Hi,
I have a question about the use of router or other system to connect a profinet network with the company's network.
Simply explained:
I have a 1511 CPU with 8 drives on profinet and a TP900 on profinet. The company now asks to do some logging and to make them reachable over their network. the idea is to use VB scripting in the TP900 and write daily csv logs. This is allready prepared and tested. Writing everything on a USB stick. Made the html pages available and I can get the files via ethernet. Locally I have an own IP range different than the company's IP range. And I have profinet (real time ethernet). So I think it is a bad idea to change my IP's and just connect to their network... wouldn't that give extra load on their network, or do switches avoid such things ?
A better way is to use an indsutrial router I think. I was thinking about an S602, but that's not a cheap solution. A standard router cannot be used I think because we are using profinet, I think it's better to be in the indsutrial range of devices for that reason.
So, the main question...
What do you guys do in such situation, Router, change IP's to the range of the company ? Use a manageble switch ? Any other solution ?
Thanks,
Kind regards,
C
I have a question about the use of router or other system to connect a profinet network with the company's network.
Simply explained:
I have a 1511 CPU with 8 drives on profinet and a TP900 on profinet. The company now asks to do some logging and to make them reachable over their network. the idea is to use VB scripting in the TP900 and write daily csv logs. This is allready prepared and tested. Writing everything on a USB stick. Made the html pages available and I can get the files via ethernet. Locally I have an own IP range different than the company's IP range. And I have profinet (real time ethernet). So I think it is a bad idea to change my IP's and just connect to their network... wouldn't that give extra load on their network, or do switches avoid such things ?
A better way is to use an indsutrial router I think. I was thinking about an S602, but that's not a cheap solution. A standard router cannot be used I think because we are using profinet, I think it's better to be in the indsutrial range of devices for that reason.
So, the main question...
What do you guys do in such situation, Router, change IP's to the range of the company ? Use a manageble switch ? Any other solution ?
Thanks,
Kind regards,
C