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Hello,
Has anyone ported Ethernet/IP protocol onto a netburner module? I see (see below) that there is an open source version of Ethernet/IP available. I myself dont have the competency in ethernet software to do such a port.
For this reason, I think my company will buy a commercially available implementation from RTA.
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The Automation and Control Institute (ACIN) of the Vienna University of Technology announces the release of an Open Source EtherNet/IP Adapter Stack. The new license and royalty-free adapter stack is available for download for free through SourceForge.net ((http://opener.sourceforge.net).
"The stack's small footprint, modularity and flexibility make it both a time and cost-saving solution for product developers seeking a standard EtherNet/IP communication stack for industrial products," says Alois Zoitl, director of research, Odo Struger Laboratory, Vienna University of Technology.
The EtherNet/IP open-source stack includes all basic objects required by the CIP (Common Industrial Protocol) specification and allows for the addition of other optional or vendor-specific CIP objects that further expand a product's functionality. The stack supports both explicit messaging (server) capability and implicit I/O (adapter) target connections, including connected and unconnected explicit messaging, and cyclic I/O messaging across unicast and multicast CIP I/O connections.
Rockwell Automation sponsored Vienna University of Technology in the development and release of the free, open-source EtherNet/IP software stack for I/O adapter devices. "The availability of this open-source stack demonstrates the openness of EtherNet/IP and makes network connectivity more accessible to a greater variety of product developers, all working to solve the contemporary needs of today's customers," said Kenwood Hall, vice president of Architecture and Systems Development, Rockwell Automation.
www.rockwellautomation.com

well, you got me!

The core functionality provided by netburner *is* Ethernet/IP.

So what are you Really asking/discussing?

Chris

Chris,
I think you are confusing the Ethernet functionality offered by Netburner with hte industrial protocol. This is what I am referring to; Wikipedia's definition
EtherNet/IP (Ethernet Industrial Protocol) is an open communications protocol developed by Rockwell Automation, managed by ODVA and designed for use in process control and other industrial automation applications. EtherNet/IP is an application layer protocol and it considers all the devices on the network as a series of "objects". EtherNet/IP is built on the widely used (CIP), which makes seamless access to objects from controlNet and DeviceNet networks.

EtherNet/IP makes use of existing network infrastructure (Ethernet) and the entire EtherNet/IP stack can be implemented in software on a microprocessor. No special hardware such as (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) or (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) are required for implementing EtherNet/IP.