Baumer VCXG - Multicast for Data Distribution

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10.5 Multicast
Multicasting offers the possibility to send data packets to more than one destination ad-
dress – without multiplying bandwidth between camera and Multicast device (e.g. Router
or Switch).
The data is sent out to an intelligent network node, an IGMP (Internet Group Management
Protocol) capable Switch or Router and distributed to the receiver group with the specic
address range.
In the example on the gure below, multicast is used to process image and message data
separately on two differents PC's.
Multicast Addresses:
For multicasting Baumer
suggests an adress
range from 232.0.1.0 to
232.255.255.255.
◄Figure52
Principle of Multicast