About EtherNet/IP Manager

EtherNet/IP is an industrial protocol defined by ODVA, a "standard development organization and membership association whose members comprise the world's leading industrial automation companies". According to ODVA, EtherNet/IP "was introduced in 2001 and today is the most developed, proven and complete industrial Ethernet network solution available for manufacturing automation."

ICONICS can now natively discover and connect to Class 3 devices that support the EtherNet/IP network protocol defined by ODVA.

EtherNet/IP networks and devices can be configured in Workbench under Data Connectivity > EtherNet/IP. It is available for both standard and IoTWorX projects.

Devices can be automatically discovered on the local network or added manually.

EtherNet/IP point manager tags will start with the enip prefix.

The initial release of the EtherNet/IP point manager supports MicroLogix devices (via the PCCC protocol) and other Class 3 devices. Support for Class 1 devices are planned for future releases.

Like many ICONICS point managers, the EtherNet/IP Point Manager provides performance counters for troubleshooting purposes. These can be found in the ICONICS Ethernet IP Point Manager category of the Windows Performance Monitor and in the Data Browser under Diagnostics > Control and Diagnostics > System Performance Counters > ICONICS Ethernet IP Point Manager or Diagnostics > Health Monitor > Counters > IcoModuleEthernetIPCounterName.

For more information on ODVA's EtherNet/IP protocol, go to https://www.odva.org/technology-standards/key-technologies/ethernet-ip/.

EtherNet/IP is mostly used in devices created by Rockwell.

ICONICS has implemented an EtherNet/IP Manager as a provider within its Workbench configuration and management tool. Devices that can communicate via EtherNet/IP [Note: The current version can only communicate with Class 3 devices (bv periodic reading). Class 1 devices are not supported yet.] can be discovered on the network and will show up. Communication with these devices can be configured within the EtherNet/IP Manager provider's nodes in the Workbench. [Note: The devices can be fully configured (in addition to communication) with corresponding third-party tools.]

In the Workbench, expanding the EtherNet/IP node in the Project Explorer reveals the Networks node, where you can configure the default network or add a new one. Within a network, you can explore the network for detected EtherNet/IP devices as well as add or configure Generic or MicroLogix devices.