SafeZone 3 CIP Scanner by Rockwell Automation

Watch Jeff Parish, Sensor and Safety Consultant, put on a show as he demonstrates the many features of the new SafeZone 3 CIP Safety-enabled Scanner from Rockwell Automation that can help you meet you safety goals.

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I'm interested in adding the smarts to my industrial microcontroller that can talk to off-the-shelf software. I've seen some open source-projects (EIPStackGroup / OpENer ), but I'm not exactly sure of what is required.
Would I need to first have a TCP/IP stack.. then the application-layer specifics would be handled by the specific protocol I choose, like
Rockewell CIP -> DeviceNet/ControlNet -> Ethernet/IndustrialProtocol ?
What software (Windows/Linux) can be used to test or communicate with my device?