One post tagged with "protocol-detection"

You plug a new edge gateway into a plant floor network. It needs to figure out what PLCs are on the wire, what protocol each one speaks, and how to read their data — all without a configuration file.

This is the auto-detection problem, and getting it right is the difference between a 10-minute commissioning process and a 2-day integration project. In this guide, we'll walk through exactly how industrial edge gateways probe, detect, and configure communication with PLCs across EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP, drawing from real-world patterns used in production IIoT deployments.