General introduction to an Ethernet network

General

Ethernet communication mainly addresses applications relating to:

Two communication profiles are supported by Ethernet network modules:

the ETHWAY profile which includes all the mechanisms of the X-Way communication architecture:
- X-Way addressing system,
- UNI-TE messaging,
- distributed database (common words),
the TCP/IP profile over Ethernet enabling communication:
- in UNI-TE messaging mode with all of the X-Way architecture,
- in Modbus messaging mode.

Acting as agents, Ethernet network modules also support management of the SNMP network supervision standard.

Illustration

Ethernet network: