User Manual
Embedded EtherNet/IP Module
GS11-EI
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3. Communication Protocol
3.1 Description
GS11-EI acts as an EtherNet/IP server at the Ethernet side, serial port use user-defind protocol. The EtherNet
/ IP communication and serial communication are completely independent, through the internal input and output
data buffer of GS11-EI to realize data exchange, according to the GS11-EI serial communication protocol, the user
board can complete the input and output data exchange.
The procedure of message transmission is as follows:
GS11-EI
user
-defined
EtherNet/IP
Request1
Request2
Request
…
Request a
Request b
Request
…
Response1
Response2
Response
…
Response a
Response b
Response
…
3.2 The GS11-EI Communication Flowchart and User Program
Here are the flowcharts of two kinds of IP configuration; users can choose one of them in accordance with
specific conditions. For the chooses of this two kinds, see also the Advanced Parameters section in chapter 6.4.