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Loadcells, Force Sensors and Torque Sensors
News Release from: Vishay Nobel | Subject: GATE3 gateway
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2000
Neat link for weight transmitters to
Fieldbus
GATE3, available from Nobel Systems, is a communications translator that connects a local network of weight and force measuring indicators and transmitters to an external fieldbus network
GATE3, available from Nobel Systems, is a communications translator that connects a local network of Weight and Force measuring Indicators and Transmitters (Nobel's measurement and control network) to an external fieldbus network of virtually any other structure The Modbus RTU protocol is used by these Nobel products as the communications protocol
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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This permits a number of these measurement instruments such as the AST3 and TAD3, to be connected together in a local network, making them Modbus slaves, with an output to a different Fieldbus protocol via the GATE3 gateway.
There always has to be just one Modbus master in the network and this master can be a process controller such as a PC or PLC, a service tool, such as deltaCOM in a PC, or a communications tool such as GATE3.
The master takes all the initiative in the communication and slaves are only allowed to send a reply when they have received a request from the master.
GATE3 supports the '3' Family of instruments such as AST3, TAD3 and WEI3, for weighing and force measurement, as well as the previous generation E-2-WEI, again for weighing and force measurement,.
The front panel of GATE3 comprises an LCD display of two rows each of 16 characters and this display presents weight and weight status for weight transmitters and controllers, and setpoints.
It is also from this front panel that the operator can set up and configure the GATE3. Request a free brochure from Vishay Nobel ...
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