Gateways for Fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet

What you get with an Anybus X-gateway

HMS does more than just provide you with the products and solutions you need right now. We also work proactively to help you with new technologies and guide you how to use our Anybus products in the best possible way.

Our customers do not only get world class products. Our goal is to become your partner that you can rely on, now and in the future. We grow long-term relationships with our customers and many view us as their communications department.

Device manufactures, system integrators and end users all over the world are successfully using Anybus connectivity solutions to connect their automation devices and systems to the variety of industrial networks and benefit from our proven solutions.

Interconnect between almost any industrial network This Anybus X-gateway family consists of over 180 certified and proven versions supporting all major fieldbus and industrial Ethernet networks. All versions function in the same way and permit an easy way to exchange data between two industrial networks. Once you have experienced one gateway combination you will easily be able to use all other versions in the same way.

Interconnect between almost any two PLC worlds Thanks to the broad range of available Anybus X-gateway combinations, the gateways can be used to interconnect between almost any two PLCs. Once you have experienced one gateway combination you will easily be able to use all other versions in the same way.

Get up and running quickly with no prgramming necessary No programming skills are needed to set up an X-gateway. The gateways are pre-configured with 20 bytes input and output data and can easily be adopted to other I/O sizes.

Get certified solutions that have proven their interoperability and industrial robustness Anybus X-gateways are certified for interoperability with the leading PLC manufacturers and conformity to the latest network standards. Get continuous updates as the technologies evolve and expand HMS continuously maintains the functionality of the X-gateways as new features and improvements are introduced by the fieldbus and industrial Ethernet user organizations. Anybus X-gateway modules always contain the latest protocol features so that your communication interface is always up-to-date without any further efforts from your side.

Get the Anybus OPC server free, included in the delivery The Anybus X-gateways comes with the Anybus OPC server within the scope of supply. includes a CD with the documentation, an installation leaflet or can be downloaded from this website free of charge.

Get a configuration cable and CD included in the delivery The Anybus X-gateways comes in an ESD-protected packaging. The scope of delivery includes a CD with the documentation, an installation leaflet and the configuration cable.

Get local qualified technical support from HMS's global organization Our qualified technical support engineers guide you how to set up your X-gateway. Our free webinar trainings help you to understand the principles of the Anybus X-gateways and provide you with a general overview of gateway technology. To participate in the next Webinar trainings. Click here

Get customized versions tailor-made for specific requirements HMS provides the option to implement specific features, such as filtering or data pre-processing via the internal Java programming interface of the X-gateways. Please contact HMS for a detailed evaluation of your needs. HMS provides a lot of services around the Anybus X-gateways. I.e. it is also possible to customize the colour of the gateway or add add your logo as a brand labelled version. Further HMS can deliver the X-gateway with a pre-loaded configuration and customer specific documentation.