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ZigBee Alliance announces wireless Light Link
Light bulbs, LED fixtures, sensors, timers, remotes and switches built using ZigBee Light Link will easily connect into a single network, without special devices to coordinate the network. -
ExperTune introduces Virtual Classroom for PID Training
The interactive training is provided by a live instructor, and includes hands-on practice using ExperTune’s “Virtual Classroom.” -
Are you ready for Stuxnet 2.0? More at ISA's Safety & Security Symposium
Are you ready for Stuxnet 2.0? More at ISA's Safety & Security Symposium -
Kepware signs distributor in Italy
EFA Automazione will resell KEPServerEX and supporting products LinkMaster, RedundancyMaster and ClientAce. -
RF Monolithics to be acquired by Murata Electronics
RFM builds RF modules, SAW based and RFIC short-range radios, stand-alone radio systems, and platforms for M2M applications -
ACP signs Polytron as ThinManager Integrator
Polytron is a systems integrstor based in Duluth, Georgia -
RISI publishes Report on Control System Cyber Security Incidents
35% of industrial control system security incidents were initiated through remote access, and 65% of facilities allow remote access to their control systems. -
EnOcean appoints Matthias Poppel COO
Most recently, he was EMEA Director Embedded Processing Marketing and Applications at Texas Instruments. -
Creating value added with Condition-based maintenance
Automation.com, April 2012 By Josef Schindler, Siemens Industry Describes how the Simatic Maintenance Station offers support for condition-based maintenance through plant-wide diagnostics in both continuous and discrete automated production processes. -
FieldServer Technologies opens office in Berlin
The company appointed Paul Lambert as its manager of regional sales for Europe. -
Ford Powertrain Standardizes on PROFINET
Automation.com, April 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Ford's Powertrain Group has taken a complete systems approach to automation, driven by goals to improve operations, efficiency and flexibility. PROFINET has been an enabler for Ford's manufacturing architecture and became one of the tools used to achieve their goals. -
ISA publishes Foundation Fieldbus, fourth edition
This edition provides in-depth coverage on Fieldbus communications and configuration, including calculation of macrocycle for Control-in-Field and in the host system. -
IEC publishes EDDL Technical Report
IEC 61804-6 report explains the requirements for field device integration and how they are met using the EDDL standard (IEC 61804-3). -
Unbreakable SCADA Security: Protecting Hydrocarbon Facilities and Pipeline Networks
Automation.com, March 2012 By Frank Dickman, Piping Design Consultants A simple industrial network security solution is readily available and being deployed to protect oil fields and transportation in Russia. -
B&B Electronics Acquires Conel in Czech Republic
Conel is a manufacturer of reliable and secure wireless communications routers, gateways and devices that connect cellular networks to Ethernet, serial and other data networks. -
Sercos publishes Sercos III Specification Update V1.3
V1.3 specification broadens the functionality and the range of applications of the international Sercos real-time standard, while considering new trends in machine and plant construction. -
Sercos Robotic Band
The Sercos robotic guitar is played by a system that interprets MIDI files using an MLP industrial control from Bosch Rexroth and bus terminals from Phoenix Contact to actuate a group of lifting solenoids via Sercos commands. -
EtherNet/IP accepted as national standards in China and Korea
The National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards adopted EtherNet/IP. -
ISA Communications Division to host Wireless Factory Automation Workshop
ISA Communications Division to host Wireless Factory Automation Workshop -
BASF Benefits from Fast Implementation and Reduced Maintenance Costs
Automation.com, March 2012 By Rockwell Automation Rockwell installed three ControlLogix PACs, FactoryTalk, and a 100Mbit network with two Stratix 8000 switches to replace five old PLCs and ControlNet at a BASF shipping facility in Germany.