Edwards System Technology to BACnet / Modbus Gateway (FPC N54B-138) is highly powerful, superior, completely configurable and productive Building & Industrial Automation gateway for integrators to effortlessly interface devices to networks in commercial buildings and industrial plants.
FPC N54B-138 Gateway model supports Edwards System Technology, BACnet and Modbus protocols. It is a Bi-directional Converter that can be configured as a Client on Edwards System Technology side and a Server/Client on BACnet / Modbus protocol interface.
When configured as a Edwards System Technology client, the gateway can read data from your Edwards System Technology fire panel and publish it as BACnet / Modbus data. Also, it can write commands sent from the BACnet / Modbus side to the Edwards System Technology fire panel.
When configured as a BACnet / Modbus client, the gateway can read data from your BACnet / Modbus devices and publish it as Edwards System Technology type data. Also, it can write commands sent from the Edwards System Technology side to the BACnet / Modbus devices.
The gateway can be configured to behave as a server on BACnet / Modbus interfaces. This mode is useful when data exchange is required between a Edwards System Technology client (for eg. SCADA) and a BACnet / Modbus client
(for eg. a Building Management System).
The gateway can be configured to behave as a client on both Edwards System Technology and BACnet / Modbus interfaces.
These gateways have benefitted system integrators worldwide with its powerful line of gateways. Additionally, this gateway runs the same protocol conversion software on a productive and cost efficient platform backed by the experience, engineering expertise and technically proven support that integrators have come to expect from Edwards System Technology to BACnet / Modbus Converter.
Specifications:
- Power Requirements for this gateway is 9-30 VDC or 12-24 VAC. Current Draw @ 12V about 250Ma.
- This gateway allows to read and write the data upto 1000 data points.
- Physical Dimension of this gateway is 4.5×2.9×1.6 Inches (HxWxD) and it weighs upto 0.2Kg.
- This gateway supports 2 x RS-485 Ports and 1 x Ethernet Port.
Please download the datasheets from the below mentioned links.
Edward to Modbus RTU Datasheet
Edward to Modbus TCP Datasheet
Edward to BACnet MSTP Datasheet
Scenarios
Scenario 1
- On a site you have several Schneider Ion energy meters that can provide data output on Edwards System Technology.
- The site has a building management system on BACnet /Modbus that needs the energy data from the Schneider ion meters.
- Since the Schneider ion meters provide data output on Edwards System Technology and the building management system understands BACnet / Modbus, a direct data exchange is not possible.
Solution:
The devices cannot directly communicate with each other as they are not on the same protocol. You need something that will convert data from BACnet / Modbus to Edwards System Technology and vice versa.
ProtoConvert’s Edwards System Technology to BACnet / Modbus Converter will be an excellent solution for this requirement. The gateway reads data from the Energy meters on Edwards System Technology. It caches this data internally and then provides it on BACnet / Modbus when requested from the Building Management System.
Scenario 2
- Edwards System Technology needs to read data from BACnet / Modbus based Thermostats.
- On the other site we have Thermostats that can provide data output on BACnet / Modbus.
- The site has a PLC on Edwards System Technology that needs the temperature data from thermostat on BACnet / Modbus.
- Since the thermostats provide data output on BACnet / Modbus and the PLC understands only Edwards System Technology and direct exchange is not possible.
Solution:
The devices cannot directly communicate with each other as they are not on the same protocol. You need something that will convert data from BACnet / Modbus to Edwards System Technology and vice versa.
ProtoConvert’s Edwards System Technology to BACnet / Modbus Converter will be an excellent solution for this requirement. The gateway reads data from the Thermostats on BACnet / Modbus. It caches this data internally and then provides it on Edwards System Technology when requested from the PLC.