EtherNet/IP Capacity Tool
Rockwell Automation has provided a tool called EtherNet/IP Capacity Tool that has been designed to help you calculate the resources required to support a control network. The tool takes a conservative approach to estimating the requirements of your network usage based on a few data points you provide it.
The EtherNet/IP Capacity Tool is used to measure the networking capacity of a single Scanner Processor. A Scanner Processor is either an EtherNet/IP module, such as the ControlLogix ENBT, or a Logix controller with a built-in EtherNet/IP port, such as the CompactLogix L32E. If a Scanner Processor is at maximum capacity, in most cases, an additional EtherNet/IP module or controller can be added to the control solution. ...
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