Features & Known Restrictions

Features

The Industrial Communication Explorer is an accompanying tool for all devices powered by the GOAL Device Detection protocol such as SoM/iRJ45 device and assists in developing applications on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

The tool allows to configure the device, creating snapshots of the current state, update the firmware, read logs and initiate a PROFINET, EtherNET/IP or EtherCAT connection using the integrated master emulators.

Thus, the tool can also assist in the production line of devices for setting the default state of the device such as the initial firmware or device configuration.

Device Management

Scanning for devices in the network (device detection)
Reading and writing the configuration of a device via the ConfigManager
Reading and resetting the device log
Reading and resetting the exception log
Updating the firmware of the device (SoM/iRJ45 only)
Creating snapshots of the device

PROFINET Master

test I/O data exchange with an Device Detection powered device via a PROFINET RT connection
identify the device via the PROFINET DCP protocol
set a station name via the PROFINET DCP protocol
set the IP configuration via the PROFINET DCP protocol
trigger the Wink command via the PROFINET DCP protocol
read/write I&M 1-4 records via the PROFINE RT protocol
read/write user defined records via the PROFINET RT protocol
see alarms generated by the device

EtherNet/IP Scanner

scan for EtherNet/IP adapters
read device data
tests I/O data exchange with a Device Detection powered device

EtherCAT Master

test I/O data exchange with a Device Detection powered device via EtherCAT
identify the device via the EtherCAT
cycle through the different states of the EtherCAT state machine
retrieve the object dictionary from the device
read object dictionary values
adjust RxPDO and TxPDO mapping
write the EEPROM of the device