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		Essentials of Modern Measurements and Final Elements in the Process Industry: A Guide to Design, Configuration, Installation, and Maintenance - $119.00 This comprehensive resource aims to increase awareness of the opportunities afforded by modern measurement instruments and final elements, and to show how to get maximum benefit from the revolution in smart technologies. It builds an understanding of the fundamental aspects of measurements, measurement instruments, and final elements for applications in the process industry.

		HART Foundation Enhances HART DDL/EDDL Host Test Suite - 04/25/12 Enhancements in v2.0 include improved Encoded Test DDs updated to align with the current Test Specifications, test report spreadsheets for documenting test results, and more.

		ISA publishes Foundation Fieldbus, fourth edition - 04/01/12 This edition provides in-depth coverage on Fieldbus communications and configuration, including calculation of macrocycle for Control-in-Field and in the host system.

		IEC publishes EDDL Technical Report - 04/01/12 IEC 61804-6 report explains the requirements for field device integration and how they are met using the EDDL standard (IEC 61804-3).

		Mechatrolink Members Association Updates Web Site - 03/14/12 The web site has improved graphics and an updated layout, making it easier to use. A new search engine on the product page provides easier access to updated technical and product information.


		WAGO announces YouTube Channel - 03/07/12 YouTube channel features 30+ videos that cover a broad spectrum of content for both new and experienced viewers.

		Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Application Guide for FieldConnex Fieldbus - 02/02/12 This guide walks PROFIBUS and Foundation fieldbus users through a logical process to identify the proper application of all FieldConnex bus solutions.

		Fieldbus Foundation Updates H1 Interoperability Test Kit - 10/11/11 H1 Interoperability Test Kit (ITK) 6.0.1 tests the functionality of an H1 (31.25 kbit/s) fieldbus device and its conformity with the FOUNDATION function block and transducer block specifications.

		PROFIdrive System Description - 10/07/11 This document describes the PROFIdrive application profile which defines the device behavior and the process for accessing drive data of electric drives on PROFIBUS and PROFINET and also optimally integrates the additional PROFIsafe and PROFIenergy profiles.

		Softing offers free PROFIBUS Communication DTM - 08/23/11 PROFIdtm software is free and available for download from Softing's web site.

		Engineer’s Guide to Interface Technology - 08/07/11 This 700+ page guide includes nearly 100 pages dedicated to non-commercial and educational resource material, including content on intrinsic safety, surge protection, HART interfaces and signal conditioners.

		Wapice releases Free CAN diagnostic tool - 04/12/11 CANrunner can monitor real-time data on CAN bus, analyze and catch problems on a CAN bus, and view CAN bus statistics.

		sercos/IP Library Released as Open Source Software - 04/10/11 The driver software is available for download in C# source code without any license fees or usage limitations.

		ABB publishes brochure on 2600T family of pressure transmitters - 03/06/11 The brochure highlights a comprehensive range of pressure measurement products, stressing reliability and simplified installation and configuration.

		Siemon provides 3D Cable Models through Autodesk Web Service - 02/23/11 Building and network designers can now find Siemon cabling product models through the Autodesk Seek web service.

		ISA Technical Report Provides Guidance for EDDL Users - 01/20/11 ISA-TR104.00.03 is intended to provide factual guidance in using EDDL for device integration.

		HART Foundation Releases HART 7 DDL Update - 12/16/10 DD-IDE Version 4.0 supports the HART enhanced Device Description Language (DDL) Specification, HART 7 and the development of Device Descriptions (DDs) for WirelessHART devices.

		ODVA publishes new specifications for CIP Networks - 12/10/10 Specifications update EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet, and the CIP Safety extension to the EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet networks.

		Baseblock Software offers free Modbus RTU test software - 11/22/10 Free utility for Windows XP, VISTA and 7 allows users to test and troubleshoot modbus RTU device communication over serial and Ethernet networks.

		SERCOS publishes Planning and Installation Guide - 10/07/10 This guide supports engineers and electricians during the planning and installation phase of a SERCOS III network.

