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AST Pressure Sensors monitor Medical Safety Trailers
The pressure sensors are serving as components in a wireless remote monitoring system that ensures optimal operations of safety trailers used on remote sites as emergency first aid stations. -
ProComSol Distributing PowerXpress HART Power Supply
The PowerXpress provides power to 2 wire HART devices from the USB port on a PC. -
Ethernet is 40 years old!
Initially developed in order to standardize connectivity among computers, printers, servers and other devices inside a local area network (LAN), IEEE 802.3 was first published as a draft in 1983 and as a standard in 1985. -
CERN uses LXI for Collider Signal Monitoring
Pickering supplied a switching system to collect analog data at speeds involving "10’s of MHz" of bandwidth and a size of up to 104x16. The system uses LXI communications. -
Use Wireless Transmitters for Diagnostics, Improvements, and Metrics
Wireless transmitters can rapidly prototype, demonstrate, analyze and justify installations of online diagnostics, metrics and improvements. -
IO-Link Mapping Guide for sercos released
This user guide helps an automation engineer uniformly connect and integrate sensors and actuators equipped with an IO-Link interface into a sercos system. -
ISA announces advanced cybersecurity course
Advanced Industrial Cybersecurity (TS13) course covers the latest developments in cybersecurity, including practical guides to the design, implementation and testing of industrial networks and applications to ensure their security and reliability. -
Monsanto Muscatine Named 2012 HART Plant of the Year
Monsanto engineers used the full capabilities of HART Communication to “get connected” and integrate the intelligent information from more than 600 HART-enabled devices into their control systems. -
ETSI publishes specification for Ultra Low Energy wireless
DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a low power consumption radio technology, is intended for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. -
White paper describes wireless ‘Sentrollers’
In this paper, Sentrollers are defined as a new, all-encompassing term for sensors, actuators and controllers – the various devices that make up the new Internet of Things. -
ISA Fully Engaged in Cybersecurity
Presidential Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity draws comprehensive response from ISA and the Automation Federation. -
Neutec Pharmaceuticals adds BACnet in Facility Expansion
Neutec Pharmaceutical expanded its 80,000 square foot facility to over 400,000 square feet, and installed BACnet. -
Phoenix Contact offers virtual training
Virtual Technology Center (VTC) class topics include safety, Ethernet, routing/firewall, VPNs and several levels of training on Phoenix Contact’s PC Worx software. -
GAMBICA forms industrial network security group
GAMBICA, the Trade Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology in the UK, formed an industrial network security group to counter the threats of viruses, industrial sabotage and terrorism. -
Sercos III specification update available
Specification enhancements include updates to the sercos communication protocol and to the different sercos profiles (drive, I/O, encoder and energy). -
MAVERICK Aims to Combat SCADA Cybersecurity Risks
MAVERICK, Logos Technologies and Global Velocity will develop a solution set to protect SCADA systems from potential cyber-attacks. -
Nivis offers free ISA100.11a and WirelessHART software
The open source offering includes software for ISA100.11a and WirelessHART, including Field Devices, Backbone Router, Gateway, System Manager and Security Manager. -
Sercos exhibit at Hannover a success
The user organisation saw a significant increase in the number of visitors to its booth as well as in the quality of contacts compared to the previous year. -
Emerson certified for process systems cyber security
Emerson's DeltaV digital automation system and its project and engineering support services have successfully passed annual best practice standards set by Wurldtech Security Technologies. -
Express Logic ThreadX RTOS safety Certified
ThreadX RTOS has been certified by SGS-TÜV Saar to IEC 61508 and 62304 for use in safety-critical systems.

