The Common Industrial Protocol in Machine Safety

The authors discuss the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), an instrument used in many types of networks, including EtherNet and DeviceNet. The CIP is classified into a large number of variants, for example CIP Safety, CIP Sync, or CIP Energy, to facilitate easy communication between industrial network components that need to interact with other elements in the given network. Out of these categories, CIP Safety will be described in greater detail, with a particular focus on the principles and applications of this version of the protocol.