Featured Articles:
-Synchronizing CAN and Analog Signals for Device Validation
-Using MODBUS for Process Control and Automation
-The Tough Connection; and more

Resources & Literature:
-Industrial control: Kit brings PowerQuicc II to industrial
-TURCK publishes Networks/Fieldbus overview guide
-Banner publishes SureCross wireless network brochure; and more

Application Stories:
-Remote Diagnostics in a Fiber-Optic Network
-Digi Provides Remote Networking Solution for Construction Industry Control System
-Remote Services via Internet; and more

Featured Training:
-CANBus Communication
-Bus Technologies for Test and Measurement Systems
-WAGO Industrial Ethernet and IEC 61131-3 Seminar; and more

Product Announcements:
-TURCK announces EtherNet/IP piconet gateways
-Moxa releases CN2610 terminal server with dual LANs
-Matrikon releases OPC Server for Allen-Bradley PLCs; and more

Company News:
-ARC says Industrial Ethernet Market will hit $955 million by 2011
-Moxa announces USB-to-Serial application contest
-ABB and Phoenix Contact to collaborate on PROFINET; and more

Application News:
-Softing uses Altera FPGA for real-time Ethernet
-Emerson's wireless solution installed at PPG in Louisiana
-Bell Canada and Wurldtech to secure Canadian critical infrastructure; and more

Featured Events:
-LXI Consortium Tenth PlugFest and General Meeting
-NIDays 2007
-Remote Monitoring & Networking 2007 and Onsite Power; and more

Synchronizing CAN and Analog Signals for Device Validation
By National Instruments
Article describes how to configure a system that synchronizes CAN messages with data acquisition (DAQ) measurements to obtain simultaneous measurement using the NI-CAN Channel application programming interface (API).

Using MODBUS for Process Control and Automation
By Moore Industries
MODBUS is the most popular industrial protocol being used today, for good reasons. It is simple, inexpensive, universal and easy to use. This white paper describes how to use Modbus in process control and automation.

The Tough Connection
Control Engineering Asia, August 2007
By Eddie Lee and Andrew Hsu, Moxa Networking
The capabilities of Ethernet, despite the shortcomings of the technology when it was first developed over 30 years ago, have been dramatically enhanced in recent years. New advances in technology are constantly being applied to Ethernet to accommodate the requirements of industrial networking.

Practical Device Networks
Control Design, August 2007
By Loren Shaum, contributing editor
With intelligent devices and lower-level networks, machine builders can build and commission faster, and provide more reliable performance.

Networking 101: Down at the Bit Level
Control Engineering, August 2007
By Peter Welander
Many large machines use lots of small sensors. Specialized networks designed for these devices can save wire and time.

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Industrial control: Kit brings PowerQuicc II to industrial
EE Times, June 2007
By Loring Wirbel
Freescale Semiconductor’s Com Express development kit brings PowerQuicc II integrated communications processors into the industrial control space. The kit includes Ethernet Powerlink, Profibus and IEEE 1588 software protocols.

TURCK publishes Networks/Fieldbus overview guide
Overview contains system descriptions for Foundation fieldbus, DeviceNet, AS-interface, Profibus and Ethernet networks, with data and network diagrams.

Banner publishes SureCross wireless network brochure
Brochure describes SureCross wireless network, its ability to perform monitoring and control functions, and applications.

MooreHawke publishes white paper on Installing Fieldbus in Hazardous Locations
By Bruce Bradley, Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals
This paper describes everything you should consider when applying fieldbus in hazardous areas, then shows how it was done. Author uses it in a class he teaches on hazardous environments.

SIXNET Releases Free Product CD
CD covers Sixnet's line of Industrial Connectivity and Automation products, including Industrial PoE (Power over Ethernet) products and software.

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Remote Diagnostics in a Fiber-Optic Network
By Russell Davoli, National Instruments
The Anritsu Company serves telecommunications customers who have large networks with distant monitoring substations. When a problem arises, a trained technician has to travel to the monitoring substation. Anritsu provided remote control capability, using LabVIEW.

Digi Provides Remote Networking Solution for Construction Industry Control System
Process and Control Today, September 2007
Dorner Electronic has construction customers all over the world. In many locations, such as the Middle East, there are no proper network connections. This made remote monitoring of these facilities difficult. Dorner needed a solution that would allow these facilities to be IP-enabled. The solution came in the form of the ConnectPort WAN from Digi International.

Remote Services via Internet
Koenig & Bauer, a manufacturer of printing plants, implemented remote maintenance via Internet using open standard technologies in an integrated mGuard solution from Innominate.

Ethernet switches for gas field exploitation
150 Westermo Ethernet switches have been installed at Norway's Ormen Lange, one of the world's largest gas fields. The switches were installed in the fibre optics network of the Safety and Automation System.

Upgrading Small RS-232 PLCs
Application note from Moxa Technologies describes how to let small PLCs communicate over the Ethernet. Small PLCs have only one RS-232 serial communication interface, and may be located in remote areas, making communication possible only via conversion to RS-485 or a modem. This note describes how a serial device server allows the PLC serial data to be transported over the Ethernet very economically.

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CANBus Communication
By National Instruments
15-minute on-line slide presentation covers the basics of the ISO 11898 Controller Area Network protocol.

