It would be possible to design products using only the definitions of communication
networks and objects, but this could easily result in similar products having quite different
data structures and behavior. To overcome this situation and to make the application of
CIP devices much easier, devices of similar functionality have been grouped into Device
Types with associated profiles. Such a CIP profile contains the full description of the object
structure and behavior. The following Device Types and associated profiles are defined in
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