An Interface for Industrial Network Monitoring and Control

Industrial communication networks play an important role in today's manufacturing control systems. Among them, the networks based on Ethernet technology are deploying due to its high-speed communications medium. An interface for industrial network monitoring and access, based on Host Link protocol and Factory Interface Network Service protocol, is presented. The interface allows monitoring, reading, writing, changing parameters and memory locations, checking for errors and operation modes. The interface has been developed and tested in a laboratory environment, which is a replica of an industrial network.