CIP Sync

CIP Sync is a time-synchronization mechanism for industrial automation control applications. It is compliant with IEEE-1588 and states synchronization accuracy between two devices of fewer than 100 nanoseconds. It uses a Time Sync object and associated services to synchronize devices, including motion axes, over conventional switched Ethernet.

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Specification

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Transports	ethernet l2
Architecture	producer consumer
Encoding	binary
Standard body	IEEE
Standard ref	IEEE-1588

Study notes

CIP Sync uses a Time Sync object and associated services to synchronize devices using time.
Synchronization accuracy between two devices is stated as fewer than 100 nanoseconds.
Real-time synchronization can be achieved over conventional Ethernet systems with a switch-based architecture.
CIP Sync is not restricted by many constraints imposed by event-based or time-sliced implementations.