INGEAR Modbus ActiveX Controls

INGEAR Modbus ActiveX Controls provide:

• Runtime free connectivity to Modicon PLCs and Modbus Compatible Devices for developers of custom Visual Basic applications.
• Over 7 years of field installation experience around the world
• Experienced technical support
• Runtime free connectivity to RTU & ASCII Serial RS-232/422/485, Modbus Plus, & Modbus Ethernet - $999

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INGEAR Modicon ActiveX Studio Edition

The INGEAR Modicon ActiveX Studio Edition offers the most extensive selection of Modicon/Modbus communications options in a single ActiveX control with runtime free distribution. (licensing details). With this control you can run concurrent serial, Modbus Plus, and Ethernet connections from the same application. The multi-threaded architecture of the INGEAR ActiveX Controls insure that you get the best results from each method of connection to your PLC hardware.

PLCs Supported

• Modicon Quantum
• Modicon Momentum
• Modicon 484, 584, 984, AT984, MC984 PLCs
• Modicon Bridge Plus, Bridge Mux
• Any other Modbus or Modbus Plus compliant slave device.
• Modicon Momentum Ethernet I/O
• Any Modbus compatible device

Communications Interfaces Supported

• Modbus Serial ASCII and RTU protocols over RS-232/422/485 links
• Modbus Plus via SA-85 and AT-984 cards
• Modbus Plus via PCI bus AND PCMCIA based SA-85 cards (INGEAR Modbus Studio Exclusive)
• Modbus TCP/IP Ethernet

Supported Platforms & Software

• Windows NT, 2000 & XP
• Windows 95, 98 & Me
• Visual Basic .NET
• Visual Basic 6.0, 5.0 and 4.0 (32-bit)

Purchasing & Licensing

The INGEAR Modbus Studio Edition ActiveX Control is licensed per development computer that you plan to load the ActiveX on. No licenses are required for distributing your custom application (i .e. compiled EXE). Cost effective additional developer licenses are available if purchased at same time as your base license or within 60 days thereafter.

Item # 41232179 - INGEAR Modicon Studio Edition ActiveX Control Base License
Single developer license w/runtime distribution rights -- Price US $999

Item #41232107 - INGEAR Modicon Studio Edition ActiveX Control Addl' Developer License
When purchased at same time as Base License, provides rights to develop on additional computers -- Price $299 US

When you purchase a license of this product, you get:

• License rights to use the ActiveX control for development purposes on a single computer
• Rights to distribute the ActiveX control with your custom compiled application (licensing terms)
• Technical support by email/phone
• Extensive help files
• Application notes

Volume discounts are available for large numbers of developers - contact us for details.