What is Anybus?

The Anybus® range of products from HMS Industrial Networks is today the world's most used 3rd party products for industrial network connectivity. The Anybus range comprises of three different product groups.

Anybus Embedded products
These small interfaces and plug-in modules are designed for OEM integration into industrial applications such as PLC's, Drives, Robots, HMI's, Weighscales, Valves, Controllers, etc. They currently support 18 industrial networks. These embedded Anybus products are "Interchangeable" solutions that mean, once you integrate Anybus into your product, you can simply exchange the Anybus module for another Anybus module supporting different network. This proven embedded technology is used by many of today's leading OEM manufacturers to network enable their products. Read more

Anybus Networking products
This product family consists of Fieldbus, Ethernet and Serial Gateways designed for system integration, factory retro-fits, remote diagnostics. These are stand-alone external products based on the proven Anybus embedded technology. They are designed for industrial environments with a focus on making it easy for a system integrator to connect any device to an Industrial Network or connect older networks to new ones within an exsisting factory.
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Anybus PC Interfaces & Software
These products are designed for PC control of HMI's Robot controllers etc. Proven Anybus embedded technology is used utilizing economies of scale to provide high performance at an attractive cost level.

70% development cost savings with Anybus
Anybus products provide a complete, versatile and reliable way to connect your product to any Fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet technologies such as, Profibus, Profinet, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, Modbus Plus, Modbus-RTU, Modbus-TCP, CC-Link, ControlNet, CANopen, Interbus, FIPIO, Powerlink, EtherCat, Fieldbus Foundation, Lonworks, AS-Interface, FL-net, USB and Bluetooth. With Anybus you can save up to 70% development cost and achieve a much faster time-to market.