- no-nonsense explanations put readers on a critical path to understanding how Ethernet technologies connect industrial-device data with manufacturing and business applications to improve productivity and create enterprise and supply-chain solutions- in-depth coverage focuses on the function of Ethernet as a next-generation fieldbus as well as the benefits of tying the factory to the enterprise over the

Don Sterling has been with Godfrey Advertising for 15 years and is currently director of technical strategic marketing Steve Wissler has worked for over 20 years writing and illustrating a wide range of marketing communications materials, including instrumentation, control, and industrial networking subjects. Since 1988, he has worked for Godfrey Advertising in Lancaster, Pa., where he is the creative director responsible for developing sales and marketing communications

Preface	p. xvii
Connecting Data, Factory Networks, and the Business Enterprise	p. 1
The Ethernet Communication Evolution: A New Framework for Industrial Networking	p. 7
The Learning Process	p. 8
Technical Standards Approach: IEEE 802.3 View	p. 8
Communication Models Approach: OSI-Layer View	p. 10
Data Dissection Approach: Packet View	p. 10
Component Interaction Approach: System View	p. 11
Data Dissection	p. 11
Packet Types	p. 11
Packet Parts	p. 12
Packet Contents	p. 15
Component Interaction	p. 17
Software	p. 18
Hardware	p. 19
Application Components	p. 22
Compatible Application-Layer Protocols	p. 25
Compatible Network- and Transport-Layer Protocols	p. 27
Incompatible Fieldbus Protocols	p. 27
A User's Perspective	p. 28
Culture Clash between Business and Industrial Networks	p. 28
Different Performance Expectations	p. 28
Different Installation Environments	p. 28
Reasons for Convergence on Ethernet	p. 28
Why Fieldbuses Only Go So Far: Factors in Networking the Factory Floor	p. 37
Basics of Control Communications	p. 37
Data Flow	p. 41
Control-Loop Components	p. 42
Pneumatic Communication	p. 43
Analog Electric Communication	p. 45
Modern Digital Communication	p. 46
Digital Signals	p. 46
Digital Complications	p. 46
More Complications: Real-Time, Deterministic, and Synchronized Performance	p. 49
Digital Bottom Line: Amazing Data Accessibility	p. 50
Digital Standards for Low-Level Communication	p. 51
Fieldbus Communication	p. 53
The Evolution of Fieldbus	p. 53
An Open and Closed Case for Fieldbus	p. 57
Fieldbus Fails Architecture 101	p. 60
Fieldbus Fails as an Open Platform	p. 60
The Business Value of Industrial Ethernet: To iE or Not to iE, That Is the Question	p. 65
Inter-Organizational Factors	p. 65
Revolution of Rising Expectations	p. 66
Revenge of the Circular Network Effect	p. 67
So You Want to Start a Revolution?	p. 69
Intra-Organizational Factors	p. 72
Network Fit with Manufacturing Systems and Production Strategies	p. 72
Eliminating Information Bottlenecks	p. 73
Networking in Flow and Cellular Manufacturing and in Processes	p. 75
Intra-Plant Factors	p. 81
Saving Time	p. 81
Saving Money	p. 81
Case-by-Case Considerations	p. 82
Ethernet: The Foundation Protocol	p. 85
The Foundations of Ethernet	p. 87
Ethernet: The Network for All Reasons?	p. 87
Origins	p. 88
What about Wireless Ethernet?	p. 89
A Quick Ethernet Overview	p. 89
The Ethernet Frame	p. 91
Field Functions	p. 91
Interframe Gap	p. 93
A Note on Transmission Rate and Data Rate	p. 93
Access Method	p. 93
Carrier Sense, Multiple Access with Collision Detection	p. 94
How Long Must I Wait?	p. 94
The Idea of Determinism	p. 97
Slot Time	p. 98
Collision Domain	p. 98
Unicasts, Broadcasts, and Multicasts	p. 99
Ethernet and the Osi Model	p. 99
Physical Layer	p. 101
Data-Link Layer	p. 101
Network Layer	p. 102
Transport Layer	p. 102
Session Layer	p. 103
Presentation Layer	p. 103
Application Layer	p. 103
Review of Layers, Encapsulation, Bits, Frames, Packets, and Sessions	p. 104
Industrial Ethernet: The Definition Expanded	p. 105
A Closer Look at Ethernet	p. 109
Flavors of Ethernet	p. 109
10BASE-5	p. 111
10BASE-2	p. 111
1BASE-T	p. 111
10BASE-T	p. 111
10BASE-F	p. 112
Fast Ethernet	p. 113
Gigabit Ethernet	p. 114
10-Gigabit Ethernet	p. 115
Ethernet on the Factory Floor	p. 116
Ethernet Devices	p. 116
Ethernet Station Interface	p. 116
Repeaters	p. 117
Hubs (Multiport Repeaters)	p. 117
Bridges	p. 118
Router	p. 119
Switches	p. 119
Ethernet Devices: A Range of Stuff	p. 124
