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

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

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Network Interface Cards
(NICs)

EtherNet/IP Protocol Stacks
(SDKs)

CIP Safety Protocol Stacks
(SDKs)

I/O Modules

Software

Switches

Serial Gateway

Features

Proven technology

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

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

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

Certified products

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

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

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*

PROFINET

PROFINET* Solutions

PROFIBUS

PROFIBUS Solutions

EtherNet/IP

EtherNet/IP Solutions

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