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ODVA offers testing services for EtherNet/IP products
- 11/25/08
Testing service simulates a variety of real world scenarios representative of network traffic in real-time control applications using EtherNet/IP. |
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Pepperl+Fuchs publishes AS-Interface maintenance and troubleshooting guide
- 11/17/08
16-page illustrated guide is filled with information to help users maintain and get the most from their AS-Interface solution. |
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Belden releases industrial web site
- 11/09/08
Web site has info on industrial cables/connectivity, Hirschmann Ethernet switches and Lumberg Automation Industrial Ethernet connectivity. |
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Belden publishes Industrial Ethernet user guide
- 11/09/08
16-page brochure compares performance between commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet components used in office environments, and Belden’s industrial-grade components.
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B&B Electronics publishes catalog
- 11/09/08
Catalog covers industrial Ethernet to serial servers, USB to TTL converters, wireless remote I/O kits, and HMI/SCADA application management software. |
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Kazio Networks offers Industrial Ethernet assessment service
- 11/04/08
The service will document the current network layout, analyze/detail data activity within the network, and test the infrastructure against industrial standards/specifications. |
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Fluke publishes network application troubleshooting guide
- 10/29/08
Guide helps network engineers understand how applications flow across the network and how they fail, and provides a five-step process for troubleshooting application problems when they occur.
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P+F publishes guide to AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 10/27/08
16-page illustrated guide is filled with information to help AS-Interface users maintain and get the most from their AS-Interface solution. |
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Siemens enhances OpenScale Security Services
- 10/21/08
OpenScale now helps businesses improve the security of their Unified Communications (UC) solutions. |
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Moxa publishes web site for oil and gas industry
- 10/20/08
Information on the website includes how industrial Ethernet fits into oil and gas production, transportation, storage, and distribution. |
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Ethernet Direct offers Industrial Ethernet information
- 10/13/08
EDUCATIONAL LINK offers information on Industrial Ethernet related topics like Ethernet Term, Network Architectures and recommendations, Industrial Ethernet Software Tools and more. |
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Omron publishes Industrial Automation product catalog
- 10/09/08
The catalog contains 800 pages with more than 4,800 products, including hundreds of new items. |
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Allied releases 2009 Catalog
- 10/07/08
Catalog has over 115,000 products plus technical information and product photos. |
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B&B publishes Electronics catalog
- 10/01/08
Catalog covers Modbus Ethernet to serial servers, switches,media converters, wireless modems and remote I/O, serial converters, USB, and digital and analog remote I/O. |
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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 |
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UEI publishes Cube and RACKtangle catalog
- 09/10/08
Catalog details Cube and RACKtangle I/O chassis and how they may be deployed as PACs, Ethernet I/O systems, standalone data loggers, Simulink targets, and Modbus TCP slaves. |
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Industrial Wireless Implementation Guide
Control Engineering, August 2008
By Mark T. Hoske
So you've dabbled in wireless or thought it might save time, effort, or dollars. This primer helps with technology selection.
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Korenix publishes master catalogue
- 08/08/08
Catalogue contains industrial computing and networking equipment, including Ethernet switches, computers, I/O servers, and serial cards. |
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Moxa launches remote monitoring and alarm solution web site
- 08/06/08
Remote Monitoring and Alarm site provides information on how intelligent Ethernet I/O can benefit building up an active remote monitoring and alarm system. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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SIXNET publishes Product CD
- 06/24/08
Free CD features the entire product line from Sixnet's Automation, Industrial Connectivity and Wireless Connectivity divisions. |
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Lantronix improves Website
- 06/20/08
The new site offers a simplified interface to help visitors better understand the full range of Lantronix’s communications products and platforms. |
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National Instruments offers 6,000 drivers for control
- 06/10/08
Instrument drivers make it easy for users to connect to and control stand-alone instruments from more than 275 vendors.
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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.
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Kazio Networks helps companies with Industrial Ethernet
- 05/12/08
The Lifecycle services program provides network infrastructure design, analysis, maintenance, management, compliancy and consulting for wired/wireless- based systems. |
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ODVA to publish specifications for CIP networks
- 05/07/08
New specifications are to be published for CIP Networks, including EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, ControlNet and CIP Safety technologies. |
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ISA publishes Industrial Ethernet guide
- 05/07/08
"Industrial Ethernet for the Plant Floor" provides guidance on how to select components, layout, install, test, certify and troubleshoot a network system. |
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Earthing & Bonding Applications Handbook 2008
Handbook is a practical guide for engineers and plant managers to controlling the hazards associated with uncontrolled discharges of static electricity within flammable and explosive atmospheres. The Handbook contains clear and concise illustrations of solutions to a wide range of electrostatic hazards. |
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Korenix publishes industrial networking brochure
- 04/01/08
Downloadable brochure illustrates complete industrial computing and networking applications. |
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Advanced Technology Network publishes ZigBee Resource Guide
- 03/31/08
The ZigBee Resource Guide focuses solely on products, applications and standards for wireless control in many applications. |
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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.
