Anybus AB7072-B Industrial Gateway Module Unit

The Anybus AB7072-B is a two-port Anybus Communicator gateway that functions as a Serial Master to EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP, enabling legacy serial devices to communicate on modern industrial Ethernet networks. It provides a 7-pin Phoenix serial interface, two RJ45 Ethernet ports, and a dedicated RJ45 configuration port for setup, with 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and cycle times down to 1 ms. On Ethernet/IP, it supports Class 1 and Class 3 IO, QoS, endianness conversion, Quick Connect Class B, and device-level ring (DLR) beacon mode, plus daisy-chaining capabilities for multi-device topologies. Data payloads are defined as 1,448 bytes for input data and 1,448 bytes for output data per cycle, and the module weighs about 326.6 g. This model is listed as obsolete by DigiKey and is no longer manufactured, with AB7072-B-5PACK variants found in catalogs.