New DeviceMaster EIP-MOD Gateways Offers Paradigm Shift in EtherNet/IP to Modbus Communications

Press Release Summary:

• Enable EtherNet/IP controllers to connect to modbus master controllers
• Provide flexible EtherNet/IP interfaces, modbus gateway functionality available and a built-in data mapping feature
• Includes serial modbus RTU/ASCII interfaces, modbus TCP interfaces and modbus RTU/ASCII over ethernet TCP/IP

Original Press Release:

Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol Launches a New Line of DeviceMaster® Industrial Gateways That Support EtherNet/IP to Modbus Communication

Minneapolis, Minnesota – June 13, 2019 – Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol, a leading manufacturer of industrial device connectivity products and Pepperl+Fuchs’ official North American IO-Link competence center, is announcing a new product family within its DeviceMaster® industrial gateway lineup. DeviceMaster EIP-MOD gateways allow communication between EtherNet/IP controllers and Modbus master controllers.

The new gateways enable EtherNet/IP controllers—such as CIP complaint controllers that support Class 1 and Class 3 connections, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and OPC servers—to connect to Modbus master controllers. This includes serial Modbus RTU/ASCII interfaces, Modbus TCP interfaces, and Modbus RTU/ASCII over Ethernet TCP/IP.

DeviceMaster EIP-MOD gateways offer a paradigm shift in EtherNet/IP to Modbus communications. They provide highly flexible EtherNet/IP interfaces, the most advanced Modbus gateway functionality available, and a built-in data mapping feature that provides a Modbus Concentrator and direct EtherNet/IP controller to Modbus device communication. Web-based setup is performed with intuitive, embedded configuration pages that include data mapping verification and display of the shared memory map. The extensive diagnostics web pages are designed to aid maintenance and troubleshooting tasks.

“While other EtherNet/IP to Modbus products provide only limited EtherNet/IP controller to Modbus/RTU serial device connectivity, the DeviceMaster EIP-MOD gateway is designed to completely integrate EtherNet/IP controllers and Modbus networks. Now a vast variety of EtherNet/IP controllers, Modbus masters, and Modbus slave devices, both locally and remotely attached, can all communicate to each other,” says Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol’s, Principal Software Engineer.

Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol is excited to add the Ethernet IP to Modbus translation functionality to its series of industrial Ethernet gateways and protocol translators. With the DeviceMaster EIP-MOD gateways, customers now have more visibility and control for implementing IIoT and Industry 4.0 initiatives, while those needing to merge legacy Modbus networks into Ethernet/IP or add Modbus devices into an existing Ethernet/IP controlled machine or factory have an intuitive and flexible solution.

About Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol, Inc.

For more than 35 years, Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol has manufactured quality networking and industrial data communication products, specializing in industrial Ethernet and device connectivity. With representation across North America, EMEA, Asia, and Latin America, Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol sells RocketLinx® industrial grade Ethernet and Power over Ethernet switches, IO-Link Master industrial gateways, DeviceMaster® Ethernet device servers and gateways and RocketPort® multiport serial cards. Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol offers solutions for a wide range of security, energy, industrial automation, and traffic and transportation applications. For more information, contact Pepperl+Fuchs Comtrol at +1 763-957-6000 or visit www.comtrol.com.