So, this one is a tad unusual. I'm supposed to connect several "legacy" KRC4s to some "legacy" PLCs, using EIP. When I say "legacy," I mean that all these units already have a lot of hardware they're connected to, and a lot of configurations that the customer doesn't want changed.
For example, I'm looking at a robot that already has EIP and is acting as an EIP Master to its end effector and related hardware. I should be able to just activate the EIP Slave config in the robot and let the PLC be its Master on that circuit.
But there's a complication (of course there is, why else would I be posting?). The KRC4 and the PLC have incompatible IP ranges (and the customer doesn't want them changed, of course). My first thought was to simply add another virtual network to the robot, but Virtual 5 is already in use for the Windows interface, and Virtual 6 is already set up for RSI.
So, I haven't had to mess with the virtual networks outside of the typical pre-defined ones before. Is it simple to just add a Virtual 7 with an IP compatible with the PLC, and set it up for just EIP traffic? Or am I wading into deep waters here?