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Product category: Engineering Education, Resources and Standards
News Release from: Sercos North America
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 31 December 2007

Specification links Sercos with IP
networks

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Protocol allows standard Ethernet IP communication with a Sercos III network both during cyclic real-time network operation and during non-real-time operation.

The S/IP (Sercos/Internet Protocol) specification is now available from Sercos International The protocol allows standard Ethernet IP communication with a Sercos III network both during cyclic real-time network operation and during non-real-time operation

During real-time operation, the S/IP telegrams are transmitted via a non-real-time channel, without any negative effect on the real-time network behaviour.

Unlike some competing Ethernet motion networks, a Sercos master need not be operational for IP communication to function.

With the new S/IP protocol, the vertical integration of devices into a production system is improved.

Any Ethernet device, such as a notebook computer, can be plugged into any unused Sercos III port for upload/download of parameters and status information for setup, reporting and remote maintenance and diagnostics over an intranet or the Internet.

In addition to reading and writing the parameters of a device, S/IP supports the possibility of combining several tasks and sending them to the final device for processing.

Manufacturer-specific services can also be added to the fixed, preset, standardised protocol services, which makes Sercos III particularly flexible for users and developers.

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