Connect an ASCII device to Modbus TCP/IP Client

Easily use ASCII based devices in your Modbus TCP/IP controller

460MSA

$896.72$1,251.75

SKU: 460MSA

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Connect ASCII Devices to Your Modbus TCP/IP PLC or HMI

The 460MSA moves data between a Modbus TCP/IP Client and an ASCII device or system. It’s a simple solution that allows you to pass serial ASCII data to a Modbus TCP/IP controller. It allows you to interpret the ASCII data strings into meaningful data types for use in your controller.

Best of all the product is Made in the USA, is always in stock and comes with a 5 year warranty.

How Does it Work?  

Up to 1024 ASCII characters can be parsed into up to 50 segments. Each segment can be assigned a data type and then mapped to a user defined register or coil locations. Up to 50 segments of data on Modbus can be concatenated together and delivered as string to your TCP/IP device.

It’s really that simple. Need to modify your data as it passes from one protocol to the other? No problem. Each data mapping you apply can be modified with up to 3 mathematic functions. Need to add or remove delimiters between segments? It does that too.

Why Use Real Time Automation as a Gateway Supplier?

While there are certainly a number of other companies offering solutions like ours, there is no one who provides the level of support and service that you receive from RTA.

When you call, a live person answers the phone. When you talk with sales, you will get honest answers and recommendations, even if that means recommending someone else’s solution. When you get support, it is from an engineer who had a hand in the product’s development, and that doesn’t require a ticket or 24 hour wait. We are unashamed of the fact that we are a smaller company because, that means, you mean more to us. Try the RTA difference today!

Modbus TCP/IP Server Features

Modbus Operation Modes: Modbus TCP/IP Server
Function Codes Supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15 & 16
Swapping: Byte and Word Swapping
Maximum Modbus TCP/IP Client Connections: 10
Contiguous Data Areas: 200 Total - 100 reads & 100 writes
Data Area Limits: 500 Contiguous Coils or 500 Contiguous Registers

ASCII Device Features

Operation Modes: Bidirectional ASCII Transmit and Receive
Maximum Number of Devices Supported: 2
Maximum Number of ASCII Characters Transferred: 1024 in each direction
Delimiter Processing: Incoming delimiters automatically removed; Outgoing delimiters automatically added
Parsing: Parse string of ASCII data in up to 50 segments by delimiter or offset
Concatenation: Concatenate up to 50 segments/strings of ASCII data with optional delimiter

What our Customers are Saying

“I challenged a customer to get it working by the time I got back from his break room with a Coke and he indeed had it working when I got back. He then said, "It’s worth twice the price!"”

Eric P. / Kendall Electric

“Everything seems to be working as we imagined. Thanks for the great response time. I did not see any way to save the configuration other than screen shots, but the configuration did not get lost in the update. Thanks again, and you were a pleasure to work with.”

Kevin L. / Extol, Inc.