EtherNet / IP

EtherNet / IP networking option for the HI 3000 and HI 4000 Series products

Ethernet/IP is the –EIP networking option for the HI 3000 and HI 4000 Series products. For the HI 3000 Series, it is an actual hardware option, which can be used in either option slot one or two. It requires firmware version 2.7 or better for the Filler/Dispenser (HI 3010) and Multi-Scale (HI 3030) Controllers which can be downloaded from the 3000 Series Internet page. For the HI 4000 Series, it is a software option and utilizes the standard RJ45 Ethernet port.

Like our other interface option cards one –EIP option acting as a network bridge is required in only one instrument when multiple HI 3000 Series instruments are tied together in a Hardy Control-Link or DeviceNet network.

Ethernet/IP is an industrial networking standard that takes advantage of commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet communication chips and physical media. IP is short for 'Industrial Protocol'. Unlike the many options available in the NEW industrial Ethernets, Ethernet/IP uses an open protocol at the application layer. It is the only standard supported by three networking organizations: ControlNet International (CI), the Industrial Ethernet Association (IEA) and the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA) of which Hardy Instruments is a long time member.

Ethernet/IP supports both implicit messaging (real-time I/O control messaging) and explicit messaging (information message exchange).