Industrial Ethernet Testing

The use of control systems, such as computers or robots, and information technologies is expected to bring a revolution in the way machines and processes are handled in an industrial environment. To take advantage of the improvements in efficiency, uptime, and functionality that industrial automation can deliver, the underlying networks must provide reliable and deterministic interconnections of machines and control systems. To solve these challenges, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) created the time-sensitive networking (TSN) suite of standards, a successor of IEEE audio video bridging (AVB) that enables minimum latency over Ethernet, seamless redundancy, and centralized configuration and control. With TSN, industries can use standard Ethernet to implement a more cost-effective network that enables a converged information technology (IT)/ operational technology (OT) network that shares the same wire for critical time-sensitive traffic and regular traffic.