How the universal internet TCP/IP transport protocol is used for the Modbus messaging structure.

In any case, TCP’s main job is just to pack and unpack the data and provide some assurance of the reliable transmission of error-free data. The IP layer actually transmits the TCP packet.

As it is powered directly via the KNX bus, no additional power supply is required. Commissioning is straightforward with ETS, the configuration software for KNX: Using the ETS configuration tool, up ...

Easier configuration As part of the Ethernet/IP Linking Devices solution, users access PROFIBUS, Modbus-TCP and serial protocol configuration through their existing Studio 5000 software.

While TCP (or TCP/IP) is your virtual network, you still need the physical network -- what's inside that "cloud" -- to support the protocols. Listen to the SAN FAQ audiocast here.

Whether it’s wired or wireless, most data communications today happens by way of packets of information travelling over one or more networks. But before these networks can work ...