Connect Serial ASCII Devices to an MQTT Broker
The 460AQT connects serial ASCII devices with up to three MQTT connections. Allowing you to easily log data and leverage in populating dashboards. Best of all, the product is made in the USA and comes with 5-year warranty.
How Do I Use the 460AQT in My Application?
Data elements inside ASCII strings are parsed and presented as topics to an MQTT broker. Conversely topics in an MQTT broker can be subscribed to and the values can be concatenated into an ASCII string. If your ASCII device uses delimiters, the gateway can be configured to automatically remove the delimiters on incoming messages and add delimiters back in on outgoing messages.
Why Use Real Time Automation as a Gateway Supplier?
While there are certainly other companies offering protocol gateways, there is no one who provides the level of support and service that you receive from RTA.
When you call, a live person answers the phone. When you talk with sales, you will get honest answers and recommendations. When you get support, it is from an engineer who had a hand in the product’s development, and support doesn’t require a ticket or 24-hour wait.
ASCII Device Features
Operation Modes: Bidirectional ASCII Transmit and ReceiveMaximum Number of Devices Supported: 2
Maximum Number of ASCII Characters Transferred: 1024 in each direction
Delimiter Processing: Incoming delimiters automatically removed; Outgoing delimiters automatically added
Parsing: Parse string of ASCII data in up to 50 segments by delimiter or offset
Concatenation: Concatenate up to 50 segments/strings of ASCII data with optional delimiter
MQTT Features
MQTT Operation Modes: Generic MQTT, Amazon Web Services (AWS)Maximum Broker Connections: Up to 3 Generic MQTT Connections or 1 AWS
Maximum Data Points Per Connection: 250 Read and 250 Write Topics
Security: SSL certificate based cloud access
Supported Data Formats: JSON
Data Payload: Topic Name and Value
What our Customers are Saying
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“Everything seems to be working as we imagined. Thanks for the great response time. I did not see any way to save the configuration other than screen shots, but the configuration did not get lost in the update. Thanks again, and you were a pleasure to work with.”
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