition and in all environments. FreeWave is the only long term radio provider with 100 percent backward compatibility with fully integrated, best-in-class engineered products. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at (303) 381-9298 or at newsinfo@freewave.com. Visit the company's website at http://www.freewave.com/.
CONTACT: Colin Lippincott, Vice President Sales & Marketing, FreeWave Technologies, +1-303-381-9287; Terri Douglas, of Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, ext. 18, +1-303-808-6820 (cell), for FreeWave Technologies
