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June 2010 |
| Sponsor: ProSoft Technology |
Monitor and modify live process variables from your iPhone
Control engineers can now use SweetWilliam Automation’s ScadaMobile application with ProSoft Technology Industrial Hotspots to manage plant-floor process controls in real-time and on the fly from an iPhone device. These live values are displayed in stylized lists and include user-established variance allowances and alarms.
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| Sponsor: Moxa |
Moxa’s Industrial Secure Router
Moxa’s Industrial Secure Router, the EDR-G903 is an all-in-one Firewall/VPN/Router device with 3 gigabit ports used for remote control or monitoring of networks and critical industrial assets.
Click for Free Download of Moxa’s Industrial Ethernet Brochure.
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| Sponsor: Molex |
Flexible solutions for automated applications
Molex has the flexibility to offer a wide range of custom M8/M12 connection choices.
Different lengths. Different colors. Different shielding. With more than 19,000 standard
products—from cordsets, distribution boxes and field attachables to splitters, tees and
receptacles—we not only have what you need…we’ll customize it for you.
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| Featured Articles |
Strengthen Your Cyber Security
Chemical Processing, May 2010
By Andrew Ginter, Industrial Defender
The most effective approach to meeting the CFATS cyber-security standard includes a comprehensive vulnerability assessment of physical and cyber aspects of a site, and layered defense-in-depth cyber security. Evaluating and addressing cyber-security issues demand deep domain-level expertise in industrial control and SCADA systems.
The Instrumentation Cloud Brings Web-Centric Operation to Sensors
Sensors, May 2010
By Marius Ghercioiu, Cores Electronic
Combining RFID, analog signal conditioning, and sensors enables you to shift data analysis, monitoring, and control into the cloud. |
| Product Sponsor - GarrettCom |
 Magnum™ DX940 Expands Security for the Smart Grid
Substation-hardened router offers comprehensive wired and wireless data security for the Smart Grid. |
The Road to Broadband
Managing Automation, May 2010
By David R. Brousell
An FCC plan to expand high-speed Internet access is already hitting bumps, but there’s too much at stake for manufacturers and the nation to not move forward. Registration Required.
Improvements in Fiberoptic Terminations Eliminate Obstacles to Installation
Industrial Networking, May 2010
By John Rezabek
In recent years, developments made by fiberoptic suppliers have reduced the barriers to a trouble-free installation significantly. The most useful development is the introduction of easier termination tools, hardware and procedures.
Ethernet empowers fieldbus
InTech, April 2010
By Craig McIntyre
Fieldbus is a generic term for a number of digital industrial networks, including Foundation Fieldbus, HART, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, and Profibus. Many fieldbus networks are transitioning to Ethernet-based protocols for a variety of reasons. |
Browse more articles on the Industrial Communications portal. |
| Sponsor: ISA |
ISA Training: 3-for-2
To help you and your colleagues get the training you need during these difficult economic times, ISA is offering three registrations to any classroom training course for the price of two registrations: 3-for-2!
As an added bonus, you can still take advantage of ISA’s regular group pricing on the second registration. That’s an additional $100 savings on your total registration!
More information.
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| Product Sponsor - Advantech |
 Advantech’s Power over Ethernet (PoE) Industrial Ethernet Switches
Advantech's PoE solutions provide up to 15.4 watts of power per-port and can be used to power IEEE802.3af compliant devices (PD) through an Ethernet cable eliminating the need for additional wiring. |
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Driving the Networked Industrial Plant -- Power over Ethernet
By Paul Wacker, Advantech
Since PoE was originally developed for commercial IT applications, standard PoE devices are not always suitable for industrial environments. Industrial PoE devices must be ruggedized for use in factories and plants, which are much more electrically noisy than the typical office IT environment.
Ethernet Enables The Smart Grid
By Bill Wotruba, Belden
White paper shows how Ethernet-based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems can be used to monitor and control power flowing into and out of the grid, and how Ethernet-based SCADA systems can be used to match power inflows and outflows to keep the grid stable.
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
By Stanley Liu, Moxa
This white paper explores how selecting the correct solution allows existing IT departments to easily deploy and monitor the full range of available industrial automation devices for server room monitoring, without complicated integration obstacles or additional training requirements.
Redundancy in Automation
In this paper, we discuss different recovery requirements for redundant solutions, as well as approaches to keeping redundant hardware and software architectures running reliably and at peak performance. The technology related to redundant solutions will also be considered. |
Browse more white papers on the Industrial Communications portal.
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| Resources & Literature |
Cabling Guide for SERCOS III
Guide is intended to support engineers and electricians during the planning and installation phase of a SERCOS III network in order to guarantee a trouble-free operation of machines and systems.
Automation Network Selection: A Reference Manual
Book by Dick Caro
Are you trying to make sense of all the different industrial automation networks on the market today? Whether you're a novice industrial network user or someone who simply needs to brush up on the technology, Automation Network Selection will help you better understand and select the "right" network for a given application.
Pepperl+Fuchs offers free diagnostics for CompactLogix and ControlLogix
Available as a free download, this Add-On Instruction enables PLC programmers to retrieve detailed diagnostic data from an AS-Interface SafetyMonitor with just three instructions.
Siemon adds online educational resource for cabling
Website helps IT network and data center professionals understand the benefits of shielded twisted-pair copper cabling.
