I’m working on a project that requires a wireless solution, and CoreTigo is a strong candidate. They mentioned that B&R has used CoreTigo for wireless data transmission to devices on ACOPOStrack shuttles.
However, CoreTigo only supports EtherCAT, PROFINET, and EtherNet/IP. The CoreTigo device needs EtherCAT AoE and EoE functions to communicate properly, but B&R’s EtherCAT Master doesn’t support these features. Does anyone know what communication protocols are being used for the ACOPOStrack demo?
As mentioned in the video posted in the Youtube channel from the guys of CoreTigo, I believe that the demo uses IO-Link for the wireless communication.
In case you needed more specific information regarding this possibility, you can always contact your B&R local office. They’ll be able to give you some more extra info about that!
It’s a bit confusing as the CoreTigo device uses IO-Link wireless and not really sure what that means at this point. To communicate to the devices on the other side of the wireless bridge, CoreTigo mentions to use EtherCat or Ethernet/IP and not IO-Link as the name suggests.
Thanks for the video, this does help that this is a plausible way to move forward. Just need to keep pushing for the details.
Hi Domonic , I marked Roger’s reply as the solution to the question. However, please update us if you discover any additional details that might be interesting for the community.
This isn’t the level of answer that I’m looking for, thought the CoreTigo device uses IO-Link Wireless for the bridge, this isn’t the communication that one would use to communicate to the device itself.
Thanks Christoph, that was my first thought but was informed that their OPC UA communications are slow (+100ms) and more intended for monitoring and not control.
It seems likely the best option is to push towards Ethernet/IP sadly, will likely add in a X20IF10D1-1 Eth/IP Scanner in the mix.
