> In practice if you have ever had to set up a daisy chain topology network > you will not like it. One problem is that one connector or device failure > takes down the entire network. The new switch based Ethernet is much > more reliable especially now with self test and green LED built into every > end or every cable.
For between machine communication and user interface I will use ordinary Ethernet and maybe WiFi. For realtime I am pretty suer Ethercat should be a better choice for a similar price but I have not yet read all details about the protocol. Regards Nicklas Karlsson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
