THE EVERYMAN’S GUIDE TO ETHERNET/IP NETWORK DESIGN: Discover the 12 Principles Used by General Motors to Architect Hundreds of Reliable and Effective Ethernet/IP Networks!

In this one-of-a-kind book, John Rinaldi and Gary Workman provide a practical guide to the technologies, techniques and practices for designing and implementing high performing EtherNet/IP control networks. There are many web sites, papers, books and other resources for learning the EtherNet/IP protocol. But there is no other resource that addresses the technologies and strategies that control engineers should consider for implementing practical, optimized and reliable EtherNet/IP control networks on the factory floor.John Rinaldi is an expert in the EtherNet/IP protocol but no one is more qualified to discuss EtherNet/IP implementation than Gary Workman. Gary developed GM’s EtherNet/IP I/O networking strategy using linear EtherNet/IP I/O network segments. Gary, as the GM liaison to the ODVA, participated as a user expert on numerous DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP Special Interest committees. He was also actively involved in the formation of the EtherNet/IP Implementor Workshops and participated in the development of interoperability agreements and performance tests now used by vendors around the globe.In this unique book, you’ll find the 12 specific strategies Gary used at GM, and a no-holds barred, behind the scenes look at how GM struggled to move from DeviceNet to EtherNet/IP. You’ll learn much from Gary’s war stories of overcoming technical limitations, solving redundancy issues, and his often heated, door-slamming, shouting matches with the GM IT department over factory floor security.This book is the latest in John Rinaldi’s series of love letters to various types of industrial technologies. He’s a speaker, author of 7 books, ‘that newsletter guy’ and now he brings you The Everyman’s Guide To Ethernet/Ip Network Design. Read more