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Controls and electrical in one company · WA electrical contractor IKONIAL745N4

DH+, ControlNet and DeviceNet to EtherNet/IP

Old networks usually move to EtherNet/IP in step with the controller migration, one area at a time, inside your planned shutdowns. The network often decides the order the rest of the upgrade follows.

A ControlNet remote I/O adapter on an old I/O rack, labeled December 1997.

How a network migration runs

Map what is there. A Line Evaluation draws every device and what it talks on, as a network diagram.
Plan the order. Networks, controllers and screens are phased together so each shutdown leaves the line running.
Build the new network. We will install and commission everything on the OT side, the network your machines run on. Where it meets your business network, your IT team often supplies its own distribution switches and firewall.
Hand over. You will get a drawing of the network as built.

What we work on

We have worked on DH+, Remote I/O, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Modbus and CANbus, and EtherNet/IP. Most of what we see is on Allen-Bradley systems, and we work on other brands too.

A ControlNet tap on a panel wall, with two labeled coax trunk cables.

Behind the engineer who comes

The engineers who upgrade your system will plan the work around your shutdowns. Behind them are the controls engineers, electricians and panel shop that rebuild and upgrade plants and vessels across the Pacific Northwest. If the job needs another trade, we will send them.

Licensed electrical contractor · UL 508A panel shop · Controls and electrical in one company

  1. Fix it now

    Urgent Support · Rapid Response · Drive Support

  2. Stop repeat faults

    Program and Drawing Recovery · Plant Electrical Service · Engineer Cover

  3. Plan the upgrade

    Line Evaluation · Pre‑Shipyard Survey

  4. Modernize in stages

    Modernization · Shipyard Support

A row of relay modules in a control panel, every status light green.Field noteA packaging line's drives and PLC replaced in one weekendRead the field note

Questions

Our plant network is run by IT. Does that matter?No. Every plant splits the network between IT and OT differently. We will work with both teams, within your rules.
Do we have to change the network to change the PLC?Not always. Sometimes a new controller can talk to the old network first, so the network can move in a later phase.

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