Patent ID: 9451055
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A PROFINET adapter comprising: a switch having at least one first and one second Ethernet interface for connecting to a real-time-enabled PROFINET network, a PROFINET protocol stack and a number of at least one application interface, further comprising a third Ethernet interface and a splitter, wherein the third Ethernet interface is designed at least to exchange Ethernet-based data packets, wherein the splitter is connected to the switch, the PROFINET protocol stack, the application interfaces and the third Ethernet interface, and is designed to divide real-time data packets and near real-time data packets according to a predetermined configuration and to transmit them between the switch and the application interfaces and/or the third Ethernet interface, and wherein the PROFINET adapter is designed to assign an IP address which is the same as its own IP address to an Ethernet-communications-enabled device which can be connected to the third Ethernet interface.