It doesn’t. EtherNet/IP and standard industrial Ethernet are related, but not the same thing. Ethernet is the protocol for the physical layer that makes the connection to the network, and EtherNet/IP ...

AutomationDirect now offers EtherNet/IP protocol communication for the Protos X line of field I/O. The Protos X "Xpansion" field I/O system is a modular system consisting of a Bus Coupler and its ...

Like PCIe, the RapidIO protocol exchanges packets and smaller quantities of link-specific information called control symbols. RapidIO has characteristics of both PCIe and Ethernet. For example, ...

As companion networks, DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP use the same application-layer protocol. Consequently, the networks also share device profiles and an object library. This allows EtherNet/IP ...

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Jetter, a controller manufacturer, now supplies a freely programmable Ethernet interface based on the TCP/IP protocol for the JetControl controllers together with the JetSym STX programming language.

Advantech's ADAM-6100 series is a new line of Industrial Ethernet Remote I/O modules, seven of which are designed with the EtherNet/IP protocol and seven based on PROFINET. Four of the ...