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EtherNet/IP Solutions

Molex has a large range of EtherNet/IP solutions that connect, control and diagnose from the management level down to the factory floor.

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Features and Benefits

Proven technology

  • SDKs used in various Molex products and integrated by major automation customers
  • Devices passed successfully the ODVA* conformance and plugfest validation

Advanced features

  • Adding new feature remains possible with the same provider
  • Highly flexible toolkit can be adapted to any customer requirement
  • Most powerful configuration tools on the market

EtherNet/IP* Harsh I/O Modules

  • Really make benefits of EtherNet/IP into the machine
  • Simplified and cost effective architecture with direct machine mount (IP67)
  • Embedded diagnosis features

Service and support available with SDK

  • Short time-to-market, support availability and product life cycle
  • Dedicated engineering team for integration support
  • Technology training and development consultancy
  • Dedicated engineering team for integration support

Certified products

  • Quality and interoperability guaranteed on the machine
  • Molex is an active member of ODVA, participating in several working groups

EtherNet/IP* NIC

  • Fast IO communication interface for PC based control application with common driver for various further Ethernet protocols
  • OPC servers, Windows DLL
  • OS operating systems: Windows* (XP to 7, Embedded) RTX*, VxWorks*, Linux*

Overview

EtherNet/IP is one of the leading Ethernet based communication technologies to efficiently interconnect industrial devices. It is widely used in factory automation, process control applications, robotics, together with railways and the mining industry. EtherNet/IP is the industrial Ethernet standard managed by the Open Device Vendor Association (ODVA). Molex is strongly supporting this standard through participation in various technical groups (JSIG) and marketing groups as well as participation on the ODVA technical board.

Molex benefits from more than 10 years expertise in EtherNet/IP to provide complete solutions including: Cordsets and media, industrial Ethernet switches, protocol stacks, interface cards, I/O modules, service and consultancy.

  • Molex can provide a reliable and efficient solution to reduce a customer’s time-to-market as a result of:
  • Certified stacks compatible with any hardware platform and operating system
  • Software components used in Molex and third party products successfully certified by the ODVA
  • Ethernet/IP Competence Center that can provide training and assistance during a customer’s project
  • Available engineering support

Applications

Railways

Automation controls
Food and beverage processing
Mining equipment
Oil and gas
Robotic systems

This is not a definitive list of applications for this product. It represents some of the more common uses.