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Moxa opens branch office in Brazil
The office will be run by Fabio Carrasco, who used to be a Moxa customer. -
Japan’s Information-technology Agency Adopts ISASecure
IPA will adopt the ISASecure industrial automation controls (IAC) certification program as a component of Japan’s initiative to secure critical infrastructure. -
Fieldbus Foundation Updates HSE Interoperability Test Kit
Updates to the HSE Test Kit include the addition of transducer block test profiles for both wired and WirelessHART devices. -
HART Communication Protocol Enhanced
Enhancements include Condensed Device Status Indicators; KPIs for wireless networks; HART Communication over Internet Protocol; Discrete “on/off” functionality; and Infrared device communications. -
OPC UA Companion Standards
By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing An overview of collaborations between different organizations—including ADI, FDI, FDT, ISA-95, MES, MIMOSA, ODVA and PLCopen—and the OPC Foundation, and the resulting OPC UA Companion Standards. Part 5 in a series of eight articles. -
Emerson gains hazardous area ratings for Vibration Transmitter
CSI 9420 now has Class I, Div 1 and ATEX Zone 0 intrinsic safety ratings, so it can be installed directly in hazardous areas. -
CISCO's Connected Industries Business Unit poised for growth
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Cisco's newly-formed Connected Industries Business Unit, recently created to help customers realize the benefits of the transition to Ethernet and IP in manufacturing plants, launched a new switch series and is reaching out to a broad base of potential partners. -
Working Wireless Hands-on Workshop at ISA 2012
The Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA) will present a hands-on workshop on Working Wireless at ISA Automation Week on Monday, September 24, 2012, 1:00-5:00 p.m. -
Two Honeywell systems achieve ISASecure EDSA certification
Experion C300 distributed control system (DCS) controller and Experion fieldbus interface module (FIM) now carry the ISASecure designation. -
Fieldbus Foundation Updates DesignMATE Design Tool
The updates cover DesignMATE's library of registered devices, and revised terminology used within the software to align with current FOUNDATION fieldbus installations. -
LOGIIC Receives Homeland Security Award
Homeland Security recognized the work of the Linking the Oil & Gas Industry to Improve Cybersecurity (LOGIIC) consortium. -
VEGA releases Tools app for smart phones
VEGA Tools enables access to utilities for VEGA instruments and services. -
Balluff México opens new office
Balluff México opened a new corporate office in Querétaro, complete with a training facility, technical support lab, and warehouse. -
Asian OPC InterOp Report: 22 Products Pass Interoperability Tests
Fourteen vendors successfully tested 22 OPC products at the three-day Asian Interoperability (IOP) Workshop, an event sponsored by the OPC Foundation and hosted by the OPC Japan Council this past June in Tokyo, Japan. -
Fieldbus joins Fieldbus Foundation FOUNDATION DSP
Fieldbus Inc. has qualified under the Fieldbus Foundation's FOUNDATION Development Services Provider (DSP) program. -
Moving Automation Data Over USB
By John Rinaldi, Real Time Automation This article examines USB and its applicability for factory floor applications. It addresses the history of USB, the technology, the advantages and limitations of USB in the factory floor environment and how USB will most likely be deployed in the coming years. -
Beckhoff Automation Increases Size of Technical Support Team
Beckhoff hired five more technical support engineers at the company’s Burnsville, Minn. headquarters. -
Ten Reasons for OPC UA
By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing The third part of this series of articles outlines ten key reasons that have led to the development of an entirely new technology generation, the OPC Unified Architecture. -
Static Multicast Forwarding
Automation.com, August 2012 By Lantech In the case of industrial networks, managing the multicast video by IGMP snooping is a consensus for MIS. However, could IGMP snooping really satisfy for its video stream management in transportation surveillance project? -
Stronger than Firewalls: Cybersecurity Protects Industrial Site Safety
Connectivity is great for consumers and businesses, but the owners and operators of large and dangerous industrial processes ask a different question.