Anybus 513-20011A EtherTAP2 Industrial Ethernet monitor

The EtherTAP2 is an interface for monitoring an Ethernet network. It is an indispensable tool for the development and commissioning of Ethernet at the industrial level, in particular for checking the connections and performance of RT, IRT and other real-time applications. There are two types; a 10 / -100 Mbit type and a 1000 Mbit (or 1Gbit) type.

The monitor port of switches is unreliable for monitoring; it can be busy and not forward all traffic or drop messages due to the switch overload. Also, the load on the laptop's Ethernet port can be too high for real-time applications because two channels are combined into one. The EtherTAP2 has a USB connection to the laptop that transfers the captured messages to the associated driver, which emulates an additional Ethernet port on the laptop and forwards the messages to each application.

The EtherTAP2 also prevents the laptop from sending messages on its own initiative, which could endanger WAS's real-time behavior and network security.

EtherTAP2 reduces the equipment required for network analysis and even reduces the sources of errors during analysis. Only one Atlas and one EtherTAP2 are required. Power is supplied via the USB3.0 connection. No additional adapter is required, but can be optionally connected to provide additional power if the USB power supply is insufficient or if higher availability is required.

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