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San Jacinto College to offer ISA instrumentation training
ISA will provide local-area students with access to ISA’s instrumentation curriculum at San Jacinto College. -
Rohrback Cosasco Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS), a supplier of corrosion monitoring and chemical injection systems, has joined ISA100 WCI as a supplier member. -
Suppliers Embrace OPC UA
Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor During a half day session at the Sixteenth Annual ARC World Industry Forum Conference some automation vendors made it clear they are adopting OPC UA. This adoption is intended to close the gap between advances in the general computing industry and industrial automation systems. -
Digital Factory Superstructure Emerging with OPC UA
Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor OPC UA is emerging as a fundamental technology for implementing Digital Factory concepts to increase production efficiency. The concept was reinforced at the ARC Forum in a session titled, Transforming Manufacturing with OPC UA: From Embedded to the Enterprise. -
Exele TopView Alarm Management Software Receives OPC Certification
The OPC Foundation says TopView successfully demonstrated OPC excellence in compliance, interoperability and robustness in the OPC Foundation Certification Test Lab. -
Softing adds OPC Membership to OPC UA Toolkits
Starting with version 5.10, Softing is including a one-year free-of-charge OPC Foundation membership for every company buying a new OPC toolkit. -
Holt Integrated Circuits CAN Controllers Pass Conformance Test
Validation of Holt's CAN controller at C&S group guarantees conformance and correct protocol response when operating within a CAN network. -
Emerson to automate offshore platform in the Caspian Sea
Emerson will supply a PlantWeb system, including Foundation fieldbus communications, digital automation systems, asset management software, and intelligent field devices -
Aaxeon opens office in Poland
Aaxeon Europe has been established to offer greater service to European customers. -
Rockwell Automation Product Philosophy
Automation.com, February 2012 By Bill Lydon Rockwell Automation firmly believes there are users that only want simple controllers and users that want integrated control and information products. In order to meet these requirements Rockwell has two separate product and software architectures, Connected Components and Logix. -
Uninterruptible Power Supply Technology and Cybersecurity
The critical selection and proper configuration of an uninterruptible power supply SNMP/HTTP agent option is vital to network security. -
FDI Cooperation formed to support fieldbus Device Integration
FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International and OPC Foundation founded the company. -
Cyber Espionage comes to SCADA Security
Automation.com, February 2012 By Eric Byres, Tofino Security Today’s attacks show a different focus – attempts to steal valuable information that can be used to make a counterfeit product, out-bid a rival, or coordinate a short selling campaign against a company’s stock. -
Rockwell Automation automates Meurer Research pilot plant
The water and wastewater products company installed a MicroLogix PLC, PowerFlex 4 drive, and EtherNet/IP to automate its demonstration plants. -
Invensys Supports VMWare and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Technologies
With virtualization, users can safely run several operating systems and applications at the same time on a single computer, with each having access to the resources it needs when it needs them. -
WINA Webinar Presents Wireless Survey Results
WINA will present the results of its recent survey on the Application of Wireless Technology via a live webinar on February 9. -
Open Systems and the Programmable Controller
Automation.com, February 2012 By Adam VanOort, DataNab ModBus and BACnet are the best protocol options to support on open I/O and control devices. Both protocols use RS485 as the communications backbone, i.e., the physical network that supports the data traffic. But what about IP? -
Cheesemaker Uses PACs to cut the cheese
Automation.com, February 2012 Barbers Farmhouse Cheesemakers in the UK uses Rockwell Automation’s ControlLogix PAC and 3D laser scanners to control an Arcall C52 cheese cutter. Another PAC controls a suite of conveyors driven by servo motors. All communications are via EtherNet/IP. -
Industrial Security Trends & Best Practices
Automation.com, February 2012 By Paul Didier, Cisco In production environments, typically the order of priority is Availability, Integrity and then Confidentiality. This is opposite of the priority in IT, where it's Confidentiality, Integrity and last is Availability. That makes a big difference in the way security is approached. -
Integrated Architecture streamlines cable manufacturing in Spain
An unnamed manufacturer of cable and conductors in Spain used Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture, including CompactLogix PLCs connected to PanelView Plus operator terminals via EtherNet/IP.
