Intelligent power tap for providing power and communicating in industrial automation applications

A system comprising:

• a network power zone comprising one or more devices;
• a switched power zone;
• an intelligent power tap configured to inject network power to the network power zone;
• and
• a master device connected to the intelligent power tap,
• wherein the intelligent power tap is configured to provide geographical location of the intelligent power tap to the master device.

A method for providing diagnostic information, comprising:

• connecting an intelligent power tap to a control network system, wherein the intelligent power tap comprises a voltage sensor;
• obtaining, by the intelligent power tap, at least one of an incoming network voltage and an incoming switched voltage injected into the intelligent power tap;
• and
• sending, by the intelligent power tap, a first warning to the control network system when determining that the incoming network voltage or the incoming switched voltage is not within a first preset voltage range.