A Fieldserver is also known as a communications bridge, protocol converter, or communications gateway. It is basically a protocol translation device. It is user configured to enable devices which employ different communications protocols to communicate with one another. FieldServers are capable to support multiple protocols in a single bridge. Fieldserver’s are physical devices which work as a gateway enabling different devices employing different protocols to interface with each other. Besides solving communication and protocol conversion problems a Fieldserver improves response times in distributed data acquisition and control systems as well.
Main Features
- An extensive driver library is available from FieldServer Technologies which gives a broad range of interoperability solutions. Its library of protocols numbers more than 110.
- The FieldServer acts like an Ethernet gateway and enables new and legacy PLCs, RTUs and SCADA devices to link to Ethernet for plant-wide communications.
- Based on the model, the FieldServer is equipped with combinations of Serial, Ethernet and LONWORKS ports as well as various fieldbus ports.
- The internal poll-block caching capability assures that data from Server devices is straight away available to the client devices when required.
- Data can be cached from slower devices or remote units for immediate access by the client device.
- The Hot Standby option for the FieldServer is available as and when dual redundancy is required.
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