The MGate MB3170 1- port Modbus gateways, respectively, that convert between Modbus TCP, ASCII, and RTU communications protocols. The gateways provide both serial-to-Ethernet communication and serial (master) to serial (slave) communications. In addition, the gateways support simultaneously connecting serial and Ethernet masters with serial Modbus devices. The MGate MB3170 Series gateways can be accessed by up to 32 TCP master/clients or connect to up to 32 TCP slave/servers