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December 2009 |
Sponsor: ProSoft Technology |
802.11n Industrial Wireless Solutions
ProSoft Technology’s new 802.11n wireless solutions leverage the latest technology to provide greater flexibility and performance to a broad range of manufacturing and production applications. The radios utilize multiple antennas to improve performance for high-bandwidth video applications and high packet-rate control applications, or to provide better range in obstructed/reflective environments like mobile factory settings. Where concerns about network crowding exist, the radios can operate in the 5GHz Band, which contains 24 non-overlapping channels.
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Sponsor: Moxa |
Moxa’s new EDS-600 series compact modular switches
Moxa’s new EDS-600 series compact modular switches are ideal for high-port-density industrial applications, such as transportation, pipeline, and water and wastewater. EDS-600 series is an excellent choice for deploying a best-fit network structure. Click to learn How to Improve Network Redundancy, Security, Performance, and Management
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Sponsor: Modbus Organization |
Modbus Device Directory
With almost 1,000 Modbus devices listed in our directory, where else would you go to find the right Modbus device for your project?
Modbus Organization: Supporting suppliers and users of the most popular industrial communications protocol in the world.
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| Featured Articles |
Mobile Networking: Getting Your Priorities Right
Industrial Automation Asia, November 2009
By Kelly Ungs, Intermec
The success of mobile computing is based on the ability to accurately capture and share data electronically and to enforce a method of data collection that consistently meets the business needs of the organization
Networks In Buildings: A Central Role
Industrial Automation Asia, November 2009
By Daniel Santos and Don Winn, Connexion Technologies
Remote management of building network infrastructures is critical when it comes to supporting service providers who utilise third party networks.
The Cloud Beyond the Network
Automated Buildings, October 2009
By Ken Sinclair
As more software and computer services move off-site, a look around suggests that the collaborative power of cloud computing has already begun to reign for those looking to harness real-time building information most efficiently.
RF Energy Harvesting Enables Wireless Sensor Networks
Sensors, October 2009
By Harry Ostaffe, Powercast Corp.
A brief introduction to RF energy harvesting: what it is, what it does, and how it enables wireless sensor networking applications.
Determinism in industrial ethernet: A technology overview — Part 2
What’s New in Process Technology, August 2009
By Glenn Johnson
In Part 1 of this article we looked generally at the types of innovations that have been used to make use of ethernet in process plants and factory automation. This month we look at some of the most well-known implementations.
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Conformal Coated Industrial Ethernet Switch Protects Mission Critical Applications
By Ethernet Direct
In mission critical and harsh environments like where most Industrial hardened Ethernet switches are deployed, conformal coating acts as protection against moisture, dust, chemicals, and temperature extremes that if non-protected could result in a complete failure of the electronic system. These applications include mining, metal industries, oil & gas, military applications, chemical processing and food and beverage industries.
Advantages of a PC Based HART Communicator
By ProComSol, Ltd.
It’s now time to upgrade to a new HART Communicator. Your old hand held HART Communicator is obsolete and receives limited support. You shop around and find that it costs between $3000 and $7000 for a new hand held HART Communicator. Will the PC alternative perform as required? What should you look for? The PC based HART Communicator has been around for many years, but until recently it has not been able to replace the hand held HART communicator.
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| Resources & Literature |
Ethernet Direct launches Industrial Solution website
Site is organized according to three major product classifications: Industrial Ethernet, Industrial Communication and Industrial Automation.
B&B Electronics publishes industrial networking catalog
2009 Q4 catalog covers the full line of N-TRON products including managed, unmanaged and process control Ethernet switches, plus monitored media converters and wireless Ethernet radios.
HARTING publishes Industrial Ethernet Handbook
This 5-chapter, 168-page Handbook covers the technical details of Ethernet, comparing it to other fieldbus systems, and explaining its Open System Interconnection (ISO/OSI) Reference Model.
Green Hills opens Networking Solutions Center
The Solutions Center is staffed by a team of engineering veterans dedicated to advancing network protocol technology, industry protocol collaboration, and network security.
