Industrial Communications Overview
The industrial communications protocols (also known as Factory Floor Protocols and Industrial Ethernet Protocols) supported by the In-Sight vision system allow you to create an application that can communicate with a compatible Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), across an industrial Ethernet network.
In-Sight vision systems support the following protocols:
- EtherNet/IP (Rockwell PLCs): EtherNet/IP PLC Configuration
- PROFINET (Siemens PLCs): PROFINET PLC Configuration
- SLMP (Mitsubishi PLC/MCs): SLMP PLC Setup
Note: The protocols share the same signals, but they are mapped into the protocols differently. See the Industrial Communications Signals, EtherNet/IP I/O Assembly Data Format Assemblies, In-Sight D900 Vision System - PROFINET IO Module Reference Table, and SLMP Protocol Scanner Operations topics for more information.