Patent ID: 9537507
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H03M,H04L

Claim:
1. A device for monitoring two channel bus data in a RAPIEnet (Real-time Automation Protocols for Industrial Ethernet) network system, the monitoring device comprising: a first channel unit configured to receive a first data piece from a network bus, to convert the received first data piece to a converted first MII (Management Independent Interface) data piece, and to transmit the converted first MII data piece to a CPU; a second channel unit configured to receive a second data piece from the network bus, to convert the received second data piece a converted second MII data piece, and to transmit the converted second MII data piece to the CPU; and a monitoring unit configured to receive the converted first and second MII data piece from the CPU and to monitor the first and second data piece based on the received converted first and second MII data piece, wherein the first channel unit converts the first data piece in units of a 16-bit word, and wherein the second channel unit converts the second data piece in units of a 16-bit word.