Drives/Inverters and Embedded Anybus technology


7 of the 10 largest Drives Manufacturers worldwide are customers of HMS, using products for some, or all, of the different networks our Anybus concept supports.

Most Drive applications today need to be controlled or monitored via a PLC. The large number of internal data register inside a Drive makes it ideal to control and monitor over a Fieldbus network or over an Industrial Ethernet network.

The Drives market is very fragmented and most drives manufacturers need to adapt to the communication system that is used on PLC systems that the drive connect to. Networks such as Profibus, DeviceNet, CC-Link, EtherNet/IP, CANopen and EtherCAT are all networks that are popular to use in manufacturing automation and this creates a need for drives manufactures to support these networks to comply with their customers needs.

In other markets using Drives, like HVAC (Heading, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning), completely other networks are used, such as Lonworks and Modbus-RTU.

On top of the myriad of networks that an AC Drives need to support, there are also some networks that implement specific device profiles on top of each network, like Profidrive on Profibus. This gives even more benefits to the end user, simplifying commissioning and maintenance.

Three categories of embedded Anybus products are suitable for Drives/Inverters:

Anybus-CompactCom
HMS latest product development is a high functionally but low-cost embedded unit that integrate the complete communication technology, hardware and software, into a compact unit. The Anybus-CompactCom interchangeability gives manufacturers of drives maximum flexibility and after one “design in” their product can support all major networks.

Today Anybus-CompactCom is available with a general communication profile, “Communication Adapter” but a profile targeting specific drives requirement is currently under development, this will support “Drive Profile” for relevant networks but still be compatible with the standard product using Communication Adapter Profile. Read more

Anybus-S
Since the release 1999 this has been a great success in drives applications, over forty different drives manufacturers use Anybus-S as their communication interface to support different Fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet networks.

It is available with Communication Adapter Profile for 17 (!) different networks, and in a special product line targeting Drives, the Drive Profile is implemented for 10 different networks. Read more

Anybus-IC
This product is developed to target low end applications, needing a simple, quick and cost efficient way to implement a communication solution in the drive. Read more