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Successor to lead FDT through industry transformation and collaborative evolution.

Automation suppliers can innovate device business models with customizable device functions, OPC UA and mobility solutions.

Certified DTMs establish interoperability criteria for IIoT and I4.0 applications.

In today’s rapidly changing manufacturing environment, remote access to real-time data and plant performance metrics has never been more important, and it starts (all this information originates on the plant floor) in the field.

New server-level universal device information model unifies IT/OT data visualization for the enterprise.

Protocols provide time-sensitive networking technology with the needed extra application layers for industrial automation applications.

DTM provides functions such as graph display, trend display and log acquisition to visually confirm changes in sound levels and frequencies.

New mobility Apps will benefit both device suppliers and end users by transforming industrial optimization and maintenance strategies.

Brazilian control valve company to develop DTMs to meet industrial application demand.

The search for reliable, practical information on building EtherNet/IP subnetworks on Ethernet for factory floor manufacturing systems is over. This article was originally published in the Automation 2021: Control Systems Ebook.

PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) is making an active contribution in this area and is committed to comprehensive and practicable standardization of industrial communication, which is continuously evolving in line with progress in implementation, but also with the technologies used.

Version 2.90 of the OPC UA .NET Standard Toolkits adds the Pub/Sub MQTT protocol to the SDK, support for UMATI NodeSet files, NodesSet2 XML handling, and performance improvements for your next OPC UA development project.

OPC UA and MQTT are open-source technologies representative of the industrial automation architectural shift toward greater flexibility and interoperability. The OPC UA IIoT Starter Kit combines them so users can create solutions for bandwidth-constrained applications.

PI North America, the non-profit member-supported trade association for promoting industrial networking technologies in North America, has signed a contract with the IO-Link Community, on behalf of the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation (PNO) to become a Regional IO-Link Interest Group (RIOLIG) for North America.

70% smaller Ethernet interface offers miniaturisation potential for PROFINET users.

A new ARC report examines the critical role OPC UA serves globally as the core data interoperability standard in process and discrete manufacturing industries and beyond.

A deep-dive into OPC UA technology, initiatives, end user experiences and more.

Modern developer tools, comprehensive testing and new online repository streamline certification process for manufacturers and improves DTM access for end users.

Ensuring a real-time, deterministic response is a must for next-level Smart Manufacturing and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). While standard Ethernet cannot support this goal per se, different solutions have been developed to build suitable industrial communication networks. Thomas Burke, global strategic advisor for CLPA, gives an overview of the history of deterministic Ethernet technologies and how TSN can be a gamechanger in industrial communications.

FDT Group Board of Directors to name replacement in the coming months.