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  • Fieldbus Foundation registers first Isolated Device Couplers

    Devices from MTL and R. Stahl meet the FOUNDATION H1 (31.25 kbit/s) device coupler test specification and successfully completed the foundation's rigorous registration process.
    18 September, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • When will DCS go open architecture?

    Automation.com, September 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Is it time for DCS suppliers to use open industrial Ethernet protocol standards for their backbone networks? I have asked major DCS suppliers this question and answers vary from supplier to supplier, but there are a few common issues.
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • Emerson integrates gauging system and wireless for tank farm automation

    System installation costs can be reduced up to 50% by wirelessly connecting the tank farm to the control room, with the added benefit of reducing implementation time as much as 60%.
    17 September, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • Moxa opens branch office in Brazil

    The office will be run by Fabio Carrasco, who used to be a Moxa customer.
    12 September, 2012 | 1 minutes

  • 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.
    11 September, 2012 | 3 minutes

  • 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.
    11 September, 2012 | 3 minutes

  • 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.
    11 September, 2012 | 1 minutes

  • 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.
    10 September, 2012 | 5 minutes

  • 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.
    28 August, 2012 | 1 minute

  • 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.
    27 August, 2012 | 3 minutes

  • 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.
    27 August, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • 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.
    22 August, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • 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.
    21 August, 2012 | 1 minutes

  • LOGIIC Receives Homeland Security Award

    Homeland Security recognized the work of the Linking the Oil & Gas Industry to Improve Cybersecurity (LOGIIC) consortium.
    21 August, 2012 | 1 minutes

  • VEGA releases Tools app for smart phones

    VEGA Tools enables access to utilities for VEGA instruments and services.
    21 August, 2012 | 1 minute

  • Balluff México opens new office

    Balluff México opened a new corporate office in Querétaro, complete with a training facility, technical support lab, and warehouse.
    20 August, 2012 | 1 minute

  • 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.
    19 August, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • Fieldbus joins Fieldbus Foundation FOUNDATION DSP

    Fieldbus Inc. has qualified under the Fieldbus Foundation's FOUNDATION Development Services Provider (DSP) program.
    14 August, 2012 | 2 minutes

  • 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.
    12 August, 2012 | 11 minutes

  • Beckhoff Automation Increases Size of Technical Support Team

    Beckhoff hired five more technical support engineers at the company’s Burnsville, Minn. headquarters.
    12 August, 2012 | 1 minutes
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