工业通信网关可以在各种网络协议间做报文转换,其功能可以通过一块芯片、一个嵌入式设备或板卡、或者是一台独立的设备实现。还有一些设备,如PC,也可以实现网关(或设备服务器)的功能。倍加福的智能系统部经理Helge Hornis指出,网关必须能够完整地解析出报文的内容,并且智能地将它转换为另一种协议。Moxa公司的产品营销经 Industrial Communication Gateway can do a variety of network protocol packet conversion, its function can be a chip, an embedded device or board, or a separate device to achieve. Still other devices, such as PCs, can also implement gateways (or device servers). Helge Hornis, manager of PepsiCo’s systems division at Pepperl + Fuchs, points out that the gateway must be able to fully parse the content of the message and intelligently convert it to another protocol. Moxa’s product marketing