# Connecting a Ethernet IP device to Node-Red that's not a PLC?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335>\
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**Created:** [7 February 2026 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335 "2026-02-07T14:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![sfisher1975](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sfisher1975/32/102617_2.png) [@sfisher1975](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sfisher1975)\
**Post date:** [7 February 2026 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335/1 "2026-02-07T14:04:20Z")

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Does anyone have any experience with connecting Ethernet IP devices to Node-Red? Pulling data from an AB Plc is easy enough; however, I have challenged myself with directly connecting an Ethernet IP device to Node-Red, and so far, I am failing.

My current setup is a Sick Lector 83X and the latest version of Node-Red, using the serafintech/node-red-contrib-eip-io module. I have pulled the EDS files from Sick and used them to attempt to set up the scanner node within Node-Red. So far no luck connecting.

Does anyone have any experience using this Module that can help me figure out exactly what I am missing?

Or is there a better way? I really don't want to run this from a PLC, as I am trying to also prove that Node Red can be a very powerful tool in our industry.

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**Author:** ![mudwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@mudwalker](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mudwalker)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2026 10:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335/2 "2026-02-08T10:04:47Z")

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Welcome to the Forum.

I am no expert on this, but to those unfamiliar with the device, can you explain the format of the EDS file. It looks like some kind of data sheet, but I would have thought that there would be some other way of getting data. e.g. API, REST, or similar?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 May 2026 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/connecting-a-ethernet-ip-device-to-node-red-thats-not-a-plc/100335/3 "2026-05-09T10:05:16Z")

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