4 Technical Features
4.1 General
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Technical Features
4.1
General
This chapter contains the general technical description of the gateway XNE-GWBR-2ETH-MB
for Ethernet. The following technical features are independent of the implemented protocol.
The chapter describes: the technical data, the connection possibilities, the addressing of the
gateway etc.
4.2
Function
The gateway is the connection between the XI/ON I/O-modules and the Ethernet network.
It handles the entire process data traffic between the I/O-level and the field bus and generates
diagnostic information for higher-level nodes and the software tool I/O-ASSISTANT.