<s>
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
(	O
IP	O
=	O
Industrial	O
Protocol	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
industrial	O
network	O
protocol	O
that	O
adapts	O
the	O
Common	B-Protocol
Industrial	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
CIP	O
)	O
to	O
standard	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
industrial	O
protocols	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
is	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
industries	O
including	O
factory	O
,	O
hybrid	O
and	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
and	O
CIP	O
technologies	O
are	O
managed	O
by	O
ODVA	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
trade	O
and	O
standards	O
development	O
organization	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
with	O
over	O
300	O
corporate	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
uses	O
both	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
deployed	O
collections	O
of	O
Ethernet	O
standards	O
–	O
the	O
Internet	O
Protocol	O
suite	O
and	O
IEEE	O
802.3	O
–	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
features	O
and	O
functions	O
for	O
its	O
transport	O
,	O
network	O
,	O
data	O
link	O
and	O
physical	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
performs	O
at	O
level	O
session	O
and	O
above	O
(	O
level	O
5	O
,	O
6	O
and	O
7	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
OSI	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIP	O
uses	O
its	O
object-oriented	O
design	O
to	O
provide	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
services	O
and	O
device	O
profiles	O
needed	O
for	O
real-time	O
control	O
applications	O
and	O
to	O
promote	O
consistent	O
implementation	O
of	O
automation	O
functions	O
across	O
a	O
diverse	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
adapts	O
key	O
elements	O
of	O
Ethernet	O
’s	O
standard	O
capabilities	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
CIP	O
object	O
model	O
framework	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
User	B-Protocol
Datagram	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
UDP	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
uses	O
to	O
transport	O
I/O	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ethernet/IP	B-Protocol
was	O
estimated	O
to	O
have	O
about	O
30%	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
industrial	B-Protocol
ethernet	I-Protocol
market	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
began	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
within	O
a	O
technical	O
working	O
group	O
of	O
ControlNet	O
International	O
,	O
Ltd.(CI )	O
,	O
another	O
trade	O
and	O
standards	O
development	O
organization	O
,	O
In	O
2000	O
,	O
ODVA	O
and	O
CI	O
formed	O
a	O
joint	O
technology	O
agreement	O
(	O
JTA	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
JTA	O
was	O
terminated	O
and	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
became	O
under	O
the	O
sole	O
control	O
of	O
ODVA	O
and	O
its	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
networks	O
that	O
adapt	O
CIP	O
to	O
an	O
industrial	O
network	O
along	O
with	O
DeviceNet	O
,	O
ControlNet	O
and	O
CompoNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EtherNet/IP	B-Protocol
classifies	O
Ethernet	O
nodes	B-Protocol
into	O
predefined	O
device	O
types	O
with	O
specific	O
behaviors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uploading	O
and	O
downloading	O
of	O
parameters	O
,	O
setpoints	O
,	O
programs	O
and	O
recipes	O
via	O
TCP	B-Protocol
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
explicit	O
messaging	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
One-to-one	O
(	O
unicast	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
one-to-many	O
(	O
multicast	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
one-to-all	O
(	O
broadcast	O
)	O
communication	O
via	O
IP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
portable	O
open-source	B-License
implementation	O
named	O
OpENer	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
under	O
an	O
adapted	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open-source	B-License
C++	B-Language
scanner	O
library	O
named	O
EIPScanner	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
under	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
