netHAT as Ethernet/IP Adapter with Codesys

[lstiegler]

Dear Leonhard,

I took a chance meanwhile to be after the firmware myself.

I turned the version V3.5.0.0 of netX52 software in a version that runs on netHAT as the verison 3.3.0.4 did before. I have appended it to this post. After unzipping it replace it with the existing one found in the folder /opt/cifx/deviceconfig/FW/channel0/.  

Since I have no EIS master myself to check with I was able just to check the firmware is starting on my netHAT. So it is up to you now making in-deep checks yourself and give back a report if the behaviour has improved.

I did not follow all the tons of changes from 3.3.0.4 to 3.5.0.0 listed on the web page I gave you. I am just hoping that the DCHP issue has been solved in this very latest version. "More we do not have"...

I also have to say that all development activities has been freezed for netX52 chip since we have a successor netX90 chip meanwhile where our focus is set to now. So if the issue has not been solved there will be no chance at all to trigger a new version higher than V3.5.0.0 any more. Especially not for netHAT which is for us just a teaser product.

Thanks for your understanding.


Armin

Dear Armin,

thank you very much for your support. Is Hilscher going to produce any kind of netHAT with the new netx90 chip?
Would be interesting, because I think the concept is really good.

Recently we bought a few more netHAT modules for DHBW Mosbach students and I use them also for customer
trainings at the Technische Akademie Esslingen.
Our focus for both students and customers is to understand the fieldbus protocols using wireshark. 
That's why I'm interested in this kind of less expensive testing equipment - keep me informed please.

Best regards and good success
Leonhard

[Armin@netPI]

Yes indeed a netHAT 90 is planned. This is what I heard from the Product Manager yesterday while I was asking for a netHAT 3.5.0.0 firmware for EtherNet/IP.

But more I don't know yet. What will be sure is that once it is available, we will be making it public on this forum and divide the extsinting netHAT forum into two forums netHAT 52 and netHAT 90.