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This includes list of communication network protocols used for process or industrial automation

Automation

Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...

, building automation, substation automation, automatic meter reading and vehicle automation applications

Process automation protocols

DF-1
FOUNDATION fieldbus
FOUNDATION fieldbus
Foundation Fieldbus is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. It is an open architecture, developed and administered by the Fieldbus Foundation....

- H1
Foundation Fieldbus H1
Foundation Fieldbus H1 is one of the Foundation Fieldbus protocol versions. It utilises either twisted pair, or fiber media to communicate between multiple nodes and the controller...

& HSE
Profibus
Profibus
PROFIBUS is a standard for field bus communication in automation technology and was first promoted in 1989 by BMBF...

- by PROFIBUS International.
PROFINET IO
PROFINET IO
PROFINET is the open industrial Ethernet standard of PROFIBUS & PROFINET International for automation. PROFINET uses TCP/IP and IT standards, and is, in effect, real-time Ethernet....
CC-Link Industrial Networks
CC-Link Industrial Networks
CC-Link is an open industrial network that enables devices from numerous manufacturers to communicate. It is predominantly used in machine, cell or process control applications in manufacturing and production industries, but can also be used in facilities management, process control and building...

- Supported by the CLPA
CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
The Common Industrial Protocol is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications...

(Common Industrial Protocol) - Can be treated as application layer common to DeviceNet
DeviceNet
DeviceNet is a network system used in the automation industry to interconnect control devices for data exchange. It uses Controller Area Network as the backbone technology and defines an application layer to cover a range of device profiles...

, CompoNet, ControlNet
ControlNet
-Introduction:ControlNet is an open industrial network protocol for industrial automation applications, also known as a fieldbus. ControlNet was earlier supported by ControlNet International, but in 2008 support and management of ControlNet was transferred to ODVA, which now manages all protocols...

and EtherNet/IP
EtherNet/IP
EtherNet/IP is a communications protocol developed by Rockwell Automation, managed by the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association and designed for use in process control and other industrial automation applications....
Controller Area Network
Controller Area Network
Controller–area network is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer....

utilised in many network implementations, including CANopen
CANopen
CANopen is a communication protocol and device profile specification for embedded systems used in automation. In terms of the OSI model, CANopen implements the layers above and including the network layer. The CANopen standard consists of an addressing scheme, several small communication protocols...

and DeviceNet
DeviceNet
DeviceNet is a network system used in the automation industry to interconnect control devices for data exchange. It uses Controller Area Network as the backbone technology and defines an application layer to cover a range of device profiles...
ControlNet
ControlNet
-Introduction:ControlNet is an open industrial network protocol for industrial automation applications, also known as a fieldbus. ControlNet was earlier supported by ControlNet International, but in 2008 support and management of ControlNet was transferred to ODVA, which now manages all protocols...

- an implementation of CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
The Common Industrial Protocol is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications...

, originally by Allen-Bradley
Allen-Bradley
Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of Factory Automation Equipment manufactured by Rockwell Automation . The company, with revenues of approximately US$4.5 billion in 2006, manufactures programmable automation controllers , human-machine interfaces, sensors, safety components and systems,...
DeviceNet
DeviceNet
DeviceNet is a network system used in the automation industry to interconnect control devices for data exchange. It uses Controller Area Network as the backbone technology and defines an application layer to cover a range of device profiles...

- an implementation of CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
The Common Industrial Protocol is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications...

, originally by Allen-Bradley
Allen-Bradley
Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of Factory Automation Equipment manufactured by Rockwell Automation . The company, with revenues of approximately US$4.5 billion in 2006, manufactures programmable automation controllers , human-machine interfaces, sensors, safety components and systems,...
DirectNet
DirectNET Protocol
Koyo DirectNET protocol is used by Direct Logic PLCs from Automation Direct and is used in APS vacuum controls since 1999. It is a master/slave protocol making use of RS232 or RS422 physical layers with a baud rate from 300 to 38,400. It is designed to drive a maximum of 90 PLCs on a serial...

- Koyo / Automation Direct proprietary, yet documented PLC interface
EtherNet/IP
EtherNet/IP
EtherNet/IP is a communications protocol developed by Rockwell Automation, managed by the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association and designed for use in process control and other industrial automation applications....

