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 Industrial Ethernet @ Wikipedia
Industrial Ethernet is the name given to the use of the Ethernet protocol in an industrial environment, for automation and production machine control.
Until recently, a PLC would communicate with a slave machine using one of several possible open or proprietary protocols, such as Modbus, Sinec H1, Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet or FOUNDATION Fieldbus.
However, there is now increasing interest in the use of Ethernet as the link-layer...
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5/24/2007
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