EtherNet/IP Products

The Applied Motion stepper and servo products listed below incorporate EtherNet/IP network communications, the widely used industrial protocol for manufacturing automation applications. With EtherNet/IP users can control, configure and query drives using an open, standards-based, industrial Ethernet connection at speeds up to 100 MBits/sec.

Applied Motion drives and motors with EtherNet/IP – designated by “IP” in the model number – run all of the same control modes as “Q” drives, with the addition that all drive features can be accessed over EtherNet/IP. This means that “IP” drives can operate in step (pulse) & direction, torque (servo), velocity, and streaming serial command (SCL) modes, as well as run stand-alone Q programs stored in non-volatile memory. This level of control includes access to more than 100 commands and 130 data registers over the EtherNet/IP network, which can be used for controlling motion & I/O, configuration, polling, math, register manipulation, and more.

EtherNet/IP is an industrial Ethernet network solution built on the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), and is supported by the ODVA.

Support Documentation:

• EtherNet/IP implementation and messaging details:
  Host Command Reference (see Appendix H)

• General overview of Applied Motion’s EtherNet/IP implementation:
  EtherNet/IP white paper

• App Note with sample code for connecting Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC to Applied Motion drives:
  App Note 22