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Yokogawa has developed an ISA100 wireless gateway module for wireless field communication that integrates the functions of an access point and a gateway. The gateway module is particularly suitable for setting up smaller upstream wireless field systems and for applications where data is typically collected from a small number of devices that are geographically dispersed. The gateway module has a wireless field communication module "FN110" with integrated gateway. In its original configuration without the gateway, the "FN110" module is installed in wireless field devices and only serves as an antenna. In combination with an interface adapter "LN90", which is equipped with a power supply adapter and a host system communication interface, the gateway module can connect up to 20 wireless field devices to a host controller or other devices via the universal Modbus communication protocol RS485. To set up this gateway module, there must be a direct line of sight between the wireless sensors and the gateway module to connect the host system.