- IP stands for "Industrial Protocol". An implementation of CIP
Common Industrial Protocol
The Common Industrial Protocol is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications...

, originally created by Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation is a global provider of industrial automation, power, control and information solutions. Brands in industrial automation include Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software....
Ethernet Powerlink
Ethernet Powerlink
Ethernet Powerlink is a deterministic real-time protocol for standard Ethernet. It is an open protocol managed by the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group...

- an open protocol managed by the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG).
EtherCAT
EtherCAT
EtherCAT - Ethernet for Control Automation Technology - is an open high performance Ethernet-based fieldbus system. The development goal of EtherCAT was to apply Ethernet to automation applications which require short data update times with low communication jitter and low hardware costs.-...
Interbus
Interbus
INTERBUS is a serial bus system which transmits data between control systems and spatially distributed I/O modules that are connected to sensors and actuators .The INTERBUS system was developed by Phoenix Contact and has been available since 1987...

, Phoenix Contact's protocol for communication over serial links, now part of PROFINET IO
HART Protocol
HART Protocol
The HART Communications Protocol is an early implementation of Fieldbus, a digital industrial automation protocol. Its most notable advantage is that it can communicate over legacy 4-20 mA analog instrumentation wiring, sharing the pair of wires used by the older system...
Modbus
Modbus
Modbus is a serial communications protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers . Simple and robust, it has since become one of the de facto standard communications protocols in the industry, and it is now amongst the most commonly available means of...

RTU or ASCII or TCP
Modbus Plus
Modbus PEMEX
Ethernet Global Data (EGD)
Ethernet Global Data Protocol
Ethernet Global Data is a protocol that enables producer to share a portion of its memory to all the consumers at a scheduled periodic rate. This protocol is developed for GE Fanuc PLCs to exchange data between PLCs / GE Drive Systems / GE HMI systems. The protocol uses UDP over Ethernet layers...

- GE Fanuc
GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
GE Intelligent Platforms is a business unit of GE Home & Business Solutions. GE Intelligent Platforms is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia,and consists of three units: Embedded Systems, Software and Services, and Control & Communications Systems....

PLC
Programmable logic controller
A programmable logic controller or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures. PLCs are used in many industries and machines...

s (see also SRTP
Service Request Transport Protocol
Service Request Transport Protocol protocol is developed by [GE Intelligent Platforms|GEIP] [earlier [GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.|GE Fanuc]] for transfer of data from PLCs. The protocol is used over Ethernet almost all GE automation equipment supports the GE-SRTP protocol when equipped...

)
FINS
FINS
FINS is a network protocol used by Omron PLCs, over different physical networks like Ethernet, Controller Link, DeviceNet and RS-232C....

, Omron
OMRON
is a Japanese electronics company based in Kyoto.Omron was established by Kazuma Tateishi in 1933 and incorporated in 1948. Omron's primary business is the manufacture and sale of automation components, equipment and systems, but it is generally known for medical equipment such as digital...

's protocol for communication over several networks, including ethernet.
HostLink Protocol
HostLink Protocol
HostLink is Omron's protocol for communication over serial links. It is an ASCII-based protocol generally used for communication over RS232 or RS422.The maximum message size allowed is 30 words per message. Larger messages can be sent by 'fragmentation' process, where the same slave returns a...

, Omron
OMRON
is a Japanese electronics company based in Kyoto.Omron was established by Kazuma Tateishi in 1933 and incorporated in 1948. Omron's primary business is the manufacture and sale of automation components, equipment and systems, but it is generally known for medical equipment such as digital...

's protocol for communication over serial links.
MECHATROLINK
MECHATROLINK
MECHATROLINK is an open protocol used for Industrial automation, originally developed by Yaskawa and presently maintained by Mechatrolink Members Association .Mechatrolink protocol has two major variants...

- open protocol originally developed by Yaskawa.
MelsecNet
MelsecNet
MelsecNet is a protocol developed and supported by Mitsubishi Electric for data delivery with uncompromising reliability and high speed. MelsecNet supports 239 networks....

, supported by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric
is a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group....

.
Optomux
Optomux
Optomux is a serial network protocol originally developed by Opto 22 in 1982 which is used for industrial automation applications. Optomux is an ASCII protocol consisting of command messages and response messages containing data from an Optomux unit & contain a message checksum to ensure secure...