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OMRON provides online access to datasheets for 4,000 products
- 03/13/08
On-line product data eliminates the need for customers to refer to printed catalogs and datasheets, or make multiple telephone calls to confirm product specifications. |
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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. |
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UEI releases data acquisition and control catalog
- 02/20/08
Catalog includes data acquisition and control products based upon PCI, PXI, ISA and Ethernet interfaces. |
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B&B Electronics publishes Communication Products catalog
- 02/20/08
Catalog covers Ethernet Managed Switches, servers, wireless, USB, converters, cards, digital and analog I/O, fiber optics, cabling and connectors. |
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ISA publishes 3rd Edition of "Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation"
- 02/19/08
Available in digital format, this book covers new topics such as ISA100.11a, RFID, WirelessHART, and WiFi. |
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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. |
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RF and Communications Fundamentals: Understanding Distortion Measurements
- 02/03/08
By National Instruments
Webcast describes three measurements used to specify system linearity: 1 dB compression point, third-order intercept (TOI), and intermodulation distortion (IM3).. In this webcast, learn how component nonlinearity causes both harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
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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.
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ISA99 Cyber Security Standard available
- 01/02/08
Part 1 focuses on key concepts, terminology and models, and will serve as a foundation for additional standards currently in development in the ISA99 series. |
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NI announces DATEx Module for Teaching Telecommunications
- 12/18/07
With DATEx and ELVIS, students can visualize telecommunications concepts in a hands-on learning environment. |
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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. |
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ODVA publishes CIP network specifications
- 11/30/07
Specs include updates for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet.
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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. |
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ISA publishes 4th Edition of Industrial Data Communications book
- 11/15/07
The 4th Edition of "Industrial Data Communications" by Lawrence M. Thompson includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards, and protocols. |
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Woodhead assembles Safety Networks Integration team
- 11/14/07
The team will help device/component manufacturers take their products through the various steps required for use on an intelligent safety network system. |
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Allied Electronics Releases 2008 Catalog
- 10/28/07
The 2008 Allied catalog showcases more than 100,000 products from 300 suppliers. |
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Schneider Electric launches OEM technology and solutions center
- 10/26/07
TASC provides a dedicated team of specialists from multiple disciplines who serve as a single-point resource for technical and application support. |
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Contemporary Controls publishes Capabilities Brochure
- 10/23/07
Brochure describes the 32-year growth of CCSI in the design, manufacture, and support of networking products. |
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Rockwell releases IT Reference Architecture resources
- 10/22/07
Reference Architectures include design guides, white papers as well as an educational seminar series that addresses the technical and cultural convergence of manufacturing and IT.
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Online Development adds demo to its web site
- 10/03/07
Site has an animated demonstration of xCoupler module capabilities. |
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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. |
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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.
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Rockwell Automation releases Product Selection Toolbox
Suite of configuration and selection software tools simplify product ordering.
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Contemporary Controls offers Industrial Ethernet CD
- 08/02/07
CD contains all the information needed to get an Industrial Ethernet installation done properly. |
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Opto 22 Offers Lunch & Learn Program
- 07/29/07
Program familiarizes customers with the SNAP PAC System and the Opto 22 product line at their own place of business.
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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. |
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Ethernet Direct publishes Industrial Ethernet Brochure
- 07/05/07
Brochure includes product information and application diagrams. |
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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. |
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Banner publishes SureCross wireless network brochure
- 06/26/07
Brochure describes SureCross wireless network, its ability to perform monitoring and control functions, and applications. |
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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. |
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Dataforth publishes DAQ product catalog
- 06/08/07
The catalog provides the most up-to-date information and specifications for Dataforth’s signal conditioning, data acquisition, and data communication products. |
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SIXNET Releases Free Product CD
- 06/05/07
CD covers Sixnet's line of Industrial Connectivity and Automation products, including Industrial PoE (Power over Ethernet) products and software. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Remke upgrades on-line connector catalog
- 05/01/07
The Remke Online Master Catalog of connectors & cordsets includes search capabilities such as keyword, part number or attribute-specific parametric search. |
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OMRON launches Industrial Automation Business portal
The portal site is a 'one-stop-shop' for the latest information in English on OMRON's industrial automation products and services |
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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. |
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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. |
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Keithley publishes data acquisition, measurement and control handbook
The free 220+-page "Understanding New Developments in Data Acquisition, Measurement, and Control" handbook is a practical guide to high performance test and measurement. The handbook is divided into nine sections that discuss issues influencing the selection of data acquisition and control equipment. |
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SIXNET releases free product CD
The free CD covers SIXNET's entire line of Industrial Connectivity and Automation products, including their latest products, such as the Slim Line series and Rack-mount series industrial Ethernet switches. |
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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. |
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Contemporary Controls publishes Guide for Troubleshooting Ethernet Networks
- 01/31/07
Free guide, "The ABCs of Ethernet Troubleshooting," asks 22 common questions to consider when troubleshooting a network. The questions include “Do the link LEDs indicate proper cable connections?” or “Are you connecting a single-mode fiber optic device to a multimode fiber optic device?" And more. |
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WAGO announces free Industrial Ethernet and IEC 61131-3 seminars
Seminars are being held at WAGO's North American headquarters in Germantown, WI on the following dates: May 14-16, September 24-26, and November 5-7. Seminars include an introduction to the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM hardware, an overview of industrial Ethernet components and protocols, and hands-on IEC 61131-3 programming with live demo hardware. |
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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. |
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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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SIXNET Industrial Control & Data Acquisition CD
SIXNET's FREE CD is a great tool for any industrial control professional's arsenal. The CD contains time-saving application suggestions and technical notes, detailed datasheets and user manuals, product demos, and useful software tools. |
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