Company showcases Ethernet/IP

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 26, 2007

Ethernet/IP uses standard, unmodified Ethernet and TCP/IP to allow users to easily keep pace with the continuously evolving Ethernet and internet technologies.

New strategic initiatives and the rapid growth of Ethernet/IP will be the centre of ODVA exhibits and announcements at Hannover Messe 2007.

Located in Hall 11 at stand E40, ODVA's exhibit will stress the CIP advantage, spotlighting Ethernet/IP.

Seamlessly routing with other CIP Networks such as DeviceNet and CompoNet, Ethernet/IP uses standard, unmodified Ethernet and TCP/IP to allow users to easily keep pace with the continuously evolving Ethernet and internet technologies.

This open network's installed base already exceeds one million nodes worldwide, with projected double-digit growth rates over the coming years.

Ethernet/IP is quickly becoming the de facto standard for industrial Ethernet, meeting the combined requirements of information gathering, device configuration and diagnostics, system control, safety networking to SIL 3 and high-performance distributed motion control.

For safety network applications, CIP Safety on Ethernet/IP joins CIP Safety on DeviceNet as a fully developed safety network meeting the requirements of IEC 61508.

Complementing CIP Safety on DeviceNet by providing safety services where large distances, larger safety packet sizes or greater throughput is required, CIP Safety on Ethernet/IP offers a simple means of integrating safety networks into exactly the same Ethernet architecture as used by standard control devices, the rest of the enterprise and even the internet.

For high-performance motion control, the CIP Motion extension to Ethernet/IP combines the requirements of deterministic, real-time, closed loop motion control with standard Ethernet, offering full compliance with Ethernet standards.

Ethernet/IP with CIP Motion, together with CIP Sync (which defines time synchronisation services for CIP), provides a rich motion control infrastructure that enables the integration of field devices and high-performance servo drives on the same network, thus eliminating the need for a separate motion control network.

It delivers lower system cost, improved system performance and greatly reduced system complexity.