ICP DAS GW-7472 EtherNet/IP to Modbus RTU Master Gateway adapter

The GW-7472 EtherNet/IP to Modbus RTU Master Gateway adapter from ICP DAS is designed for data-exchange between the Modbus RTU network and the EtherNet/IP network. It reads the register data from the Modbus RTU slaves and then publishes this data to the input register of the EtherNet/IP scanner and vice versa.

When using the GW-7472, all of the Modbus slaves can be regarded as a single EtherNet/IP adapter. The GW-7472 allows a maximum six Explicit Messaging connections and one Implicit Message connection at any one time. This means that seven EtherNet/IP scanners can connect to one GW-7472 at the same time.

The Modbus RTU master functions of the GW-7472 can scan up to 30 Modbus RTU commands. While booting up, the GW-7472 scans the predefined register addresses in all of the Modbus RTU slaves and updates the input and output register data of the Modbus devices accordingly.

The device’s small form factor makes it easy to install. Users can embed it into a machine, or it can be directly attached to a serial device. It features a 32-bit processor to efficiently handle network traffic and offers IEEE 802.3af-compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE) via standard category 5 ethernet cable.

The device can be powered via the ethernet cable when using a PoE switch. When there is no PoE switch on site, it can be powered via a DC adapter. Both power interfaces are redundant meaning that, if one fails, the other will take over to supply uninterrupted power.