FOXBORO FBM233

Description

FOXBORO FBM233
The Field Device System Integrator (FDSI) Modbus Master driver is designed to smoothly integrate single or
dual-ported Modbus devices using several different Modbus protocols into an I/A Series® system.
FEATURES
Key features of the FDSI Modbus Master driver are:
 Integration of single and/or dual-ported Modbus
devices into an I/A Series system at the fieldbus
level
 Exchange of real-time data between Modbus
devices and the I/A Series system
 Compliance with the globally accepted and
widely used Modbus communication standard
 Simplex (FBM230 or 232) or Redundant
(FBM231 or 233) operation of FDSI Fieldbus
Modules
 Support for three Modbus protocols: Modbus
RTU and Modbus ASCII protocols for serial
devices, and Modbus/TCP for Ethernet devices
 Optionally available vendor-specific device
variations of Modbus drivers
 FDSI hardware provides a barrier for network
security issues
 Availability of standard I/A Series plant
management functions and operator displays to
Modbus devices
 System Monitor detection of Modbus device
connectivity.
OVERVIEW
The Field Device System Integrator (FDSI) Modbus
Master driver enables the integration of vendorindependent single or dual-ported Modbus devices
using one of several Modbus protocols into an
I/A Series system.
The Modbus Master driver allows the I/A Series
system to obtain real-time data from attached
Modbus devices, manipulate the data using state-ofthe-art control algorithms, and write output data to
the devices.
The Modbus Master driver is downloaded to the
appropriate single or redundant FBM, and allows the
FBM to translate the data sent to the I/A Series
system from the field device or vice-versa.
Figure 1 illustrates a typical configuration in which a
simplex FBM230 is communicating with serial
Modbus devices. Figure 2 illustrates a typical
configuration in which an FBM is communicating with
Ethernet Modbus devices.