DeviceNet™ uses CAN (Controller Area Network) for its data link layer and CIP™ (Common Industrial Protocol) for the upperlayers of the network. DeviceNet supports multiple communication hierarchies and message prioritization, and can be configured to operate in a master-slave or a distributed control architecture using peer-to-peer communication to perform actuator process control and feedback data retrieval. The ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendor Association) registered Limitorque Electronic Data Sheet (EDS) description file is used to configure the actuator parameters for supreme control system performance.