A Seamless Self-configuring EtherCAT Master Redundancy Protocol

Jürgen Dobaj*, Matthias Seidl, Thomas Krug, Michael Krisper, Georg Macher

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

The ever-increasing demand for system autonomy in all kinds of applications is accompanied by the need for increased fault-tolerance to build highly-reliable systems. EtherCAT technology is one of the most widely used industrial Ethernet solutions for process control and automation. While EtherCAT provides some fault-tolerance mechanisms, it does not protect an industrial control system against the malfunction of its master node. In this paper, we present a software-based master redundancy protocol for EtherCAT, which enables an EtherCAT network to seamlessly recover from master node failures within the same communication cycle. Moreover, the protocol integrates seamlessly into new and existing applications without the need to re-implement functionality and without running into compatibility problems. Experimental results showed that communication cycles in the sub-millisecond range are supported. Hence, the presented master redundancy protocol provides an easy to use, scalable, and cost-effective solution to increase the reliability of EtherCAT networks.
Originalspracheenglisch
TitelSystems, Software and Services Process Improvement
Untertitel27th European Conference, EuroSPI 2020, Proceedings
Redakteure/-innenMurat Yilmaz, Paul Clarke, Jörg Niemann, Richard Messnarz
ErscheinungsortCham
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer
Seiten381-395
Seitenumfang15
ISBN (elektronisch)978-3-030-56441-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-56440-7
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Jan. 2020
Veranstaltung27th European Conference on System, Software, and Service Process Improvements and Innovations - Düsseldorf, Germany, Virtuell, Deutschland
Dauer: 9 Sept. 202011 Sept. 2020
Konferenznummer: 27
https://2020.eurospi.net/

Publikationsreihe

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer
Band1239

Konferenz

Konferenz27th European Conference on System, Software, and Service Process Improvements and Innovations
KurztitelEuroAsiaSPI 2020
Land/GebietDeutschland
OrtVirtuell
Zeitraum9/09/2011/09/20
Internetadresse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematik (insg.)
  • Informatik (insg.)

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