About Us

Automation Networks is a technology company offering a wide variety of quality products for commercial and factory automation industrial networks.

We connect to popular fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet Protocols/Networks including Allen-Bradley Ethernet CSP, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, Data Highway Plus (DH+); From Siemens Profibus and Profinet; Schneider Electric Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP/IP. Other industrial protocols and networks comprise CC-Link, BACnet MS/TP, BACnet/IP and MELSEC.

Our Customers

ANC-120e: USB to AB’s DH+, 1784-U2DHP Alternative $995 USD

The ANC-120e is an economical and high performance USB-to-Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus converter interfacing major HMI, SCADA, PLC Programming packages to Devices on DH+. Its features significantly outperform the Allen-Bradley 1784-U2DHP PLC Programming Cable operating at 12 Mg USB speed with the Controllogix Ethernet/IP Driver.

The ANC-120e works with all SCADA, MMI, PLC programming packages installed on your PC with USB direct access to the Allen-Bradley  DH+ network and stations such as PLC-5 and SLC 5/04s.  These packages include RSLINX/LOGIX Classic & Enterprise with RSLOGIX 5/500, Wonderware DAServer & TCP/IO Server, Citect, and Kepware using Controllogix Ethernet/IP Drivers. 

Data Highway Plus to Ethernet (S02)

ANC-100e: Data Highway Plus (DH+) to Ethernet Converter $1,295 USD

ANC-100e: Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus (DH+) to Ethernet Converter is a pocket-sized, high performance, Industrial Rated  DH+ to Ethernet converter. Features include: Ease of Configuration via Web Interface, DH+ Auto Polarity Detection and DH+ Auto Baud Rate Detection. ONE easy step with your IP address setup starts unlimited DH+ node communications using AB’s Controllogix Ethernet/IP driver.

Contact us to discuss your application. All ANC products come with a 30 day trial, no restocking, lifetime warranty.

USB To Data Highway Plus (DHP, DH+) – Using the ANC-120e, a lower cost alternative to the 1784-U2DHP

ANC-300e

The ANC-300e has the combined performance as an Ethernet and RS-485 serial converter.
The gateway behaves like a protocol converter/translator that allows difficult data interchanges and connections between incompatible networks.

ANC-500

The Automation Networks ANC-500 PROFIBUS DP-V1 Gateway allows information to be transferred seamlessly between PROFIBUS and RS-485 networks with minimal configuration requirements.

ANC-700

The Automation Networks ANC-700 is a Modbus Master/Slave Gateway to DeviceNet (Slave) which allows information to be transferred seamlessly between DeviceNet and RS-485 networks with minimal configuration requirements.

ANC-800e

The ANC-800e is a part of the ANC Gateway Series product family. ANC Gateway is designed to provide a uniform interface, configuration and application experience. This commonality reduces the user’s learning curve, reducing commissioning time while simplifying support.

ANC-900

The ANC-900 is a part of the ANC Gateway Series product family. The ANC platform provides a uniform interface, configuration and application experience. This commonality reduces the user’s learning curve, reducing commissioning time while simplifying support.