Industrial Ethernet Network Performance tool by NIST and MEL
August 19th, 2009
NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) and MEL (Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory) has developed an open source test tool for Industrial Ethernet called Industrial Ethernet Network Performance Tool (IENetP).
Available through Sourceforge.net here, it allows users to test Industrial Ethernet TCP/IP systems that require deterministic operations. The current version analyzes network traffic and performance of a device on ODVA’s Ethernet/IP network only but NIST has said to be releasing additional versions for other Industrial Ethernet types (release date unavailable).
Test Tool for Industrial Ethernet Network Performance document (distributed by ISA)
NIST test tool download (Sourceforge.net)