- Serial (RS-422/485) network protocol originally developed by Opto 22
Opto 22
Opto 22 is a manufacturing company specializing in hardware and software products for industrial automation, remote monitoring, and data acquisition. The company is based in Southern California and is well-known in the automation and control industry for its history of innovation in the development...

in 1982. The protocol was openly documented and over time used for industrial automation applications.
Honeywell SDS
SDS Protocol
Smart Distributed System protocol is originally developed by Honeywell & currently supported by Holjeron. SDS is an open event-driven protocol used over CAN based industrial network. It is used for a highly reliable Smart device-level network...

- Smart Distributed System - Originally developed by Honeywell
Honeywell
Honeywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....

. Currently supported by Holjeron.
SERCOS interface
SERCOS interface
- Introduction :In the field of Industrial Control Systems, the interfacing of various control components must provide a means to coordinate the signals and commands sent between control modules...

, Open Protocol for hard real-time control of motion and I/O
SERCOS III
SERCOS III
sercos III is the third generation of the sercos interface, a globally standardized open digital interface for the communication between industrial controls, motion devices, and input/output devices . sercos III merges the hard real-time aspects of the sercos interface with Ethernet. It is based...

, Ethernet-based version of SERCOS real-time interface standard
GE SRTP
Service Request Transport Protocol
Service Request Transport Protocol protocol is developed by [GE Intelligent Platforms|GEIP] [earlier [GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.|GE Fanuc]] for transfer of data from PLCs. The protocol is used over Ethernet almost all GE automation equipment supports the GE-SRTP protocol when equipped...

- GE Fanuc
GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
GE Intelligent Platforms is a business unit of GE Home & Business Solutions. GE Intelligent Platforms is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia,and consists of three units: Embedded Systems, Software and Services, and Control & Communications Systems....

PLC
Programmable logic controller
A programmable logic controller or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures. PLCs are used in many industries and machines...

s
Sinec H1
Sinec H1
Sinec H1 is an Ethernet-based protocol that provides the transport layer function. The protocol was developed by Siemens and is used mainly for control applications. It has large bandwidth and is well suited to the transmission of large volumes of data....

- Siemens
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
SynqNet
SynqNet
SynqNet is an industrial automation network launched in 2001 by Danaher Corporation for meeting the performance and safety requirements of machine control applications. Synqnet is built over Ethernet link and 100BT physical layer & provides a synchronous connection between various process...

- Danaher
Danaher Corporation
The Danaher Corporation , is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products....
TTEthernet
TTEthernet
TTEthernet is a computer network technology marketed by TTTech Computertechnik AG for use in airplanes and other real-time applications.-Description:...

- TTTech
TTTech
TTTech Computertechnik AG is an Austrian company that provides solutions in the field of time-triggered computer systems. TTTech’s technologies and products, based on TTP, TTEthernet and FlexRay, improve the reliability of networked computer systems in the transportation and automation industries...
PieP
PieP
Process Image Exchange Protocol is a very simple Fieldbus protocol used for process automation. It is an application layer protocol developed over TCP/IP. PieP uses method of transferring process images between I/O Devices and the PLC which makes the protocol simple to use...

- An Open Fieldbus Protocol
BSAP
Bristol Standard Asynchronous Protocol
Bristol Standard Asynchronous/Synchronous Protocol is a industrial automation protocol developed by Bristol Babcock and managed by Emerson. It is a master-slave protocol suited to both synchronous high speed local networks and asynchronous low speed wide area networks...

- Bristol Standard Asynchronous Protocol, developed by Bristol Babcock Inc.
RAPIEnet, Real-time Automation Protocols for Industrial Ethernet

Industrial control system protocols

MTConnect
MTConnect
MTConnect is a manufacturing industry standard to facilitate the organized retrieval of process information from numerically controlled machine tools. The initiative began as a result of lectures given by David Edstrom of Sun Microsystems and Dr...
OPC
OLE for process control
OLE for Process Control , which stands for Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control, is the original name for a standards specification developed in 1996 by an industrial automation industry task force...
OPC UA
OPC Unified Architecture
OPC Unified Architecture is the most recent OLE for process control specification from the OPC Foundation and differs significantly from its predecessors. The first version of Unified Architecture was released in 2006, after 3 years of specification work and another year of prototyping...

