EtherNet/IP and IO-Link are the future. They enable the distribution of incredible functionality across the manufacturing space, with common hardware, and standardized infrastructure... and we intend on taking advantage of every possibility this entails.
This is the stuff. Built for 24-7-365, uptime measured in years or decades, not months. Support for all popular protocols: EtherNet/IP, ModbusTCP, IO-Link, you name it. All supported by the largest manufacturers of industrial I/O hardware: Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Balluff, Hirschmann, Lumberg, Turck, etc.
A new EtherNet/IP .NET Library that includes an API for developing quick tools in Excel VBA or complete industrial applications in .NET.