Industrial Communication

Connect your automation products to each other and to the rest of your enterprise with our industrial communication devices and networks including gateways, routers, software and network architectures.

Core Networks

Schneider Electric’s networking standard of choice is Ethernet. Industrial Ethernet has the requisite level of robustness and reliability, connecting all the levels of your business, from plant floor to enterprise, using one common technology. With the addition of Sercos III, Schneider Electric has created the first fully Ethernet-based communication solution. Schneider Electric has also chosen CANopen because of its functional capabilities and advantages for machine automation applications.

Industrial Ethernet

One network for all applications and communication services

OPC Factory Server

Fast, simple & open communication to field devices Based on OPC standards, OFS provides secure, highly available, open and real time comms with Modicon and Modbus devices for SCADA and other software.

CANopen

Network for machines and installations A standard-compliant multi-master bus which ensures reliable deterministic access to real-time data in control system devices.

Modicon Networking

Connecting Ethernet devices. Networking infrastructure solution

Sercos III

Network for high performance machine applications First fully Ethernet based communication solution

Gateways, Switches and Routers

Stay connected in any circumstance with our extensive portfolio of gateways, switches and routers. They help you integrate Ethernet solutions into your operation, from the device level to the control network and to your corporate network while protecting it from external cyber threats.