netTAP 100 has master and slave protocols for CANopen, DeviceNet, Profibus, CC-Link, EtherCat, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, Powerlink, Profinet, Sercos III, MB/RTU, MB ASCII RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 for Real-Time I/O data exchange. The configuration software for the master is an enhanced version of Sycon.net, an FDT/DTM-based tool. Development tools allow third parties to develop custom protocol gateways using any of the stacks and gateway applications to their own protocol.