Profibus to devicenet solutions

[dwoodlock]

Curious to see if anyone has a recommendation for making this happen.

We typically buy presses as a turnkey deal, but for our newest one we are installing our own brand of CNC feeder. New feeder came in today, and I am trying to keep the install as pretty as possible, which to me means generally speaking the least amount of wiring.

One Ethernet cable from panel to panel is better than a 40conducter cable imho.

Curious if anyone has any recommendations for communicating between the two controllers with a device in the middle translating.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, the AB side is Ethernet/IP. Rusty on AB protocols.

Thanks

 

[widelto]

Dwoodlock:
Anybus.com is about to release a EIP linking device to profibus this month. I'm expecting it.
http://anybus.com/products/gateway-...t-ip-linking-devices/why-use-a-linking-device

Other way is to use boards from prosoft:
http://www.prosoft-technology.com/P...-I-O-Slave-Network-Interface-for-ControlLogix
This one is for controllogix, but go to the same web page and look for compactlogix.

 

[adfox]

I was looking today for a similiar Modbus master/slave and profibus slave device.
Just ordered, waiting to get my hands on it

http://www.anybus.com/products/gateway-index/anybus-xgateway/detail/anybus-x-gateway---profibus-master-to-ethernet-ip-adapter

or

http://www.anybus.com/products/gateway-index/anybus-xgateway/detail/anybus-x-gateway-ethernet-ip-scanner---profibus-slave

 

[dwoodlock]

My application is that we have a CNC feed and a Press, and the CNC feed needs signals from the press so that it knows to react.

Continuous stroke / Jog / TDC / BDC / Estop / etc.

This stuff can all be wired, but I think for best possible result I should try for a better solution.