MODBUS INTERFACE MODULE FROM SOLARTRON METROLOGY PROVIDES
PLC INTERFACE FOR THE ORBIT® 3 NETWORK
Additional Interface Module Enables End Users To Connect MODBUS PLC’s to Sensor Network
Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK-- AMETEK Solartron Metrology, a recognised leader in linear measurement and
dimensional gauging, has introduced a MODBUS Interface Module (MODIM). The versatile module provides an
easy-to-use gateway between MODBUS PLCs and Solartron Metrology's Orbit® 3 Digital Measurement System.
The Orbit® 3 system is a flexible and highly accurate measuring system that can interface with any sensor with an analogue output
as well as Solartron Metrology linear measurement sensors. The system can be used for temperature, pressure, force, rotary measurement
and linear displacement, providing all of these process variables to a PLC through one simple MODBUS communications interface.
The MODIM allows users to access complex sensor networks with varying interfaces through a set of MODBUS parameters
using a single device. End users can connect to all Solartron gauging, displacement and non-contact sensors as well as third-party sensors,
enabling users to build a complete sensor network for any application.
Solartron Metrology is a world leader in design and manufacture of precision digital and analogue dimensional
LVDT gauging probes, displacement sensors, optical linear encoders and associated instrumentation.The business is a
unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualised sales of US$4.2 billion.