The TwinCAT EtherNet/IP™ Adapter is a supplement that turns any PC-based controller with an Intel® chipset and the real-time Ethernet driver developed by Beckhoff into an EtherNet/IP™ adapter. Through this supplement the Ethernet interface becomes an EtherNet/IP™ adapter. The product can be used on all PC controllers and Embedded PC controllers with an Intel® chipset.

A further feature of the supplements is that it enables up to eight adapters to be parameterized using a single physical interface. For this purpose, a virtual MAC address is created in order to be able to operate a total of up to eight EtherNet/IP™ adapters on one PC via a single Ethernet interface. This feature can be used, for example, to exchange larger amounts of data using one EtherNet/IP™ scanner or to establish a connection to several EtherNet/IP™ scanners in different subnets.