Building automation
Building automation
Building automation describes the functionality provided by the control system of a building. A building automation system is an example of a distributed control system...

protocols

1-Wire
1-Wire
1-Wire is a device communications bus system designed by Dallas Semiconductor Corp. that provides low-speed data, signaling, and power over a single signal. 1-Wire is similar in concept to I²C, but with lower data rates and longer range. It is typically used to communicate with small inexpensive...

- from Dallas/Maxim
BACnet
BACnet
BACnet is a communications protocol for building automation and control networks. It is an ASHRAE, ANSI, and ISO standard protocol....

- for building automation, designed by committee ASHRAE.
S-Bus
S-Bus
S-Bus is a protocol based on RS485 connection Topology for intelligent buildings. S-bus is the developed protocol used 64 bits to be an Asian and African Standard protocol that administered by the smart-group Association, S-bus Known also as the "Smart-BUS", "SBUSPro" and SmartHome-BUS.Also another...
C-Bus
C-Bus (protocol)
C-Bus is a proprietary communications protocol for home and building automation that can handle cable lengths up to 1000 meter using Cat-5 cable. It is used in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, USA, South Africa, the UK and other parts of Europe including Greece and Romania...
CC-Link Industrial Networks
CC-Link Industrial Networks
CC-Link is an open industrial network that enables devices from numerous manufacturers to communicate. It is predominantly used in machine, cell or process control applications in manufacturing and production industries, but can also be used in facilities management, process control and building...

, supported by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric
is a multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group....
DALI
Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
Digital Addressable Lighting Interface is a technical standard for network-based systems that control lighting in buildings. It was established as a successor for 0-10 V lighting control systems, and as an open standard alternative to Digital Signal Interface , on which it is based...
DSI
Digital Signal Interface
Digital Signal Interface is a protocol for the controlling of lighting in buildings . It was created in 1991 by Austrian company Tridonic and is based on Manchester-coded 8-bit protocol, data rate of 1200 baud, 1 start bit, 8 data bits , 4 stop bits, and is the basis of the more sophisticated...
Dynet
Konnex (KNX) - previously AHB/EIB
LonTalk
LonTalk
LonTalk is a protocol optimized for control created by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, powerlines, fiber optics, and RF...

- protocol for LonWorks
LonWorks
LonWorks is a networking platform specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, powerlines, fiber optics, and RF...

technology by Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation is an American company which designs control networks to connect machines and other electronic devices, for the purposes of sensing, monitoring and control....
Modbus
Modbus
Modbus is a serial communications protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers . Simple and robust, it has since become one of the de facto standard communications protocols in the industry, and it is now amongst the most commonly available means of...

RTU or ASCII or TCP
oBIX
OBIX
oBIX is a standard for RESTful Web Services-based interfaces to building control systems. Building control systems include those electrical and mechanical systems that operate inside a building, including Heating and Cooling, Security, Power Management, and Life/Safety Alarms that are in nearly...
xAP
XAP Home Automation protocol
xAP is an open protocol used for home automation and supports integration of telemetry and control devices primarily within the home. Common communications networks include RS232, RS485, Ethernet& wireless. xAP protocol always uses broadcast for sending the messages...

- Open protocol
ZigBee
ZigBee
ZigBee is a specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios based on an IEEE 802 standard for personal area networks. Applications include wireless light switches, electrical meters with in-home-displays, and other consumer and industrial...

- Open protocol

Power system automation
Power system automation
Power system automation is the act of automatically controlling the power system via instrumentation and control devices. Substation automation refers to using data from Intelligent electronic devices , control and automation capabilities within the substation, and control commands from remote...

protocols

IEC 61850
IEC 60870-5
IEC 60870-5
In electrical engineering and power system automation, the International Electrotechnical Commission 60870 standards define systems used for telecontrol . Such systems are used for controlling electric power transmission grids and other geographically widespread control systems...
DNP3
DNP3
DNP3 is a set of communications protocols used between components in process automation systems. Its main use is in utilities such as electric and water companies. Usage in other industries is not common. It was developed for communications between various types of data acquisition and control...

