ETHERNET POWERLINK ASYNCHRONOUS PHASE EXAMINATION

摘要

This paper, as continuation of author's previous paper, describes Ethernet Powerlink communication protocol performance evaluation. After the slight introduction to Industrial Ethernet and Ethernet Powerlink (EPL) specifically, the simulation process is described. In the following, the paper is focused on the asynchronous communication phase. The EPL cycle asynchronous phase behavior is simulated and there are shown two typical situations that can arise. In case that such a simulation is made during network design, it can reveal incorrect behavior of the network in early project phase. Economical aspects of such solution are the main contribution of such process.