Pepperl+fuchs Podcasts

AS-Interface Gateways -- For this episode, Tim selected an AS-Interface EtherNet/IP gateway (VBG-ENX-K20-DMD) supporting two AS-Interface networks. --The master specification (M1-M4) identifies the capabilities of the gateway.  Today it is best to accept only gateways that are built to the M4 specification --Some gateways have integrated higher level programming ability using, for instance, C --Duplicate address detection, earth fault detection, and EMC monitoring are valuable diagnostic features --LEDs are still used to provide direct user feedback.  As is true in nearly all cases. "all LEDs green" is a good thing