Common Industrial Protocol is an open industrial protocol supported by ODVA. It is used for industrial automation applications and used in EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet. It includes a complete set of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications – control, safety, synchronization, motion, configuration and information. Moreover, it permits users to integrate these manufacturing applications with enterprise-level Ethernet networks and the Internet. CIP is truly media-independent and supported by hundreds of vendors globally. It endows its users with unified communication architecture throughout the manufacturing enterprise.