What is ControlNet? Need a solution to talk on your industrial network? Let’s look at ControlNet. ControlNet is an open industrial network protocol and is managed by formerly “Open DeviceNet Vendors Association” or ODVA. ControlNet is based on a token-passing bus control network and we will talk more about how this part works as we move along. ControlNet utilizes the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) for the upper layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model that has seven layers: physi