Temperature Controllers and Anybus technology

Temperature Controllers used to be offline devices at the front panel of a machine. Nowadays an industrial Temperature Controller is a networked device with local intelligence and control functions, used as a key component in a process application.

Even if the primary function is just the temperature regulation loop, a modern Temperature Controller has a lot of built-in intelligence and needs an industrial network to communicate with the supervisory system, normally a PLC.

The type of networks that is required for the Temperature Controller, is normally dictated by the brand of PLC its connected to. The large PLC vendors, Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric and Mitsubishi all have their own preferred networks, which creates a demand for manufacturers of temperature controllers to support a large number of networks with their product, all depended what market they serve.

Two categories of Embedded Anybus products are suitable for Temperature Controllers:

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 manufactures of Temperature Controllers maximum flexibility and after one “design in” their product can support all major networks.

Anybus-CompactCom support all the networks for Fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet, but also USB, serial, and wireless. Read more

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