Network server AI-SRVR series

DIN railEthernet

Product DetailsThe AI-SRVR allows for connectivity between an ARCNET network and an Ethernet network giving a client on the Ethernet side access to nodes on the ARCNET side. The unit's role as an ARCNET server is to execute communication requests from an Ethernet client. Any number of Ethernet TCP/IP clients can initiate requests to any node on an ARCNET network. This device will receive ARCNET packets and send the data to Ethernet clients or reverse the process for packets received from Ethernet.Both ARCNET and Ethernet are data link technologies with varied medium access methods, frame sizes and link layer protocols. With Ethernet, the most popular transport layer protocol is TCP/IP, but ARCNET is more commonly found in embedded applications that do not use TCP/IP. ARCNET also does not employ a universal application layer so it is best to query ARCNET by examining raw packets. It is up to the Ethernet client to interpret the meaning of the raw packets. It is up to the Ethernet client to interpret the meaning of the raw packets. This approach enables any ARCNET network to be queried by an Ethernet client regardless of the application layer protocol being used with ARCNET.