Tag Archives: EtherNet/IP

EtherCAT vs. EtherNet/IP

EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP are both Ethernet application layer protocols designed to move inputs and outputs [...]

It’s a Messy, Messy World – Part 1

In the recent past, most of our work revolved around I/O systems, networks, controllers and [...]

Connecting Rockwell and Siemens Automation Systems – Part 2

Rockwell Automation provides a set of controllers similar to Siemens. Rockwell’s solutions range from the [...]

The Top 10 Manufacturing Networks of 2019

Since the first days of Modbus, system designers have been creating new manufacturing networks. Sometimes [...]

The CIP Security PUSH Model

Compared to the PULL model discussed in the previous article, the CIP Security PUSH model [...]

The CIP Security PULL Model

One of the things I truly dislike is programming the remote control on television. The [...]

EtherNet/IP Vs. OPC UA

All of us have our specialties: technologies, sports, cars, judo or something else where we’re [...]

EtherNet/IP and PROFINET IO – More Alike Than You Thought!

My Italian cousins really love soccer or as they call it “futbol” – a Spanish [...]

CIP Security: The EtherNet/IP Object

All the Common Industrial Protocol™ (CIP) technologies – EtherNet/IP™, CompoNet™, ControlNet™, and DeviceNet™ – are [...]

How CIP Security For EtherNet/IP Works – Part 2 of 2

This is the second of two articles (part one is available here) on the new [...]