RTConnect Ethernet/IP Enablement Module
The easiest way to add EtherNet/IP to your serial device. Modernizing your product no longer requires a long or complicated product redesign. The EtherNet/IP enablement module allows you to easily add EtherNet/IP to any existing device with a serial port with a simple PCB alteration.
This protocol capability is powered by the RTConnect Module, a 6-in-1 industrial protocol enablement module.
Standard Unit Price
$148.00*
*Initial development and one time set-up fee not included.
RTConnect Ethernet/IP Enablement Module
Add EtherNet/IP to Your Device with Zero Firmware Changes
- Add EtherNet/IP to your device with the RTConnect embedded communication module, providing built-in flexibility to pivot and capture new industrial automation markets as your product demand grows
- Accelerate time-to-market with a plug-and-play EtherNet/IP module that streamlines the protocol integration process
- Reduce space constraints with a small-footprint hardware solution designed for high-density layouts and tight enclosures
- Minimize development and certification time with pre-conformance support from RTA
- Add wireless communication to your device with full 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Streamline end-user deployment with a browser-based configuration interface that requires no external software downloads
- Get expert Enginerd support from inception to launch from a trusted protocol partner
Focus on Your Product. Let Us Handle the Connectivity.
Why OEMs Choose the RTConnect Module Over In-House Development
| In-House Development | RTConnect Module |
|---|---|
| 6-12 months of development time | Ready in weeks |
| Complex, ongoing firmware maintenance | Zero firmware changes |
| Risky certification process | Pre-conformance support and documentation |
| High engineering overhead | Low-risk PCB drop-in |
| Reallocate R&D resources for support | Live Enginerd support from protocol experts |
| Limited EtherNet/IP expertise | 30+ years of experience in industrial communication |
Access the North American Automation Market With an Embedded EtherNet/IP Module
Seamless Allen-Bradley PLC Integration
Gain access to the North American market with native support for EtherNet/IP, the preferred communication method for Rockwell’s Allen-Bradley PLCs. The RTConnect Module offers a low-risk and fast-to-market hardware solution for adding EtherNet/IP.
No EtherNet/IP Expertise Required
Eliminate the need for in-house EtherNet/IP experience. Simply design the RTConnect module into your hardware and let RTA handle the complexity of EtherNet/IP, including data modeling, EDS files, supporting documentation and comprehensive team training.
Simplified ODVA Compliance
Ensure your device passes ODVA certification the first time with an EtherNet/IP module that is pre-tested in the RTA lab and proven in multiple successful device certifications each year.
Multi-Protocol Support Included
Support EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, OPC UA, BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP and MQTT with a single protocol module, allowing you to compete in the North American market with EtherNet/IP today while instantly expanding into new markets with no additional hardware, engineering costs or inventory SKUs.
Why Trust Real Time Automation As Your Protocol Partner?
RTA is a leading supplier of EtherNet/IP. With the RTConnect Module, you get a proven EtherNet/IP source code solution that has been through conformance testing hundreds of times since 2001. In fact, RTA is responsible for the very first ODVA-certified EtherNet/IP device – even before Allen-Bradley!
While there are certainly other companies offering industrial connectivity solutions, no one provides the level of support and service that you receive from Real Time Automation.
- Total protocol lifecycle support
- Talk to a live person from our Wisconsin-based headquarters every time you call
- Receive honest answers and recommendations from our sales team
- Get live Enginerd support that provides timely issue resolution without opening tickets or 24-hour wait times
Why Partner With RTA?
What Are My Next Steps?
Call a member of our team to talk through your particular application needs and explore how the RTConnect Module can be integrated into your product. We can even schedule a webinar with you and/or your team to walk through the module and development process.
What our Customers are Saying
“The 435NBA is an excellent serial to EtherNet interface to an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLC. We had our barcode scanner up and running within a day with your tech support. Great web interface makes it easy. We will be using more of these in the future.”
Jeff K.
"Industrial automation domain experts – the guys who build a lot of valves, pumps, drives, etc,, and need a way to talk to their devices – will find their Modbus champion in John Rinaldi. The author has almost as much shop floor experience as Modbus itself, the 40 years it’s been (and remains) the sole open source electronic networking protocol for connecting automation systems. John brings his trademark passion for, and quirky treatment of, all things industrial automation, to Modbus in the 21st Century. Internet of Things? OPC UA? All good – but automation engineers for whom small, simple, cheap, fast solutions will suffice will walk away from this book joining John in declaring ‘Hail Modbus! Modbus forever!"
Heather A. / Writer, Editor & Content Strategist
