What is W-Modbus?¶
W-Modbus eliminates the need to run control cable for Modbus RTU installations significantly reducing time-consuming cable installations, installation planning, troubleshooting, and daisy chaining. A W-Modbus unit can be configured either as a Gateway that is connected to the Modbus Client or a node that is connected to the Modbus Server. A W-Modbus network can consist of up to 100 Nodes.
The W-Modbus module is built with LumenRadio’s MiraOS and MiraMesh, consisting of several patented features enabling extremely reliable radio communication, fast installation, and extended range. MiraOS is used in a vast number of installations around the world for building automation, HVAC control, lighting control and industrial sensor networks.
W-Modbus utilizes the international license free ISM band at 2.4GHz.
A W-Modbus network consists of a single W-Modbus Gateway connected to the modbus master/client using a Modbus RTU cable and up to 100 W-Modbus Nodes, each of them connected to a modbus slave/server over a Modbus RTU cable.
The W-Modbus network is built on LumenRadio’s MiraMesh, a self-forming and self-healing wireless mesh technology.
Features¶
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Mesh network – Cover an entire building, utilizing the mesh network as your infrastructure.
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Self-optimizing network – The mesh network will always find the best way to send messages through the network between devices
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Cognitive Coexistence – LumenRadio’s patented technology provides industrial grade reliability and immunity to interference
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Modular configuration – you no longer need to have the same baud rate in the whole network, supports individual settings for each device
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Small footprint at 18.5 mm x 33.5 mm
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U.FL/IPEX external antenna connector
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Firmware upgradeable via BLE
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Up to 16 slave devices per mesh node for W-Modbus PRO modules