Implementation of a traffic interceptor for Anybus CompactCom

Abstract: The aim of this project is to design and develop a traffic interceptor for the Anybus protocol. This protocol is owned by HMS Industrial networks and its use is intended to enable industrial devices to communicate with any fieldbus or industrial Ethernet network. The traffic interceptor developed in this master thesis was introduced so the host can observe the data flow before it is translated inside the Anybus products and more specifically the CompactCom product. It receives the signals from the communication between the Anybus and its host application, then these signals are formatted in an FPGA and processed in a microprocessor to finally be displayed using a protocol package analyzer called Wireshark.