		ABB publishes brochure on scalable device management - 09/16/10 Six-page color brochure covers ABB's scalable device management tools: Asset Vision Professional, Asset Vision Basic, Mobility handhelds, and the local instrument HMI.

		Moore Industries publishes Interactive Line Card for Power Plant Applications - 09/15/10 The interactive line card includes pop-up “Selection Hints” that link to technical product information on Moore Industries’ web site.

		ProComSol Goes YouTube - 08/12/10 ProComSol uses a YouTube channel to highlight the capabilities of its HART products.

		Softing offers free PROFIBUS Diagnostic software - 08/04/10 Users can download the software from the web page to update a diagnostic toolset. The software update is free-of-charge and does not require any software license.

		EtherCAT Group adds CANopen to Drive Profile - 05/20/10 The EtherCAT Slave Sample Code now includes the CANopen drive profile according to the ETG implementation guideline.

		FDT releases frameINSPECTOR Test tool - 05/19/10 frameINSPECTOR validates application behavior and conformity of software interfaces in respect to the FDT specification.

		BAS Application Guide By Contemporary Controls Guide contains descriptions, diagrams and schematics of various building automation applications using BACnet, Modbus, and Sedona Framework SOX with the BAS Remote Master web appliance.

		Cabling Guide for SERCOS III - 04/26/10 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.

		HART Communication Foundation Releases EDDL / DDL Test Suite - 04/21/10 The EDDL/DDL Host Test Suite includes Test Libraries, Specifications and adaptable Device Simulator to stimulate and verify proper host functionality and behavior for all HART protocol versions.

		ISA publishes Online ISA Directory of Automation - 04/11/10 This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.

		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 - 03/29/10 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.

		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.

		Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary No technical library is complete without this comprehensive dictionary covering the entire vocabulary of automation, systems, and instrumentation. This authoritative fourth edition contains the latest trends in industrial instrumentation and automation. References relevant to ISA and IEC standards are included throughout, along with illustrations to enhance the definitions of more difficult terminology. With CDROM.

		Industrial Network Security, 2nd Edition Book by David J. Teumim Industrial Network Security is critically important to industrial systems. This easy-to-read book introduces managers, engineers, technicians, and operators on how to keep our industrial networks secure amid rising threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and even cyber-terrorists.

		SERCOS III test system available - 01/20/10 Test system ensures that SERCOS III slave implementations from different manufacturers are compatible and interoperable.

		Free Open-source EtherNet/IP communication stack - 11/18/09 Designed to connect a wide range of products using open communication standards, developers can download the new license and royalty-free adapter stack through SourceForge.net.

		PTO updates Profibus and Profinet web site - 09/30/09 website offers up-to-date technical information, lists resources and contacts, and describes education, integration support, and certification lab services.

		Guide to AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting - 08/30/09 This 32-page illustrated pocket-sized reference from Pepperl+Fuchs is filled with information to help AS-Interface users set up and maintain an AS-Interface solution.

		TwinCAT Developers Group on Linkedin - 08/16/09 TwinCAT Developers group on Linkedin provides a forum for all levels of Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC developers to discuss issues, problems and solutions.

		Pepperl+Fuchs introduces FieldConnex Smartplant symbol library - 07/06/09 Library is for EPCs and plant builders looking to plan fieldbus segments or to keep their documentation current.

		Animatics publishes Motion System catalog - 06/18/09 Catalog includes eight product segments detailing SmartMotor specifications, Fieldbus protocols, brake options, connectivity, peripherals, power supplies, Gearheads and software.

		Guide to using industrial fieldbus cable - 05/19/09 By Northwire Multi-pair fieldbus trunk lines simplify installations by merging formerly scattered control and instrument points into common bus segments and junction boxes.

		Omron STI publishes Guide to DeviceNet Safety Systems - 12/21/08 Guide outlines the benefits of implementing a DeviceNet safety network in a variety of machine safety applications, including standalone safety applications or distributed safety control systems.

		Fieldbus Foundation publishes SIF white paper - 10/29/08 Paper describes the implications of FOUNDATION SIF (FF-SIF) technology for the global plant safety system market and end users.