SolaHD publishes guide to surge protection
Enduring Protection, a 28-page catalog, gives detailed specifications and current information on available surge protection devices, Active Tracking filters, and data/signal line surge protectors.
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| Application Stories |
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.
ARC Informatique´s PcVue software controls wind farms in Spain
PcVue SCADA software centralized information from 10 Iberdrola Ingenier wind farms. Up to 2.5 million data items are monitored by 13 PcVue file servers and multiple FrontVue client stations, which communicate via OPC over a 1,000 Mbps redundant TCP/IP Ethernet network.
After the Explosion...
Control Engineering, September 2009
By Jim McConahay, Moore Industries
Imperial Valley Resource Recovery suffered a major electrical explosion that destroyed the connection to the grid and adjacent control room electronics. It was all replaced with Ethernet-based Modbus RTU communications and controls from Moore Industries
Digital Networks Prove Reliable, Reduce Costs
Power, July 2009
By Ali Abdallah, PE and James H. Brown, PE, PMP
Newmont Gold Mining’s 200-MW TS Power Plant is perhaps the power industry’s best example of how a plantwide digital controls architecture can provide exceptional reliability and be significantly less costly to install.
Orlando uses automation to improve wastewater operations
Plant Engineering, May 2009
Orlando's three advanced wastewater treatment plants process more sewage and gray water than ever before. Standardized on the Siemens S7-300 programmable logic controller and Siemens PROFIBUS and Industrial Ethernet networks, the automation platform controls everything from the flow of electricity to the amount of reclaimed water being safely discharged from the plant.
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| Featured Training |
ISA Industrial Wireless Systems
March 23, 2010 Wilmington, DE
This course will cover the most relevant details associated with industrial wireless systems with an emphasis towards how the various technological choices coexist, interoperate and interact with each other. Numerous examples of real-world deployments are covered for facilities such as SCADA systems, petrochemical plants, electrical power generation, and transmission systems. Price: $545.
ISA Understanding and Implementing Wireless Industrial Automation Systems
May 3 through June 25, 2010
This course is offered online. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. The course will cover the most relevant details associated with industrial wireless systems with an emphasis towards how the various technological choices coexist, interoperate, and interact with each other. Price: $1,210.
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| Company & Organizational News |
ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner
In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.
Kepware to supply Moxa with OPC software
Kepware will supply its IT and Infrastructure Suite for use with the full line of Moxa Managed and Unmanaged Ethernet products.
ARC says device networks down, but will rebound in 2010
The worldwide market for Factory Automation Networks at the device level will decline this year but is expected to strongly rebound in 2010
HART Foundation upgrades HART Server
HART Server Version 3.1 supports HART 7, HART-over-IP based networks, and WirelessHART gateways.
ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters
The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.
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| Project News |
GE Fanuc supplies computers to KSG power plant simulator
The $1.1 million order from KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft MBH of Essen, Germany, includes CPU blades, I/O controllers, associated software and support.
Softing to supply PROFINET to Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems has selected Softing’s PROFINET stack to enhance the IE 3000 Series Switch family with PROFINET I/O capabilities.
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| Featured Events |
Interconnection World Forum 2010
January 25-28, 2010 London, UK
Meet the fixed operators and mobile service providers and regulators around the world and seize this unique opportunity to discuss the technical, commercial and regulatory interconnections, particularly in an NGN environment.
CeBit
March 2-6, 2010 Hannover, Germany
CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.
IEEE INFOCOM 2010
March 15-19, 2010 San Diego, CA
The IEEE Conference on Computer Communications addresses key topics and issues related to computer communications, with emphasis on traffic management and protocols for both wired and wireless networks.
2010 Niagara Summit
May 2-4, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
Covers automation infrastructure technology, device-to-enterprise integration and how devices integrate, connect and create interoperable environments.
ISA announces Automation Week show
October 4-7, 2010 Houston, TX
ISA Automation Week, a knowledge-based conference event, will deliver critical knowledge on the application of automation technologies in processing and manufacturing environments.
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