“Not being overcomplicated is Modbus TCP/IP’s biggest draw, not only for PLCs, but especially for PC-based applications,” said Jason Haldeman, senior product specialist for I/O and networking at ...

Open communication protocolsModbus TCP/IP is an open industrial protocol based on standard Ethernet. Modbus provides connectivity to programmable automation controllers (PACs), PLCs, and legacy ...

Wenyuan Niu, Industrial Ethernet Gateways Product Marketing Manager, Moxa Americas A few years ago, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) was little more than a buzzword. Today, it’s a business ...

Adding these protocol gateway devices to existing network infrastructures enables users to build a seamless data path between otherwise incompatible network devices and extend their useful life ...

Ethernet is a layer 2 data link protocol that is widely used with the TCP/IP protocol, which resides at layers 3 and 4. To understand network communications, it is essential to learn about the ...

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 ...

Now having pushed past its half-century anniversary, the seemingly countless forms of Ethernet, from SPE to PoE, have become an integral part of communications systems across every technological field ...

Figure 1. A typical iSCSI SAN. There has been much discussion (and a good dose of confusion) about the term “iSCSI” over the last year. This relatively new protocol for storage technology offers many ...