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Sytech

Sytech: Profibus and Modbus-TCP connectivity with Anybus X-gateway

Using the existing Ethernet communications port available on the GE Fanuc family of PLCs and the HMS Anybus X-gateway, Sytech Systems was able to create a transparent bridge between the PLC and any commonly used industrial network via Modbus TCP. Thanks to this open and cost-effective solution, there was no need to add cards or racks to the system. 
In applications requiring a simple information transfer between two different industrial networks, the Anybus X-gateway solution is an option worthy of consideration.
Jeffrey Moore
Sytech
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“We work with every major brand of PLC, but creating a bridge between two networks in order to send and receive data is usually problematic and time-consuming to accomplish”, explains Jeffrey Moore, Senior System Engineer, at Sytech.

“One of our customers needed to interface between a GE Fanuc PACSystems RX7i PLC and a Siemens Simocode Motor Management system operating on a PROFIBUS network”.

“If there is an open slot in the GEFanuc PLC rack and there is a GEFanuc card or third-party VME card available to make the connection, then creating a bridge between the PLC and the “foreign” network is not too difficult. However, if there is no slot available, then the expense of expanding the current rack or adding another rack can be a costly proposition. Furthermore, some third-party VME cards have a set of issues all of their own, making their inclusion into the application time consuming”.

 

The problem

In the case of Sytech Systems’ client, the problem was that there could be no rack expansion or PROFIBUS communication cards added to the system. “So, we chose to use the Anybus X-gateway. It enables us to provide a bridge between the Fanuc PLC Family’s intrinsic or existing Ethernet network and almost any other industrial network. As in our client’s application, PAC System RX7i Ethernet-to-PROFIBUS network slave devices, Sytech Systems can create a communications path to meet the required specifications."

 

The solution

Thanks to Anybus X-gateway, there was no need to add Fanuc or third-party VME communications cards to expand the current PLC rack size or to add an expansion rack.

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