PROFIBUS

Basic Gateway Operations

PLC’s supported

Communication Ports

System requirements for Gateway Setup Software are:

Windows Version : Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP

Processor : PENTIUM or higher

Hard disk Space : 5 MB or more

Mouse : Required

RAM : 16 MB or more

Display resolution : 800 X 600 (VGA) or better

Display colors : 16 bit color

Other Items required for GWY-500 configuration:

1. Gateway unit

2. Gateway Configuration Cable

3. Gateway Setup Software

4. Devices with communication cables

GWY-500 is a Protocol Converter / Data sharer for devices like

PLC’s, Inverters, Controllers etc. GWY-500 has a serial port,

that connects to a serial device and a Profibus-DP port, that

connects to Profibus network. Gateway allows serial devices to

act as a slave on a Profibus network. It also allows Profibus

Master PLC’s to act as a serial device (e.g. Modbus Master or

Modbus Salve).

Our Windows® based Gateway setup software makes it easy to

configure the protocol converter. After choosing which protocol

to be used for each port, you can program the Gateway to

transfer the data blocks. Using a simple spreadsheet format,

you can simply program the Gateway to fetch a specified

number of registers or bits from one device and transfer them to

the other. Powerful software allows you to have all the

information transfers done continuously or allows the PLC to

control which blocks of data are to be transferred.