- Distributed Network Protocol
Modbus
Modbus
Modbus is a serial communications protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers . Simple and robust, it has since become one of the de facto standard communications protocols in the industry, and it is now amongst the most commonly available means of...
Profibus
Profibus
PROFIBUS is a standard for field bus communication in automation technology and was first promoted in 1989 by BMBF...
IEC 62351
IEC 62351
IEC 62351 is a standard developed by WG15 of IEC TC57. This is developed for handling the security of TC 57 series of protocols including IEC 60870-5 series, IEC 60870-6 series, IEC 61850 series, IEC 61970 series & IEC 61968 series...

- Security for IEC 60870, 61850, DNP3 & ICCP protocols

Automatic meter reading
Automatic meter reading
Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting consumption, diagnostic, and status data from water meter or energy metering devices and transferring that data to a central database for billing, troubleshooting, and analyzing.This technology mainly saves utility...

protocols

DLMS/IEC 62056
IEC 62056
DLMS or Device Language Message Specification , is the suite of standards developed and maintained by the DLMS User Association and has been co-opted by the IEC TC13 WG14 into the IEC 62056 series of standards.COSEM or Companion Specification for Energy Metering, includes a set of specifications...
ANSI C12.18
IEC 61107
Modbus
Modbus
Modbus is a serial communications protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers . Simple and robust, it has since become one of the de facto standard communications protocols in the industry, and it is now amongst the most commonly available means of...
M-Bus
Meter-Bus
M-Bus is a European standard for the remote reading of gas or electricity meters. M-Bus is also usable for other types of consumption meters. The M-Bus interface is made for communication on two wire, making it very cost effective...
ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0

Automobile / Vehicle protocol buses

Local Interconnect Network
Local Interconnect Network
The LIN-Bus is a vehicle bus standard or computer networking bus-system used within current automotive network architectures....

(LIN) - a very low cost in-vehicle sub-network
Controller Area Network
Controller Area Network
Controller–area network is a vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer....

(CAN) - an inexpensive low-speed serial bus for interconnecting automotive components
J1939
J1939
Society of Automotive Engineers SAE J1939 is the vehicle bus standard used for communication and diagnostics among vehicle components, originally by the car and heavy duty truck industry in the United States....

and ISO11783 - an adaptation of CAN for agricultural and commercial vehicles
FlexRay
FlexRay
FlexRay is an automotive network communications protocol developed by the . It is designed to be faster and more reliable than CAN and TTP, but is also more expensive...

- a general purpose high-speed protocol with safety-critical features
Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) - a high-speed multimedia interface
Keyword Protocol 2000
Keyword Protocol 2000
Keyword Protocol 2000, abbreviated KWP2000, is a communications protocol used for on-board vehicle diagnostics systems . This protocol covers the application layer in the OSI model of computer networking...

(KWP2000) - a protocol for automotive diagnostic devices (runs either on a serial
Serial cable
A serial cable is a cable that can be used to transfer information between two devices using serial communication. The form of connectors depends on the particular PHY used...

line or over CAN)
Vehicle Area Network
Vehicle Area Network
The Vehicle Area Network is a vehicle bus developed by PSA Peugeot Citroën and Renault. It is a serial protocol capable of speeds up to 125 kbit/s and is standardised in ISO 11519-3....

(VAN)
DC-BUS http://www.yamar.com/benefits.html - Automotive power-line communication multiplexed network
IDB-1394
SMARTwireX
J1708
J1708
SAE J1708 is a standard used for serial communications between ECUs on a heavy duty vehicle and also between a computer and the vehicle. With respect to Open System Interconnection model , J1708 defines the physical layer...

- RS-485 based SAE specification used in commercial vehicles, agriculture, and heavy equipment.

External links

Free software exists for EtherNet/IP (Unconnected explicit messaging)

Free software exists for Modbus, Modbus Plus and Modbus/TCP

Cyberlogic DevNet - Free Modbus, Modbus Plus, Modbus/TCP software

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Process automation protocols

Industrial control system protocols

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Automobile / Vehicle protocol buses

See also

External links

Building automation
Building automation
Building automation describes the functionality provided by the control system of a building. A building automation system is an example of a distributed control system...

protocols