Turn your PC or PDA into a HART Communicator!
DevCom2000 software provides full DD access to HART instrumentation for configuration & monitoring. Reliable, cost-effective USB modems and convenient, wireless Bluetooth modems provide interface between HART instruments and configuration & monitoring software.

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Automation, motion control raise production for tea packaging machine  
Reliable Plant, December 2009
By Bosch Rexroth
Teekanne, the market leader for tea in Germany today, fills 10 million tea and herb bags every day. Using Rexroth Indramotion motion control, Sercos III, and Safety on Board, the company can fill and produce bags at a rate of 400 per minute with thread and label, or with an outside paper protection.

Wireless network improves carbon reactiviation process at Calgon  
WirelessHART network uses Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters attached to a rotating kiln to deliver continuous information for instant response to process changes, enabling better heat control.

Smart automation helping to secure Sydney’s water future  
Process & Control Engineering, November 2009
Sydney Water’s new desalination plant at Kurnell uses Profibus technology along with 1,400 instruments from Endress+Hauser to measure water level, pressure, temperature, pH, ORP, turbidity, conductivity and the concentration of minerals such as nitrates.

Armoring Up for Safety
Control, November 2009
By Chris Williams
Eastman Chemical uses FISCO and advanced diagnostics to implement intrinsically safe fieldbus in a hazardous and corrosive environment.

Machine Builder Saves With AS-interface
Automation World, November 2009
Automacad Concrete in Canada builds concrete splitters that once had more than 300 wires connected from the skid to the main control panel, leading to wire bundles that were cumbersome and unsightly. The wire bundle was replaced with AS-Interface from ifm efector.

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Advantages of a PC Based HART Communicator
By Michael B. Fersky, ProComSol
The HART Foundation’s SDC-625 standard defines PC-based HART communicators, and all DDs must comply with it. So what’s the difference between a $7,000 handheld HART communicator and a PC-based one?

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SERCOS III test system available
Test system ensures that SERCOS III slave implementations from different manufacturers are compatible and interoperable.

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FREE FOUNDATION Fieldbus Educational Training
February 4, 2010
Location: Montreal, Canada
FOUNDATION technology provides a supplier-neutral, standards-based process automation infrastructure - one of the most advanced and scalable solutions available. Attend a free seminar today, and learn how to put this enabling technology to work for you.

Instrumentation 2010 Expo
February 18, 2010
Location: Carson, CA, USA
The largest exhibition and training event on the West Coast dedicated to process instrumentation & control.

FDT Technical Seminar
March 9, 2010
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
Join us for lunch! The event will kick off with an overview of the technology, followed by an application-oriented presentation and technology demonstration. Discussions will continue as you network with your peers and the experts at table tops, and more.

Practical Aspects of PROFIBUS & PROFINET in Factory Automation
March 11, 2010
Location: Swindon SN5 8YF, UK
Seminar addresses the practical issues from the use of of PROFIBUS and PROFINET digital communications technologies in automated manufacturing and advanced engineering applications. It focuses on the practical aspects of using PROFIBUS and PROFINET in factory automation applications from system design and safety considerations through to maintenance and fault-finding.

Overview of Enhanced EDDL
March 17, 2010
(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima Time Zone
Learn how enhanced EDDL technology enables intelligent device management systems and handheld tools to provide long-term viability, security, access to complete device functionality, and externally accessible information with interoperability certification, while at the same time avoiding version conflicts, difficulties removing unwanted devices, and licensing problems.

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EDDL Cooperation Team expands  
To accelerate deployment of Field Device Integration (FDI) technology, key automation suppliers have agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team, which will become the FDI Cooperation.

Automation Systems Market is coming back very slowly  
ARC says the short term forecast for discrete automation systems looks bleak, but moderate market growth is expected five years from now. China and India are doing well, of course.

CANopen Annex Released for FDT Specification  
The annex includes, beside the actual specification document, the XML schemas and examples which are required to implement a Device Type Manager (DTM) for CANopen devices.

Frost & Sullivan says Europeans love Industrial Ethernet in new plants  
The European Industrial Ethernet Market will reach $307.12 million by 2015, but end users are only willing to employ industrial Ethernet technologies in new projects or in Greenfield applications.

NAMUR confirms WirelessHART for Process Applications  
NAMUR reports that WirelessHART technology meets the requirements for wireless sensor networks in process applications.

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ISA Edmonton Oil Sands Automation 2010
March 9, 2010 - March 10, 2010
Location: Fort McMurray, Canada
This is the seventh year for this event held in the heart of Canada's Oil Sands industry and the ONLY event focused on the challenges associated with unique challenges of measurement and control in this difficult environment.

Hannover Messe 2010
April 19, 2010 - April 23, 2010
Location: Hannover, Germany
The world's leading showcase for industrial technology is staged annually in Hannover, Germany. Italy to be featured as its official Partner Country. In 2010 the spotlight will be on industrial automation, energy, technology, industrial subcontracting and cutting-edge technologies.

Automation Technology Egypt 2010
May 10, 2010 - May 12, 2010
Location: Cairo, Egypt
The conference is mainly aimed at demonstration of advanced developments in the domain of automation and information technologies in industry and new opportunities for business development.

Automation 2010
September 21, 2010 - September 24, 2010
Location: Mumbai, India
Automation 2010 will highlight products trends, services and solutions in the field of: Factory Automation, Process Automation & Control System, Field Instrumentation, Robotics, Drives & Various Bus Technology, Building Automation, Hydraulics & Pneumatics

ISA Automation Week
October 4, 2010 - October 6, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
ISA Automation Week 2010 will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. Discrete and process automation professionals will have a chance to learn innovative techniques and solutions for creating more efficient, productive, and economical manufacturing processes.

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