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News Release from: Sercos North America | Subject: S/IP (SERCOS/Internet Protocol) specification
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 January 2008
Ethernet IP protocol specification
released
Ethernet IP 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 has been released by 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
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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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 competitive Ethernet motion networks, a SERCOS master need not be operational for IP communication to function.
With the new S/IP protocol, said SERCOS to manufacturingtalk.com, 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 set-up, 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, standardized protocol services, which makes SERCOS III particularly flexible for users and developers.
* About SERCOS - SErial Realtime COmmunications System (SERCOS) is among the leading digital interfaces for communications between controls, intelligent drives and decentralized peripheral devices, such as sensors and I/O.
SERCOS has been used in modern production machines for over 20 years, with over 2 million real-time nodes implemented.
With its open manufacturer-independent Ethernet-based architecture, SERCOS III is a universal bus for all automation solutions.
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