‘Modbus’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release DTS system monitors power cable temperature from Lios Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Lios has supplied its DTS system to a renewable energy company for monitoring the temperature of two medium-voltage power cables coming from a wind turbine towards the substation. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release GE controller firmware has online programming from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms UK: "GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has released its Versamax Micro Plus controller firmware revision 4.0. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Amplicon - take a look at Ethernet I/O range cuts costs in remote monitoring which says: "Amplicon's new Ethernet input/output (I/O) range is claimed to deliver cost savings to customers that want to monitor and control devices over an IP network.".

Take a look also at the news release from Pepperl+Fuchs GB, Pepperl+Fuchs announces remote I/O systems, as well as Smart-Trak 2 wins Flow Control Magazine award from Sierra Instruments, and Ingersoll Rand introduces desiccant dryers from Ingersoll-Rand European Sales.

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Boa camera suits harsh factory-floor environments (November 2009)

Adept Electronic Solutions is offering the Boa smart camera, an all-in-one vision system from Dalsa designed for harsh factory-floor environments.

AC drives permit wider use of magnet motors (October 2009)

Parker Hannifin has launched a range of AC drives that allows energy-efficient permanent magnet motors to be used in a wide range of pump, fan and compressor applications.

Trio adds interface to motion coordinator range (October 2009)

Trio Motion Technology has added a Sercos II digital drive interface to its MC464 Motion Coordinator range.

Drive module incorporates safe-torque-off feature (October 2009)

ABB's ACS850 drive module features onboard safe torque off, a removable memory block, a user interface with assistant wizards, a built-in energy-saving calculator and modular hardware and software.

Hima installs Himax safety system at Ineos Koln (October 2009)

Ineos Koln (Germany, Cologne) is using the Himax safety system for remote monitoring of safety technology at its factory.

Inmoco introduces three-in-one servo actuators (October 2009)

Inmoco's Exlar Tritex II servo rotary actuators combine a brushless servomotor, actuator and digital position controller into one compact package for use on direct mains operation up to 240V AC.

Vishay introduces crane-weighing solution (October 2009)

Vishay Intertechnology has announced the Vishay Nobel crane-weighing solution from Vishay Systems.

Prosoft gateways provide wide-area connectivity (October 2009)

ProSoft Technology has released the RadioLinx Intelligent Cellular solutions, designed to provide wide area and global wireless connectivity for industrial devices.

Variable speed drives offer Modbus connectivity

The M-Max range of variable speed drives from Moeller allows users to select either V/f or sensorless flux detector control characteristics.
Modbus modules are backward-compatible

Prosoft Technology has announced the release of the MV156E Enhanced Modbus and Modbus Remote Communications modules for Rockwell Automation Controllogix PACs.