		IXXAT offers free Device Description Explorer for CANopen and POWERLINK - 09/23/08 Tool enables user to inspect CANopen and POWERLINK device description files conforming to the CiA 306 and CiA 311

		Booklet explains 10 fatal PR errors - 07/23/08 Booklet describes the 10 most common and costly errors that companies make when preparing product news releases.

		B&R offers free openPOWERLINK Industrial Ethernet - 07/06/08 The openPOWERLINK solution for the master and slave side can be downloaded free of charge. The Open Source implementation reaches cycle times up to 0.5 milliseconds while ensuring high synchronicity.

		Pepperl+Fuchs introduces FieldConnex Cordset configurator - 07/06/08 Online configuration tool allows users to design FieldConnex fieldbus Type A/ER cordset and extension cables in 10 easy steps.

		Contemporary Controls publishes BACnet brochure - 07/01/08 The four-color brochure discusses the BAS Remote family of remote I/O products that allow expansion of BACnet systems in the field.

		Moore Industries announces SNAP custom signal interfaces - 05/15/08 SNAP provides customers with customized solutions to meet unusual signal interface needs in industrial process control, systems integration and factory automation applications.

		Connect, Protect, Power and Terminate By MooreHawke Data sheet describes the company's full line of FOUNDATION Fieldbus and PROFIBUS PA Device Couplers and Power Supplies.

		AirSprite introduces WirelessHART OEM program - 03/25/08 AccelerATE gives HART field device manufacturers a simple, quick, and low cost path to enable product lines with the WirelessHART specification.

		TURCK upgrades free I/Oassistant configuration software - 02/25/08 I/Oassistant is used as a configuration tool when designing TURCK’s BL20 in the panel and BL67 on the machine nodes. It uses FDT/DTM, and will generate a fieldbus I/O map.

		TUV Rheinland publishes Testing & Inspection Services Catalog - 02/25/08 The catalog details the company's testing services, product types, product approval schemes, service approval schemes, and available certification marks.

		Pepperl+Fuchs publishes Intrinsic Safety Specification Guide - 02/08/08 This illustrated manual has information on successfully installing, using, maintaining and repairing intrinsic safety systems.

		Ethernet Shoulders e-Communications - 01/09/08 Automation World, December 2007 by C. Kenna Amos Brief explanation of the seven layers or levels of the International Organization for Standardization’s Open System Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model—application, presentation, session, transport, network, datalink and physical.

		Fieldbus Foundation Publishes H1 Cable Test Specification The H1 Cable Test Specification (Document FF-844) is for manufacturers developing cables for FOUNDATION fieldbus H1 (31.25 kbit/s) installations. The specification test cases, based upon the IEC 61158-2:2003 standard, include impedance, capacitive unbalance, connector pin-outs, and attenuation.

		ODVA establishes test center in China - 11/30/07 ODVA and TÜV Rheinland will establish a conformance Test Service for DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP in Shanghai.

		ODVA publishes CIP network specifications - 11/30/07 Specs include updates for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet.

		ODVA publishes spec for integration of Modbus into CIP - 11/30/07 This spec provides seamless access from CIP originator devices to Modbus target devices.

		Fieldbus Foundation Releases Fieldbus Podcast - 09/12/07 The podcast describes how FOUNDATION fieldbus unifies open scalable integration, process integrity, and business intelligence as part of a single, plant-wide managed infrastructure.

		ABB publishes brochure on Smart HART temperature transmitters - 09/03/07 Four-page full-color brochure describes capabilities of two new smart HART temperature transmitters with universal sensor input.

		Contemporary Controls offers Industrial Ethernet CD - 08/02/07 CD contains all the information needed to get an Industrial Ethernet installation done properly.

		TURCK publishes Networks/Fieldbus overview guide - 07/25/07 Overview contains system descriptions for Foundation fieldbus, DeviceNet, AS-interface, Profibus and Ethernet networks, with data and network diagrams.