Industrial Grade Versus Commercial Grade: is it Tough Enough?	p. 127
Temperature Range	p. 127
Connectors	p. 128
Redundancy	p. 128
Industrial Enclosure	p. 128
Electrical Input	p. 129
DIN Rail Mounting	p. 129
Ruggedized Cable	p. 129
Some Notes on Topology	p. 129
Linear Network	p. 129
Ring Network	p. 130
Some Advanced Network Concepts: Managing the Network for Increased Performance	p. 135
Managed and Unmanaged Networks	p. 135
Basic NMS with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)	p. 136
Industrial NMSs	p. 138
Benefits of Management	p. 140
RMON	p. 142
Smon	p. 144
Virtual Lans	p. 144
Physical Segmentation	p. 144
Logical Segmentation	p. 144
Virtual Private Network	p. 146
Key Concepts	p. 146
Quality of Service	p. 148
Key Transmission Characteristics	p. 149
QoS and Industrial Ethernet	p. 150
Prioritization	p. 150
Queuing	p. 151
RSVP	p. 151
Guidelines	p. 152
Powering Remote Devices: Power Over UTP	p. 152
Cables and Connectors	p. 155
Cables: The Ethernet Media	p. 155
Copper Cable Characteristics	p. 156
Attenuation	p. 156
Noise	p. 156
Crosstalk	p. 157
Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio	p. 161
The Decibel	p. 162
Impedance	p. 164
Coaxial Cable	p. 166
Characteristic Impedance	p. 167
Termination	p. 168
Twisted-Pair Cable	p. 168
Categories of Twisted-Pair Cable	p. 169
Industrial Cable: Category 5i	p. 170
Unshielded versus Shielded Cable	p. 171
UTP Connectors	p. 171
Fiber Optics	p. 175
Fiber Variables: Or What You Need to Know	p. 175
Ethernet and Fiber	p. 177
Fiber Cable	p. 178
Fiber-Optic Connectors	p. 179
Types of Connectors	p. 181
SC Connector	p. 182
ST Connectors	p. 182
Small-Form-Factor Connectors	p. 182
Is Fiber Optic Cable Ready for Industry?	p. 183
Rugged Fiber	p. 183
Ruggedized Connectors	p. 183
Safety and Fibers	p. 184
Cleanliness	p. 184
UTP or Fiber--or Both?	p. 184
Some Notes on Practical Cabling	p. 185
Wireless Ethernet	p. 187
Why Wireless?	p. 187
The 802.11 Standard and Wi-Fi	p. 188
Ad Hoc or Infrastructure Networks	p. 189
Simple, Wireless Network	p. 189
Infrastructure Approach	p. 189
Flavors of Wireless Ethernet	p. 191
Standards	p. 192
Distance	p. 192
Bridging	p. 193
Radio Techniques	p. 193
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum	p. 194
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum	p. 194
Bluetooth	p. 196
Origin	p. 196
Piconets and Scatternets	p. 196
Other Wireless Technologies	p. 198
Protocols for Network, Transport, and Application Layers	p. 199
Building the Industrial Ethernet Protocol Stack: Fieldbus Is Being Framed	p. 201
Playing with a Stacked Deck	p. 202
The Protocol Stack	p. 202
The iE Protocol Stack	p. 203
The Confusion Starts at the Top	p. 204
Different Programs, Different Protocols	p. 204
Caught in the Middle	p. 206
How Middleware Stacks Up	p. 207
Socket-Based TCP/IP: Used in Modbus TCP	p. 209
Remote Procedure Call (RPC): Used in PROFInet	p. 216
Object Request Brokers/Components: Used in PROFInet and Ethernet/IP	p. 217
Message Passing: Used in Foundation Fieldbus HSE, iDA, Ethernet/IP, MMS TCP/IP, ADS-net	p. 219
Nine iE Protocols: How They Stack Up	p. 225
Review Criteria	p. 225
Encapsulation Technique	p. 226
Network/Transport Mechanisms	p. 227
Messaging Model	p. 227
Profile/Object Support	p. 227
TCP-Based iE Protocols	p. 228
Modbus/TCP	p. 228
PROFInet	p. 232
Interbus	p. 233
MMS-TCP	p. 234
.NET for Manufacturing	p. 235
UDP-Based iE Protocols	p. 236
Ethernet/IP	p. 236
Foundation Fieldbus HSE	p. 238
iDA	p. 239
ADS-net	p. 240
Integration and Application Strategies	p. 241
OPC DX	p. 241
Playing the Protocol Stack: Read 'em and Weep	p. 242
An Open and Closed Case for iE Network Security	p. 247
A Mentality for Network Security	p. 247
Transparent Factories	p. 248
Plan for Success	p. 248
A Portcullis for Packets	p. 249
Storming the Gateway	p. 250
Know Thy Enemy	p. 253
Packet Sniffing	p. 254
IP Spoofing	p. 254
The Illogic of Network Security	p. 255
Reconciling Competing Needs	p. 255
Standing Guard	p. 256
Appendices
Putting iE Technologies to Work: A Brief Planning Guide for Network Design Teams	p. 261
Practical IP Addressing and Subnet Masking	p. 267
Examples of Unsegmented, Switched, and Tiered Networks	p. 279
Acronyms	p. 291
Glossary	p. 299
Further Resources	p. 313
Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions	p. 317
Index	p. 321
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