A wide range of
protocols available on ELIOS’s communication modules
- A modular approach of the
protocols available -
To date, more than 100 protocols
(standards or owners) have been established
on various ELIOS boards.
The table below shows the ELIOS' standard offer relative
to these associated modules and communication protocols (deported protocol
on intelligent board + implementation's API available on host machine
via a library):
(1) Protocols with (1) are shared
on the same board: each line can manage a different protocol, (1)
thanks to the software package ELCOMM. (2) HNZ procedures are protocols used to operate by remote
control circuit breaker and are defined by EDF (Electricité De France). (3) ISO layer transport, used to operate by remote control
circuit breaker by EDF. (4) ICSP is a downloading protocol defined by Microchip. (5) ELCOMM software allows to build quickly the protocol adapted
to your needs.
In the upper table, several modules ELC2, ELC4, ELC8
or ELIUM can cohabit, each with different protocols, inside the same PC.
Application fields and long term strategy
Both Industry and Defence deploy a large variety
of equipmentwhich often have specific
communication interfaces; these equipments
have to dialogue with computer standard platforms to provide configuration,
command control, data acquisition, and supervision functions.
The life span of these equipments is, most of
the time, long (10 to 20 years) and poses an important problem of
long-term product availability
for the dialogue with computer standard data-processing servers of various
generations, which respective life span is about 5 years.
With a 20-year experience in finding solutions
for Telecom, Industry, Defence & Services,
ELIOS has defined an offer of communication modules (hardware, software,
mechanic) with a functional long-term commitment of over 10 years,
and ensures the interoperability with all kinds of specific equipement.
These modules allow at the same time the
installation of new communication interfaces and the industrial upgrade of
existing gateways.
Implemented Principles
In order to warranty a long-term commitment of the
available protocols, ELIOS has developed a strategy of protocol
availability and compatibility between the modules and the Operating
System of the host machine:
ELIOS' communication module always supports
several protocols,
In general, a protocol is available on several
ELIOS communication modules,
The API which can manage the protocol of
the communication module from the host machine (Industrial PC) does
not depend on the communication module that has been chosen,
This API is most of the time (except for
the sequence of initialisation) independent from the host machine's
Operating System,
In general, a protocol is available for several
Operating System.