Fieldbuses for Process Control: Engineering, Operation, and Maintenance
Book by Jonas Berge
This implementation-oriented book provides a clear and concise presentation of how to apply fieldbuses for process control. Based on experience collected from end-users in a wide range of industries around the world, it provides “how-to” information for all phases of the system life cycle from engineering to device and strategy configuration, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, operation, and maintenance. |
Browse more resources and literature on the Industrial Communications portal.
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| Application Stories |
WirelessHART Network monitors Mining Operation’s Movable Leach Fields
The system uses 44 Endress+Hauser Promag 53P flowmeters and Cerabar WirelessHART pressure transmitters to monitor flow and pressure in leach fields that are regularly relocated, and use movable, temporary piping.
Large Hadron Collider Keeps Cool with help of OPC
By Software Toolbox
TOP Server BACnet OPC Server software provides access to full diagnostics of alarms and monitoring of the cooling systems from the control room
Moxa Ethernet switches help distribute power in Guangzhou, China
Moxa installed PowerTrans PT-7828 and PT-7710 series Ethernet switches to power its new power distribution automation project in Guangzhou, the third-largest city in mainland China.
Wake Up And Smell The SCADA System
Food Manufacturing, March 2010
Luigi Lavazza coffee uses a PcVue SCADA system to monitor its system and communicate with numerous PLCs from Telemecanique, Siemens and Beckhoff using Ethernet.
Oystar Jones Puts the PLC in Packaging Equipment
Control Design, March 2010
By Mike Bacidore
Oystar Jones’ soap packaging machines use PLCs, servo motion, discrete I/O, analog I/O, variable frequency drives and operator touchscreens, and a mix of hardwired and digital networking, depending on the vintage of upstream and downstream equipment. |
Browse more application stories on the Industrial Communications portal.
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| Featured Training |
PROFIBUS One-day Training Class - Chicago
July 8, 2010
Location: Naperville, IL, USA
The training class is specifically designed to be a technical overview of PROFIBUS technology providing both new and existing users with a comprehensive understanding of the design, installation, commissioning and troubleshooting of PROFIBUS. The training class also provides an introduction to related technologies including PROFIsafe, PROFINET, and IO-Link.
Introductory One-Day Seminar on EtherNet/IP and Industrial Ethernet
July 20, 2010
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Introduction to EtherNet/IP and Industrial Ethernet. This seminar gives a technical overview of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and EtherNet/IP, including its extensions for functional safety, synchronization, and motion
Profinet One-Day Training - Kansas City
July 22, 2010
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
This class is designed to show automation engineers the power and scope of Industrial Ethernet. It also provides an excellent introduction to Ethernet on the plant floor for IT staff. Individuals who are interested in building a scalable, energy-saving architecture are also encouraged to attend this training class.
CANopen Training
September 2, 2010
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Development engineers and system integrators who want to get an overview about CANopen and want to judge the technical opportunities CANopen provides. This CANopen training is also for technical decision-makers, who have the question, whether CANopen can fulfill the communication related technical request of their application.
Industrial Networking & Security
September 27, 2010 - October 1, 2010
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
In this course, you will learn about the latest developments in networking, including practical tips on designing, implementing and testing TCP/IP-based networks and how to apply them securely and reliably in an Industrial environment. |
Browse more training and seminar opportunities on the Industrial Communications portal. |
| Company & Organizational News |
Advantech opens office in Indonesia
The new office is located in South Jakarta.
ODVA publishes new specs for networks
Specs cover EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet technologies.
Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group announces openSAFETY
With openSAFETY, the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG) has now laid the foundation for the first completely open safety-related data communication protocol for all areas of automation.
WirelessHART Approved by IEC
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has approved the WirelessHART specification as a full international standard (IEC 62591Ed. 1.0).
ARC says Industrial Ethernet Switch market will recover
Double-digit growth is expected to resume in the switch market by 2011, but at a more restrained pace than experienced in past years. |
Browse more company and organizational news on the Industrial Communications portal. |
| Project News |
Westermo to supply Ethernet extenders for Amsterdam gas distribution
DDW-221 and DDW-100 Ethernet extenders will be part of the regulation, real time monitoring, alarms and flow measurement system of Amsterdam's gas and energy distribution network.
Moxa to provide Ethernet Switches for electrical substation modernization
Efacec will use Moxa IEC-61850-3 Ethernet switches as part of an effort to modernize a 400 kV high voltage substation in Africa.
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| Featured Events |
Automation & Robotics World Show 2010
August 26, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Automation & Robotics World Show 10, the country's most awaited exhibition gives a way to success to the new innovations and opportunities for that vast industrial segment comprising of power, Pharmaceutical, Terminal Automation, and Tank Farm Automation.
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.
ISA100, Wireless Systems for Automation
October 5, 2010 - October 7, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
ISA100, Wireless Systems for Automation will meet 05-07 October 2010 in the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston, Texas USA. Check back for more details closer to the date.
Remote 2010 Conference & Expo
October 18, 2010 - October 20, 2010
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
The ninth annual conference and expo will be held October 19-20, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. This technology-driven and solution oriented event brings together the innovators and users from multiple industries, including utilities, infrastructure, power, oil & gas, telecom, industrial, water & public utilities, agriculture, remote networks, and facilities management.
Industrial and Embedded Electronics 2010
October 26, 2010 - October 28, 2010
Location: Moscow, Russia
The exhibition is targeted at manufacturers of process and automated control systems, electronics for security and military applications, and various industrial devices. |
Browse more industry events on the Industrial Communications portal.
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