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Press Release
November 26, 2012
First demonstration of sercos® III and EtherNet/IP blended
infrastructure set for SPS show (November 27-29, 2012)
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sercos international announced today that the first demonstration
systems that utilize the blended infrastructure approach of sercos III
and EtherNet/IP will be shown at this year’s SPS show in
Nuremberg/Germany (November 27-29, 2012), booth 110, Hall 6. The
demo will show various sercos III and EtherNet/IP devices connected
to controller prototypes from Bosch Rexroth and Schneider Electric
using a common Ethernet infrastructure on a single cable.
The blended infrastructure approach was announced in April 2012 by
ODVA and sercos international as one of the first practical results of
the machinery initiative, in which sercos international, ODVA and
OPC Foundation collaborate.
Because the network infrastructure required for EtherNet/IP and
sercos III includes the physics and data link layers of Ethernet, sercos
telegrams, CIP messages and TCP/IP messages can coexist within a
network without requiring additional cables. To keep the cyclical and
clocked communication of sercos III intact, the CIP messages and
TCP/IP telegrams are transmitted in the Unified Communication
Channel (UCC) which is an integral part of the sercos transmission
method.
“We are convinced that today's great variety of automation technology
requires a new conceptual approach to simplify integration of machinery
in manufacturing,” said Peter Lutz, Managing Director of sercos
international. “A common network infrastructure enables machine
builders and users to reduce the cost and complexity of machine
integration while retaining the ability to utilize their preferred product
suppliers and automation devices.”
The blended infrastructure approach does not require any
modifications to the existing sercos III and EtherNet/IP specifications,
as the respective communication mechanisms have already been
integrated in the sercos III transmission process. Only an
implementation guide describing the planning and set-up of such
multi-protocol networks is required.
sercos International e. V.
Kueblerstrasse 1
73079 Suessen
Germany
www.sercos.org
Contact
Peter Lutz
phone +49-7162-94 68-65
fax +49-7162-94 68-66
[email protected]
Press Release
November 26, 2012
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Image: Integration of a machine network infrastructure on Ethernet
layers 1 and 2
About sercos international
sercos international is an association of users and manufacturers that
is in charge of technical development, standardization, conformity
inspection, certification, and marketing for the sercos automation bus.
Compliance tests ensure that the implementation of sercos is in
accordance with standards and thus allows the combination and
integration of devices from different manufacturers. Based in
Germany, the organization presently has more than 70 member
companies located around the world, and has liaison offices in North
America and Asia.
About sercos
The SErial Realtime COmmunication System, or sercos, is one of the
world’s leading digital interfaces for communication between controls,
drives, and decentralized peripheral devices. sercos has been used in
machine engineering for more than 20 years and is implemented in
over 3 million real time nodes. With its open, manufacturerindependent architecture based on Ethernet, sercos III is a universal
bus for all automation solutions.
sercos international e. V.
Kueblerstrasse 1
73079 Suessen
Germany
www.sercos.org
Contact
Peter Lutz
phone +49-7162-94 68-65
fax +49-7162-94 68-66
[email protected]