OV-IP/1.36 is an ethernet port-based industrial protocol developed by Teko, an Israeli industrial automation company specializing in data communication, control, and remote monitoring systems. This open-source protocol is designed to connect various types of industrial devices over Ethernet to cloud-based, and even directly-managed, systems. It supports various protocol layers, allowing it to be used in applications ranging from process control, to data acquisition, to distributed control systems. The protocol enables communication between different vendors, with an easy-to-use configuration, and is supported on all Windows, Linux, and RTOS systems.