		PROFIBUS PA Book By Christian Diedrich, et al This book is a must for all who need in-depth information about PROFIBUS in the process industries. It is equally useful for developers of PA devices and for planners, end-users and maintenance staff.

		PROFIBUS PA Profile Simplified By PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) Version 3.02 “Profile for Process Automation” (PROFIBUS PA) application profile has been simplified to improve readability. Updates include resolved change requests, amendments and profile specifications.

		Reading HART Data into Non-HART Systems By HART Foundation Note describes two devices that can read HART digital signals and convert them to analog or contact information, which enables any traditional analog/digital I/O to take full advantage of the benefits of HART-communicating devices.

		TURCK publishes fieldbus I/O and media catalog - 07/03/07 Catalog contains TURCK's line of I/O and media products for network protocols including DeviceNet, Ethernet, PROFIBUS, AS-interface, CANopen, FOUNDATION fieldbus and more.

		ISA releases CSE Exam Reference Manual This practical reference manual, available in a downloadable PDF format, can be used to prepare for the Control Systems Engineering (CSE) examination.

		Pepperl+Fuchs publishes AS-Interface Solutions Guide 200+ page resource includes a full color selection guide to assist users in choosing the optimum AS-Interface components.

		MooreHawke publishes brochure on TRUNKSAFE Fault-Tolerant Fieldbus System The TRUNKSAFE brochure explains how it is not necessary to duplicate an entire fieldbus segment, duplicate the field instruments, nor have any special software at the DCS to achieve fieldbus redundancy.

		Baldor publishes Powerlink-compatible AC drive catalog - 05/09/07 The 28-page catalog details the drive's architecture, a bus for plug-in expansion options, software configuration for different motor types, and Ethernet Powerlink capability.

		ISA launches EDDL Website - 04/17/07 ISA's Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) standards committee, ISA-SP104, has launched a new website that gives information about the standard and offers resources for learning more about EDDL technology.

		ODVA Publishes EtherNet/IP Document - 04/10/07 "Network Infrastructure for EtherNet/IP" provides an introduction to the network infrastructure and gives users a framework for identifying the considerations that are most critical to their specific applications. It references specific switch features that users of EtherNet/IP would require for proper communication.

		Foundation Fieldbus Resources The Fieldbus Foundation provides a wealth of resources assisting end users in the adoption of advanced, Foundation-based plant control strategies. These include: Registered Products, Compliant Hosts, Related Products, Installations, Technical References, and End User Councils.

		Foundation fieldbus – Working today, preparing for tomorrow By Ian Verhappen, MTL This podcast explains how fieldbus is being used today in process automation applications, how it will be used in the future, and how the unique requirements of different projects are being met. It is available as a podcast and a downloadable PDF. For the podcast, go to www.controlglobal.com/articles/2007/041.html

		General Monitors provides online SIL Resource Center The online SIL Resource Center has examples of how to determine Safety Integrity Levels and Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), links to associated standards organizations, an extensive Questions and Answers section on the background and requirements of SIL and SIS process industry practices, along with a Common SIL Myths section.

		Rockwell Automation announces Integrated Architecture Web Site The site contains videos, quick-start product guides and a library of code that help customers reduce the complexity of selecting, designing and configuring control systems. The site includes tools such as CompactLogix System Quick Start, an easy-to-understand guide designed to help reduce the time and cost associated with engineering, configuration and installation of a midsize control system.

		Contemporary Controls publishes downloadable 'ABCs of IP' - 12/13/06 “ABCs of the Internet Protocol” explains the IP (Internet Protocol) portion of the TCP/IP stack as it applies to control networks. This document defines TCP/IP and other topics including data encapsulation, routers and hosts, IP addressing and the IP header.

		OPC Tutorial OPC (OLE for Process Control) is the world's fastest growing standard for the exchange of process control data. While many within industry have heard of OPC, not everyone knows what OPC is and the many benefits it offers. Matrikon, an OPC Foundation Charter Member, has produced a 30-minute online multimedia tutorial to explain the basics and vision of OPC and how to begin integrating it into new and current systems.

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