ibaM-COM is connected to the ibaPDA computer via a standard Ethernet network. It does not matter which of the two Ethernet interfaces is used. The device works with the ibaNet-E protocol to transfer configuration and measurement data.

Any network topology can be used to do this. The device can either be connected to the ibaPDA computer directly (P2P), as shown above, or via a switch or router, as shown below. The modules connected to ibaM-COM are only examples.

If the ibaPDA computer is connected to the network via a standard network adapter card, synchronous data sampling between multiple network devices at 1 ms is possible.

If an ibaN-2E card is used in the ibaPDA computer, synchronous data sampling at up to 1 µs is possible. To do this, the ibaPDA computer and ibaM-COM must be in the same LAN (without switch).