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Process Automation provider uses KEPServerEX to instantly gather, view, and access data associated with industrial machinery on iPads and iPhones, turning any plant floor into a data-rich environment.

The Fieldbus Foundation is developing technical specifications for integration of devices based on the Modbus communications protocol into its FOUNDATION for Remote Operations Management (ROM) technology.

Devices include the Class 3200, 3400, 5000, Green Class Net Meter, Din-Mon and Interval Data Recorders.

Find a way to test any communication network prior to installation. About a week before every major DCS start-up, consider performing a “network startup.”

This fifth workshop will be held 14-15 November 2013 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, USA.

Products that completed testing and became BTL Listed products in the first and second quarter of 2013 can be found on the website.

Hartech Engineering and GPL Machinery built a plastic bag machine based on ABB's Ethernet Powerlink compatible motion control and an all-servomotor architecture.

Fieldbus Foundation and HART Communication Foundation have entered into discussions for merging the two organizations into a single industry foundation.

An educational track at ISA Automation Week 2013 will provide practical guidance on how to improve cybersecurity of industrial automation and control systems.

Michael Chertoff told oil and gas industry executives gathered in Houston that it no longer takes an army to fight a war as the top threat their businesses face in the future is not from physical risks, but cyber attacks.

GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA software has achieved certified compliance for OPC UA, OPC, BACnet, Modbus IP and SNMP.

ABB has been awarded a $2.765 million Department of Energy (DOE) Grant to develop technology to help the energy sector enhance its cybersecurity.

The Fieldbus Foundation issued a preliminary specification for transducer blocks supporting ISA100.11a wireless devices.

The EtherCAT Test Center (ETC) in China issued its first official Chinese conformance certificate to Tsino Dynatron Electrical Technology.

From October 15th to 24th, 2013, no-charge full-day seminars on the subject of EtherCAT technology will be held across the U.S. and Canada. The seminars are educational events delivered by the foremost EtherCAT experts from the ETG and the sponsoring companies.

Ulrich Spiesshofer has succeeded Joe Hogan as chief executive officer of ABB.

Bluetooth Access Point and Bluetooth / Wireless LAN Ethernet Port Adapters can now be used in applications in hazardous environments such as in the oil & gas and chemical industries.

The workshop, held at the University of Texas at Dallas and involving leading cybersecurity experts across America and the world, moves NIST one step closer to finalizing the draft and preparing it for official release in October.

New versions of OPC UA For Devices (DI) and OPC UA For Analyzer Devices (ADI) have been released by the OPC Foundation.

By Daniel L. Fenton, Phoenix Contact It is the author’s opinion that integration of the controls network and the IT network became inevitable when the industry chose to use Ethernet as the medium with which to communicate data. The controls industry may choose to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern communications era, or it can gracefully embrace the change.