Moxa Protocol Converter for Embedded Computers

Moxa has launched Moxa Protocol Converter (MPC), a software engine that runs on any of Moxa's ready-to-run embedded computers. MPC is designed to establish bi-directional data stream channels between any two of the embedded computer's ports, and loads custom-written drivers (written in C) that audit the data stream as it flows from one port to the other.

Instead of writing new code for each data stream channel, the MPC engine allows developers to establish a communication channel that connects any combination of two channel ports without additional programming. Moreover, port-to-port communication for any device is driver programmable. Users can program drivers either by modifying an existing driver or adding a driver to a channel that performs specific tasks.

MPC can be configured with the Windows-based Moxa Device Manager (MDM), a remote management tool for managing Moxa's ready-to-run embedded computers on a local area network (LAN). MPC supports Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, Modbus ASCII, and RFC-2217. Moxa Protocol Converter and Moxa Device Manager are provided free of charge with Moxa's embedded computers.

"MPC can solve the issues faced by most solution providers on how to coordinate the flow of data between a wide range of devices and protocols. Combined with the command-line free, Windows-based MDM agent interface, users can easily control and monitor embedded computers at remote sites," said Dr C F Lin of Moxa.