Bus Technologies for Test and Measurement Systems
By National Instruments
This tutorial discusses the technical merits of several bus and platform technologies for use in test and measurement, including GPIB, VME, PCI, USB, Ethernet, and LXI, as well as PXI and VXI.

WAGO Industrial Ethernet and IEC 61131-3 Seminar
November 5-7, 2007 Germantown, WI
Free 3-day seminar on Industrial Ethernet Control. Attendees will receive an introduction to the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM hardware, overview of industrial Ethernet components and protocols, and hands-on IEC 61131-3 programming with live demo hardware.

CANopen Training
November 13, 2007 Burlingame, CA
For development engineers and system integrators who want to get an overview about CANopen and want to judge the technical opportunities CANopen provides, and technical decision-makers, who question whether CANopen can fulfill the communication related technical request of their application.

Free SERCOS Seminar
November 13, 2007 Chicago
One-day seminar covers the latest advances for SERCOS in motion, safety and I/O.

Fiber Optic Training
These courses will instruct you how to plan, install, terminate, test, commission, and troubleshoot the wide variety of fiber optic links and devices used in data, security, and industrial communications. Instructors and materials are approved by the Fiber Optic Association. Price: $129.

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• RuggedCom introduces VDSL Ethernet Switches
• Connect One releases Serial-to-WiFi module
• Adept introduces ePLC Connect for PLC-based robot programming
• Divelbiss adds OptiCAN network
• Jasper Wireless announces M2M communications
• Siemens introduces ASIsafe modules for light curtains
• Aboundi announces APL4200 for Ethernet over power lines
• Phoenix Contact releases Lean Managed Switch
• Ethernet Direct introduces RUG-118 Gigabit Media Converter
• Green Hills enhances security on Wireless Devices Platform
• Lumberg releases e-FLEX Ethernet cordsets
• GarrettCom introduces DX900 industrial router
• Wonderware releases DA Servers for Omron PLCs
• Online Development announces cATM to connect PACs with PLCs

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ARC says Industrial Ethernet Market will hit $955 million by 2011
The ARC report notes the strong recent growth and predicts that there is no barrier in sight that will bring this above-market growth to a halt.

Moxa announces USB-to-Serial application contest
Moxa is offering a Nintendo Wii, an Apple iPod video, and other assorted prizes for descriptions of USB-to-serial applications.

ABB and Phoenix Contact to collaborate on PROFINET
Phoenix Contact and ABB will work together to enhance PROFINET for use in the process industries.

Fieldbus Foundation, HART and PROFIBUS cooperate on wireless
The three organizations will develop a spec for a common interface to a wireless gateway. They will base their work on WirelessHART and the ISA SP100.11a standard.

MooreHawke Joins Emerson Alliance Program
MooreHawke is now on Emerson's Approved Product List, and Emerson will co-market MooreHawke FOUNDATION fieldbus device couplers.

Emerson and Cisco collaborate on wireless solutions
Emerson and Cisco will offer open-standard solutions for wireless process and plant management applications that install easily and operate reliably.

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Softing uses Altera FPGA for real-time Ethernet
PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus/TCP are entirely executed within the integrated processor.

Emerson's wireless solution installed at PPG in Louisiana
PPG Industries installed Emerson's Smart Wireless solution at its Chemical Division facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It uses ten wireless Rosemount transmitters for pipeline and steam header temperature measurement.

Bell Canada and Wurldtech to secure Canadian critical infrastructure
Wurldtech and Bell will provide a comprehensive security assessment solution to protect Power and Energy, Nuclear, Telecommunications, Water and Transportation infrastructure from cyber attack.

Moxa posts success stories from Petrochemical and Mining on website
Case history stories describe use of Moxa's network devices for naphtha cracking and coal mining applications.

Korenix extends range of GE Fanuc PLC Serial Bus
Via a pair of JetCon 2401-s serial fiber converters, Korenix extends the range of Genius Serial Bus up to 40 km @ 153.6Kb baud rate.

LXI Consortium Tenth PlugFest and General Meeting
October 9-11th 2007 Munich, Germany
Member companies will have the opportunity to test prototype LXI devices for compliance with the LXI Specification and for interoperability between prototype devices.

NIDays 2007
October 25, 2007 London, UK
Topics covered will include: Real-Time and Embedded Systems, FPGA-based Reconfigurable I/O, Software Development Techniques, LabVIEW SignalExpress, LabVIEW graphical development, Windows Vista, Multicore.

Remote Monitoring & Networking 2007 and Onsite Power
November 6, 2007 Scottsdale, AZ
Covers management of remote sites, remotely managed equipment and infrastructure, as well as onsite power systems.

LonWorld 2007
November 14, 2007 Amsterdam
Two-day event consists of a conference and a full exhibition, both offering visitors an in-depth view of LON technology applications and benefits in buildings and industrial structures as well as infrastructure and transport.

IEEE Global Communications Conference
November 26, 2007 Washington, DC
Full program of technical and professional activities spanning the entire range of hot topics in voice, data, image and multimedia communications.

Industrial Wireless and Ethernet Conference
December 5-6, 2007 Sydney, Australia
Covers plant-level wireless and Ethernet networks, and the integration of communications protocols, standards, and SCADA systems into everyday business processes.

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