UPDATE: We now have a newer gateway that is higher performance and lower cost than the Pro V210, and has all of the same capabilities as the Pro V210 plus some new features. Depending on which feature set is most applicable for you, you will want BB3-6101-V2C, BB3-6101-V3 or BB3-6101-V3SP.
Control Solutions’ Babel Buster® Pro-V210 is a an enhanced gateway
with advanced features to support connecting Modbus RTU and TCP to SNMP
v1 and v2c. The Pro-V210 also includes support for connecting devices
having a proprietary serial protocol to SNMP or Modbus TCP.
The Pro-V210 includes an automatic table walker with multiple
algorithms making it suitable for walking the sparse alarm table found
in UPS systems implementing RFC 1628. The table walker can easily
translate the alarm table into a series of Modbus coils for easy access
by a PLC.
The Pro-V210 includes a trap receiver supporting both v1 and
v2c traps. The template driven trap receiver provides multiple
algorithms for recognizing traps, and can easily place trap information
into holding registers for Modbus access. If more complex treatment of
trap information is needed, such as character string interpretation,
Script Basic can be used to process traps and place resulting data into
Modbus registers.
The Pro-V210 allows the user to create the Modbus register
set. The “registers” can be 16, 32, or 64 bit (with any registers
greater than 16 bits being automatically treated as a series of Modbus
registers). Holding registers can be integer, unsigned integer, or IEEE
754 floating point, single or double precision. The Pro-V210 also
supports character strings as a series of registers having two ASCII
characters per register. These character registers can be read and
written from Script Basic as a single string variable. Although all
local registers are allocated as holding registers, they can also be
accessed as input registers, discrete inputs, or coils.
The Pro-V210 allows the serial port to be used for a
proprietary serial protocol instead of Modbus RTU. When used for
interpreting a proprietary protocol, a Script Basic program would be
written to send and receive via the serial port as applicable, and
interact with the local Modbus registers (and MIB variables) under user
program control.
The Pro-V210 is itself an SNMP device. Local Modbus registers
can be assigned to any of five branches of the local MIB for remote
access by other SNMP clients. The local data may be accessed as scaled
integer, 64-bit counters, 32-bit or 64-bit floating point (RFC 6340), or
character strings (Octet strings) with automatic reformatting. An SNMP
Get to the Pro-V210 will read local registers and an SNMP Set will write
the local registers. If local registers are mapped via Modbus to write
to other Modbus devices, then SNMP Set will result in writing to a
Modbus device.
The Pro-V210 can send v1 or v2c traps based on threshold rules
created via templates in the Pro-V210’s web UI. When data in the local
registers meets the rule criteria, the trap will be sent. Traps can be
triggered by reading other Modbus devices or by any other source of
local data including Script Basic.
The Pro-V210 includes an SNMP client that can read and write
MIB variables in other SNMP devices. When reading, the remote device’s
data will be stored in a local register. When writing, data will be
taken from a local register and sent to the remote SNMP device via SNMP
Set.
The Pro-V210 can be Modbus RTU master or slave (user
selectable), and Modbus TCP client and server (concurrently). Maps
created via templates in the Pro-V210’s web UI will read and write other
Modbus devices, copying their data to local registers when read, or
sending data from local registers to those devices when written.
The Pro-V210 includes template based rules for simple
calculations and data tests. These can be used for simple data
manipulation. If more complex formula based data treatment is needed,
Script Basic has access to all local registers. Reformatting from one
register type to another is automatic. Therefore, a simple copy rule
will transform a number into an ASCII string for use in sending traps.
• Modbus RTU RS-485 Master or Slave
• Modbus TCP Client and Server
• Modbus TCP over Ethernet 10/100BaseT
• SNMP v1, v2c Get/Set access to all data points
• SNMP v1, v2c table walker
• SNMP v1, v2c trap receiver
• SNMP v1, v2c trap generation, user programmable criteria
• Up to 2000 local registers
• Up to 500 MIB variables
• 16, 32, 64-bit integer, 32 or 64-bit IEEE 754 floating point, Mod10
• ASCII character string support (UTF-8)
• Supports Modbus “coils”, input registers, holding registers
• Modbus register mapping configured via web interface
• Modbus (master) polling interval configurable per point
• Configure via web pages
• Flash file system, 10X capacity, for XML configuration files
• Online help, Quick Help section at bottom of every web page
• Password protection for web log-on and ftp
• Field upgradeable firmware upload via ftp
• DHCP or static IP address
• Hardened EIA-485 transceiver for Modbus RTU
• Optional RS-232 transceiver (in place of RS-485)
• Powered by 10-30VDC or 12-24VAC 50/60 Hz
• Power Consumption: 0.1A @ 24VDC
• DIN rail mounting, 100mm H x 70mm W x 60mm D
• Pluggable screw terminal block for power & RTU network
• Operating temperature -40°C to +85°C; Humidity 5% to 90%
• FCC Class A, CE Mark
• Listed* to UL 916 and (Canadian) C22.2 No. 205-M1983
* BBPro-V210 is UL Listed with RS-485, listing of new RS-232 option is pending