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Yokogawa appoints Graham Speake Principal Systems Architect
Speake will address ISA’s activities around system security such as support of the ISA-99 standard committee and the Security Compliance Institute (ISCI). -
B&B publishes Spring 2010 catalog
Catalog covers USB extenders, keyboard-video-mouse IP switch, Category 6 cabling, low-profile antenna, enclosure accessories, and Digi radio modems and long-distance Ethernet bridges. -
Beckhoff buys its rep in the UK
Hayes Control Systems has been acquired by Beckhoff and renamed Beckhoff Automation Ltd. -
Wireless technology helps Lion Oil check product inventory
Emerson's Smart Wireless technology is helping Lion Oil cost-effectively check product inventory, prevent overfill and remediation costs, and monitor UPS power for the radio tower. -
Beckhoff Earns 236 Million Euros in 2009
This corresponds to a decrease of 15 percent in comparison with the previous year. -
Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group announces openSAFETY
With openSAFETY, the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG) has now laid the foundation for the first completely open safety-related data communication protocol for all areas of automation. -
ISA publishes Embedded Device Security Assurance Specifications
The ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) posted two of three key elements of the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assessment (EDSA) certification specification on its website. -
Tech Data to distribute Quatech
Tech Data will distribute Quatech’s device connectivity and networking product lines. -
Wireless on a 50-meter stack saves wiring costs
Installation of a Smart Wireless flow transmitter on a 50-meter stack at a lead foundry in Torreon, Mexico cost $12,000 less than the cost to install a traditional wired network. -
Beckhoff offers free EtherNet/IP software
Free software applet streamlines integration of Beckhoff I/O into EtherNet/IP systems with automated mapping features. -
Cabling Guide for SERCOS III
Guide is intended to support engineers and electricians during the planning and installation phase of a SERCOS III network in order to guarantee a trouble-free operation of machines and systems. -
WirelessHART Approved by IEC
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has approved the WirelessHART specification as a full international standard (IEC 62591Ed. 1.0). -
HART Communication Foundation Releases EDDL / DDL Test Suite
The EDDL/DDL Host Test Suite includes Test Libraries, Specifications and adaptable Device Simulator to stimulate and verify proper host functionality and behavior for all HART protocol versions. -
PROFIBUS solution manages a helium-cooling system
By Softing Softing Profibus equipment controls DESY, Germany’s largest helium cooling system. Profibus protocol software provided the foundation for achieving redundancy, with Profibus guaranteeing an instantaneous and bump-less switchover of all connected I/O devices. -
Reducing manufacturing costs through .NET enabled device communications
By Chuck Karwoski, CimQuest INGEAR A medical device manufacturer used CimQuest INGEAR and the RSLinx server to communicate with numerous Allen Bradley PLCs deployed throughout the plant. -
PLCopen and OPC UA introduce Communications Model
After this basic work on the information model, further steps will include communication function blocks linking the controller directly to the OPC UA environment. -
Automation.com celebrates 10 years of growth
Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world. -
ARC says Industrial Ethernet Switch market will recover
Double-digit growth is expected to resume in the switch market by 2011, but at a more restrained pace than experienced in past years. -
Schneider Electric acquires SCADAgroup
SCADAgroup is an Australian-based provider of telemetry products and solutions for the water and waste-water, oil & gas and electric power end-market segments. -
Wireless technology works on mobile wellhead test equipment
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) in the Netherlands applied Emerson's Smart Wireless technology to mobile wellhead test equipment.
