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APPENDIX: MBX ARCHITECTURE AND COMPANION PRODUCTS
The MBX Driver is part of the Cyberlogic MBX family. This family consists of several well-
integrated products that provide connectivity for Modbus, Modbus Plus and Modbus TCP
(Ethernet) networks in distributed environments.
This section illustrates the layout of the MBX architecture. It includes a description of
each MBX component along with suggested methods for employing them to support
Modicon networks.
The MBX architecture presents a consistent framework
to address different connectivity needs.
MBX Driver
The MBX Driver provides connectivity between Modbus Plus interface adapters and
Windows-based applications. It supports all Modbus Plus interface adapters for ISA,
EISA, MCA, PCI, PCMCIA and USB buses that are compatible with the supported
operating systems. For a complete list of supported adapters, refer to the MBX Driver
help file. Multiple interface cards can be installed at the same time, limited only by the
number of available slots.
The kernel mode device driver of the MBX Driver is the highest-performance Modbus Plus
driver in the industry. The driver operates in either interrupt or polled mode and fully
implements all Modbus Plus features, providing support for Data Master/Slave, Program
Master/Slave, Global Data and Peer Cop. The high-performance native API (MBXAPI) of