Fieldgate FXA42
Technical Data
CompareFieldbus components
| Measuring Principle | Fieldgate |
| Function | Gateway with web server for recording measurements via Modbus/Analog/HART (via accessory), and transmission to SupplyCare software via Ethernet, WLAN, and cellular. |
| Input | 4x 4...20 mA analog 4x digital Pulse counter Modbus TCP Modbus RS485 |
| Output | 4x digital Modbus TCP Modbus RS485 |
| Memory | SD Card 1GB |
| Power supply | 24V DC |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 45 mm x 100 mm x 115 mm (1.77 in x 3.93 in x 4.53 in) |
| Communication interface | Ethernet WLAN Cellular Serial RS485 |
| Configuration | Web server |
| Certificates | EAC FCC IC |
The Fieldgate FXA42 is used to monitor field devices with digital or 4...20 mA interfaces, regardless of installation location. It supports WLAN, 3G and Modbus communication interfaces. The built-in web server technology allows convenient online setup and online viewing of measured values. The FXA42 also offers data logging and alarm management functions.
Benefits
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Desktop display of level, flow and pressure, regardless of installation location
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Simple Fieldgate setup; measured values can be viewed easily via the built-in web server
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Connection to SupplyCare (Enterprise) and SupplyCare (Hosting)
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Programmable logic controller for advanced functions and responses
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Limit-value monitoring with alarm via e-mail or SMS
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Tank monitoring via limit states of the analog inputs (HH, H, L, LL)
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Easy connection to field devices and third-party systems
Application areas
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Monitoring of connected 4...20 mA analog and digital field devices via Ethernet, WLAN or mobile communication (3G).
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Measured values can be viewed in a standard Internet browser
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Measurement and transmission cycle setting
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Limit-value monitoring with alarm setting via e-mail or SMS
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Four 4...20 mA inputs, 4 digital input and output channels
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Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU
Spare Parts & Accessories 8
8 spare parts · click to collapse
| Order code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 71336092 | SD card FXA42Usage: FXA42. | Details |
| 71327395 | Fixed antennaFixed antenna for mounting on vertical surfaces. Cable length: 3m. Application: LTE 800MHz, LTE 2.6GHz, GSM 900/1800, UMTS, WLAN 2.4 GHz (WiMAX, WiFi). Usage: FXA30, FXA42. Indoor and outdoor use. Mounting via bracket. Omnidirectional characteristic. Radiator protected by a plastic tube. HF-cable connected directly to antenna. 10cm clearance between antenna by 15dB isolation. | Details |
| 71327424 | HG1+ HART to Modbus GatewayAdvanced HART communications module. HART to Modbus protocol conversion. For use with Fieldgate FXA42 to transfer data to SupplyCare Hosting and Enterprise. Also works with a direct connection to SupplyCare Enterprise. Usage: FXA42. Application: HART Multidrop loop communication. Modbus TCP server. Modbus RS485 slave. | Details |
| 71327426 | Power supply module UNO-PS/1AC, 24DC/30WCompact power supply with high power density for compact control boxes. Usage: FXA42. Application: Primary-switched power supply for DIN rail mounting. Input: 1-phase. Output: 24VDC/30 W. | Details |
| 71363548 | HART Ethernet splitterUsage: modular gateway Ethernet, FXA42. Maximum 5 expansion modules. Supports Modbus TCP, HARTIP, DTM. | Details |
| 71363561 | 4-channel HART expansion moduleConsists of: screw connection, DIN rail mounting. Supply voltage: 19.2V DC - 30V DC. Usage: FXA42. | Details |
| 71363582 | 8-channel HART expansion moduleConsists of: screw connection, DIN rail mounting. Supply voltage: 19.2V DC - 30V DC. Usage: FXA42. | Details |
| 71375710 | Analog to Modbus TCP ConverterDatexel DAT8017-I Server. Ethernet 10/100 Base-T, Modbus TCP. 8 analog inputs. DIN rail mounting. Application: Analog to Modbus protocol conversion. Galvanic isolated connection for up to 8 analog sensors with active current output. Integrated web server. Usage: FXA42. | Details |
Configurator / Comparison
Source: public information from the Endress+Hauser website
Manuals & Documents 4
All documents for this modelCase Studies
Municipal Wastewater Treatment · Gateways and modems — Application Case
Project Background
The project covers the inlet, biological and outlet stages of a municipal plant. The work centres on Gateways and modems and the core task is converting field data into remote transmission channels.
Operating Challenges
The medium and duty are characterised by high solids and corrosive fractions, with large diurnal flow swings, and effluent parameters drift and probes foul with sludge and biofilm. So Gateways and modems cannot be specified generically — it calls for configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions.
Solution
The Ainstru engineering team worked through the system components range: supplying as a full cabinet and signal-chain configuration. The configuration involves configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions, with these requirements in view: stable compliance with Grade 1A discharge limits and online data reporting.
Results
Since start-up the system has run steadily; the practical result is remote sites can report back, making unattended operation possible.
Food & Beverage · Gateways and modems — Application Case
Project Overview
The site is dosing, pasteurising, filling and CIP stages. The customer wanted Gateways and modems properly configured on the existing plant, with the aim of converting field data into remote transmission channels.
Technical Challenges
What actually causes trouble is syrups, dairy and beverages that scale easily, under strict hygienic requirements, and frequent cleaning demands instruments that withstand hot CIP/SIP caustic cycles. All of this means the Gateways and modems configuration has to involve configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions.
Configuration
Supply and installation were organised through the system components range: supplying as a full cabinet and signal-chain configuration. On site this meant configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions, checked line by line against: food-safety and hygienic design per 3-A / EHEDG.
Performance
After commissioning the outcome is remote sites can report back, making unattended operation possible, and the readings are now used for process tuning.
Chemical & Pharmaceutical · Gateways and modems — Application Case
Site Conditions
This is a Chemical & Pharmaceutical customer whose plant is at reactors, metering vessels and finished-product tanks. The main task was converting field data into remote transmission channels.
The Problem
The difficulty lies in highly corrosive media with solvents and crystallisation, partly in explosive atmospheres; at the same time corrosion plus Ex protection shortens instrument life and makes downtime costly. Specification therefore means configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions.
What We Did
We took a system components range approach — supplying as a full cabinet and signal-chain configuration. Delivery was built around configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions, with point-by-point checks on: Ex certification and GMP traceability of records.
Operating Outcome
In service the system performs as intended — remote sites can report back, making unattended operation possible, with routine maintenance falling noticeably.
Power & Energy · Gateways and modems — Application Case
Application Context
boiler feedwater, turbine condensate and FGD/DeNOx systems is a typical Power & Energy duty. The project started from Gateways and modems, focusing on converting field data into remote transmission channels.
Process Constraints
drift under high temperature and pressure, with very costly unplanned outages, and high temperature and pressure with both steam and saline water only amplify it. The Gateways and modems specification must therefore cover configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions.
Delivery Approach
Delivery was handled as the system components range — supplying as a full cabinet and signal-chain configuration. Execution centred on configured by protocol, tag count and carrier network conditions, together with compliance with power-industry codes and unit availability targets.
Field Results
Operation shows the benefit clearly — remote sites can report back, making unattended operation possible, with confidence in this measuring point improving markedly.
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