An apparatus comprising: a first interface configured to communicate with a field instrument (112, 112a-112e) in an industrial control system; a second interface configured to communicate with at least one other device over an industrial wireless network; and a controller configured to: receive, via the first interface, information from the field instrument in a first protocol native to the field instrument; convert the information from the first protocol into a second protocol native to the industrial wireless network; transmit, via the second interface, the information to the at least one other device in the second protocol over the industrial wireless network; and execute an interface object configured to function as a remote modem interface to the field instrument, the interface object accessible by the at least one other device via the second interface; the apparatus being characterized in that the controller is configured to convert the information using a mapping of object types of the first protocol to object types of the second protocol, the object types of the second protocol including input and output object types, wherein the mapping allows the object types of the first protocol to be published and shared amongst devices on the industrial wireless network including the at least one other device; and in that the interface object is configured to transport commands and responses between the field instrument and the at least one other device via the mapping. a first interface configured to communicate with a field instrument (112, 112a-112e) in an industrial control system; a second interface configured to communicate with at least one other device over an industrial wireless network; and a controller configured to: receive, via the first interface, information from the field instrument in a first protocol native to the field instrument; convert the information from the first protocol into a second protocol native to the industrial wireless network; transmit, via the second interface, the information to the at least one other device in the second protocol over the industrial wireless network; and execute an interface object configured to function as a remote modem interface to the field instrument, the interface object accessible by the at least one other device via the second interface; the apparatus being characterized in that the controller is configured to convert the information using a mapping of object types of the first protocol to object types of the second protocol, the object types of the second protocol including input and output object types, wherein the mapping allows the object types of the first protocol to be published and shared amongst devices on the industrial wireless network including the at least one other device; and in that the interface object is configured to transport commands and responses between the field instrument and the at least one other device via the mapping. receive, via the first interface, information from the field instrument in a first protocol native to the field instrument; convert the information from the first protocol into a second protocol native to the industrial wireless network; transmit, via the second interface, the information to the at least one other device in the second protocol over the industrial wireless network; and execute an interface object configured to function as a remote modem interface to the field instrument, the interface object accessible by the at least one other device via the second interface; the apparatus being characterized in that the controller is configured to convert the information using a mapping of object types of the first protocol to object types of the second protocol, the object types of the second protocol including input and output object types, wherein the mapping allows the object types of the first protocol to be published and shared amongst devices on the industrial wireless network including the at least one other device; and in that the interface object is configured to transport commands and responses between the field instrument and the at least one other device via the mapping.