Control Solutions is your source for LonWorks I/O.

• Connect Modbus devices to a LonWorks network
• Connect LonWorks devices to a Modbus network
• Any LonWorks SNVT, any Modbus Register Format

LonWorks® to Modbus/TCP Universal Gateway

Translates any Modbus register to any supported LonWorks SNVT variable and vice versa!
(with SNMPv2 agent included)

Control Solutions’ Babel Buster 10/100 is a fully configurable universal LonWorks to Modbus/TCP gateway. The Modbus master is used to make Modbus/TCP devices accessible on a LonWorks network. The Modbus slave is used to make LonWorks devices accessible on a Modbus/TCP network. The Babel Buster 10/100 gateway is even available in a wireless version using IEEE 802.11b.

As a Modbus master (client), Babel Buster 10/100 can poll multiple Modbus slave IP addresses, and can be bound to any number of LonWorks devices. As a Modbus slave (server), Babel Buster 10/100 responds to a single IP address, and may be bound to any number of LonWorks devices. Babel Buster 10/100 operates as both client and server concurrently, with master and slave functionality enabled on an object by object basis.

LonWorks network variable data is translated to Modbus register data, and vice versa. Modbus polling rates and LonWorks network update rates are fully configurable. Register mapping and network variable types (SNVT) are fully configurable.

The LonMark Certified Babel Buster 10/100 conforms fully to LonMark version 3.3. The only tool required to configure Babel Buster is LonMaker version 3.

• Universal, fully configurable
• You pick the Modbus register
• You pick the SNVT type
• No extra software or drivers to buy

• LonWorks TP/FT-10 (FTT-10A) to Modbus/TCP Gateway
• Auto-sensing 10BaseT/100BaseT Ethernet
• Static IP assigned from LonMaker, or BOOTP/DHCP
• Translate 58 LonWorks network variables to Modbus registers
• LonMark Ver. 3.3 Sensor & Actuator Functional Profiles
• Supports Modbus “coils”, input registers, and holding registers
• Single or double Modbus registers, signed, unsigned, IEEE 754
• All scalar LonMark SNVT types supported including floating point
• SNVT_switch & SNVT_state also supported
• SNVT types dynamically assignable via LonMaker
• Modbus register mapping dynamically mappable via LonMaker
• Modbus registers may be scaled (x10, x100, x0.1, x0.01, etc.)
• Min/max send time, send on delta configurable per point
• Modbus (master) polling interval configurable per point
• Object override supported on point by point basis
• Bidirectional communication between LonWorks and Modbus
• LonMark certified, version 3.3
• 3150L Neuron® Chip, 48K Flash memory, 10K RAM
• TP/FT-10 (FTT-10A) transceiver
• 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
• 10BaseT/100BaseT standard RJ-45 connector
• LED indicators for LonWorks, Modbus & Ethernet link status
• Pluggable screw terminal block for power & LonWorks network
• Operating temperature -40°C to +85°C (10/100BaseT)
• Operating temperature -20°C to +85°C (802.11b)
• Humidity 5% to 90%
• FCC Class A
• CE Mark

BB100T Babel Buster 10/100 Modbus TCP to LonWorks Gateway $449.00
How do you map Modbus registers to LonWorks network variables? Click here to see how the configuration tool works for a better idea of how this is done.

Click here for LonMark Functional Profile details.

Typical Configurations

SNMP to LonWorks Gateway

Babel Buster 10/100 includes an SNMPv2 agent. The agent maps Babel Buster's data objects into its SNMP MIB. Monitor LonWorks SNVTs or Modbus registers via SNMP. Use any standard MIB browser to access Babel Buster's SNMP data.

Use LonWorks devices along with Babel Buster 10/100 to create Modbus I/O or SNMP I/O.

Can’t get wire from here to there? Go wireless. Link to a wired network through any standard 802.11b broadband router. Couple a wireless master to wireless slave, and you have a wireless LonWorks link. Unscrew the standard antenna, attach coax, and add a couple of dish antennas for a wireless link with some real distance.

The wireless Modbus gateway is identical to the wired Babel Buster 10/100 except for the physical layer.