Common Industrial Protocol

ODVA’s four best-in-class networks — EtherNet/IP™, DeviceNet™, ControlNet™ and CompoNet™ — all are linked by one of industrial automation’s most versatile protocols: the Common Industrial Protocol, known as CIP™. CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of industrial automation applications — control, safety, energy, synchronization & motion, information and network management. CIP allows users to integrate these applications with enterprise-level Ethernet networks and the Internet. Supported by hundreds of vendors around the world and truly media-independent, CIP provides users with a unified communication architecture throughout the industrial enterprise. CIP allows users to benefit today from the many advantages of open networks and protects their existing automation investments, while providing an extensible and upgradeable communication architecture.