Design of a seamless gateway for Mechatrolink?

Author

Jin Ho Kim ; Dang Thanh Tuan ; Jae Wook Jeon ; Bok Sun Yeom

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

1246

Lastpage

1251

Abstract

Recently, the Real-time Ethernet based protocol has alternated a low speed fieldbus using RS-485 or CAN. To connect a low speed fieldbus and a real-time Ethernet, a gateway is an essential component. In this paper, we propose the seamless gateway for Mechatrolink III. The seamless gateway abstracts the network protocol (e.g. EtherCAT, PROFINET) and profile (e.g. CiA 402, PROFIdrive). Using the proposed gateway, the master can control all device using a single network protocol and profile. In this paper we explain the concept of a seamless gateway and implement a prototype seamless gateway between Mechatrolink III and RS-485.

Keywords

controller area networks; field buses; internetworking; local area networks; mechatronics; motion control; protocols; real-time systems; CAN; Mechatrolink III; RS-485; low speed fieldbus; network protocol; prototype seamless gateway; real-time Ethernet based protocol; Logic gates; Monitoring; Motor drives; Protocols; Real-time systems; Standards; Time factors; Fieldbus; Gateway; Mechatrolink; RS-485; Real-Time Ethernet;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4567-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4568-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505852

Filename

6505852