ABSTRACT
Common application layers are the key to advanced communication and true network integration. ODVA's four best-in-class networks—EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, ControlNet, and CompoNet—all are linked by one of the industrial automation's most versatile protocols: the Common Industrial Protocol, known as CIP. CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of industrial automation applications—control, safety, energy, synchronization and motion, information, and network management. CIP allows users to integrate these applications with enterprise-level Ethernet networks and the Internet. IP allows users to benefit today from the many advantages of open networks and protects their existing automation investments, while providing an extensible and upgradable communication architecture. As a single, media-independent platform that is shared by a variety of networking technologies, CIP provides the interoperability and interchangeability that is essential to open networks and open systems. The Base Energy Object acts as an Energy Supervisor for energy implementations in CIP.
