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Fieldbus Networks Portal: Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Fieldbus Networks Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to Automation.com's portal for Fieldbus Networks where control and automation professionals find the latest information on software, test instruments, tools and standards to identify, select and apply to fieldbus networks. Engineers also find resources they need to choose, apply, commission, and troubleshoot the wide range of open architecture standard fieldbus networks available today. Networks covered include Modbus, Modbus TCP, DeviceNet, EtherNet IP, CC-Link, Profibus, Profinet, EtherCAT, Powerlink, SERCOS and other industrial networks. Subscribe to our e-Newsletter or get the latest information on Fieldbus Networks sent to your desktop as soon as they are published on this page.
Articles
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EDDL Team Reorganizes for FDI
- 03/13/10 Control Engineering, March 2010 By Peter Welander EDDL Cooperation Team reorganizes itself to become FDI. New unified technical and functional specs scheduled for 2010. Will it turn EDDL and FDT into one common platform? No, nor is that the intent. |
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How to choose a CANbus industrial controller
- 03/13/10 Control Engineering, March 2010 By Ulrich Luetke Entrup, Janz Automation Systems Initial price for an industrial PC is higher than a consumer equivalent, but long-term cost is lower for industrial control applications. Here’s why. |
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Three BAS Design Points Essential for Sustainability
- 02/25/10 Building Operating Management, February 2010 The three critical components are a networked controls design, remote Internet access and a commissioning process managed by facility operations. |
White Papers
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One Gateway That Can Do It All
By Jason Fan, Moxa This papers concentrates on DF1 and EtherNet/IP, and how to convert between these Fieldbus protocols using a new generation of DF1 and EtherNet/IP communication gateways. |
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Advantages of a PC Based HART Communicator
By Michael B. Fersky, ProComSol The HART Foundation’s SDC-625 standard defines PC-based HART communicators, and all DDs must comply with it. So what’s the difference between a $7,000 handheld HART communicator and a PC-based one? |
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Benefits of FF HSE with ABB System 800xA
By David Huffman, ABB FOUNDATION Fieldbus High Speed Ethernet (FF HSE) has been a technology available to automation system suppliers since 1999, but very few suppliers have provided the full features and functionality to their clients. This white paper explains how ABB System 800xA uses FF HSE more extensively than other control systems. |
Application Stories
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The Advanced Digital Fieldbus Option for Nuclear Plants
- 02/26/10 Power, February 2010 By Jack Y. Zhao, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Digital fieldbus technologies, including Foundation fieldbus and Profibus, are increasingly being used with success in the nuclear and fossil fuel power industries. This article compares a conventional control system with a Foundation fieldbus – based digital control system used in a typical circulating water system in a nuclear power plant. |
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Farmers profit by controlling biogas
- 02/19/10 Process and Control Today, February 2010 CC-Link fieldbus control is helping farmers extract valuable biogas from slurry to fuel cogeneration plants. The controller is a MELSEC FX3U PLC which communicates with the system’s various automation components via a CC-Link master module and standard serial ports. |
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Wireless boosts operational efficiency at brewery
- 02/19/10 Process and Control Today, January 2010 Plzeòský Prazdroj, the leading brewery in central Europe, upgraded from an existing Siemens S5 control system on its kegging line to the Siemens S7 system, incorporating ProfiNet wireless communication. |
Resources & Literature
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Poll Question - How many different networks do you have in your facility?
How many different communication networks do you have implemented in factories and/or plants? The list of available networks includes, but is not limited to: Foundation Fieldbus, ControlNet, PROFIBUS, Interbus, AS-Interface, CanOpen, CC-Link, PROFINET, HART, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink, SERCOS, Modbus, LonWorks and DeviceNet. |
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Siemens Automation and Drives Interactive CD Catalog
The interactive catalog of Siemens Automation and Drives Business (CA01) gives you information on more than 80,000 products and systems used for industrial automation and control. |
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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. |
Training & Seminars
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Emerson’s PlantWeb University Online Learning Center
Free web-based training includes more than 40 brief, practical courses on new automation technologies and strategies. Topics include implementing fieldbus, wireless technology, safety instrumented systems, streamlining maintenance, improving equipment effectiveness, and enhancing plant efficiency. |
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Automation Training offers Profibus courses
- 07/30/09
Automation Training now provides a comprehensive course covering the basics of the PROFIBUS protocol, hardware, cabling, setup and programming. |
Featured Products
Product Announcements
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TURCK announces PB-XEPI Ethernet PROFIBUS device coupler
- 03/14/10
PB-XEPI enables users to monitor PROFIBUS networks remotely through a Web browser, without disrupting network operations. |
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Danfoss Drives introduces VLT PROFINET MCA120 card
- 03/10/10
Card expands communication capabilities of the VLT AutomationDrive to PROFINET-based networks. |
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Softing adds FOUNDATION Fieldbus DTM to FG-100 FF/HSE
- 03/03/10
HSEd provides all necessary functionality to integrate the FG-100 FF/HSE with FDT container applications like fdtCONTAINER, FieldCare, PACTware, and other FDT frame applications. |
Company & Organization News
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ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
- 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors. |
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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. |
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Honeywell joins EDDL Cooperation Team
- 02/23/10 Honeywell will support efforts to develop a single, unified standard for integrating field devices with industrial facility control systems. |
Project News
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Emerson to control Samra combined-cycle power plant in Jordan
- 02/11/10 Emerson will install six Ovation expert control systems, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices at the new Samra Combined-cycle Power Plant in Zarka, Jordan. |
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Emerson to control Johnsonburg, PA, wastewater treatment plant
- 11/10/09 Equipment includes PlantWeb, Ovation control system, cyber security, AMS software, and pressure, flow, level and pH/ORP sensors with HART transmitters. |
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Emerson to supply Ovation control system for power plant in Sri Lanka
- 10/08/09 Equipment to be installed at Unit 1 of the Puttalam coal-fired power plant in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, includes Ovation, AMS software, and HART intelligent field devices. |
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