This app activates the adapter interface for the Ethernet system EtherNet/IP and allows the ctrlX COREplus to connect as a subsystem below a third party EtherNet/IP scanner. The data of the EtherNetIP Adapter are available for all apps on the ctrlX CORE via the real-time data layer.
The EtherNet/IP Adapter app supports the following features:
Communication within an EtherNet/IP network, acting as a CIP Communications Adapter.
Configuration of an EtherNet/IP Adapter device.
Access of cyclic I/O data through the ctrlX Data Layer.
Acyclic communication between the EtherNet/IP Scanner and other ctrlX OS apps by means of CIP Vendor Specific Objects.
Prerequisites
ctrlX COREplus X3/X5/X7 with MultiEthernet Master/Slave hardware extension
Support
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