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AeroAstro will provide ground network upgrades to Globalstar's deployed receivers to expand the current subscriber messaging capacity by 10 X and increase receiver sensitivity by up to 40 percent.

The Fieldbus Foundation held its second combined EMEA User and Industry Association Consultation Meeting in London, UK, from 17-19 September 2007.

Woodhead Industries provided the team with DeviceNet products which were integrated in this year’s Midnight Sun IX solar powered race car.

Industrial plants rely heavily on their automation, instrumentation and control data communications to relay signals between machinery, devices and control systems to activate events on an exacting and pre-determined schedule, with little or no margin for error. Plant managers and control network administrators also require optimal security, manageability and reliability so that network availability attains 99.999 percent uptime or better. Yet analysts report that a large percentage of unplanned downtime in industrial operations is caused by network infrastructure problems.

OpenO&M is a cooperative forum where members can work together to solve automation challenges through standardization and harmonization of industry guidelines.

ODVA endorsed Ethernet/IP during its 2007 CIP Networks Conference and 12th Annual Meeting of Members.

Emerson's Smart Wireless network is operating reliably in both the roughing and finishing sections of the hot strip mill.

Site has an animated demonstration of xCoupler module capabilities.

Siemens joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) as a founding member.

DNA-SL-501 serial (RS-232/422/485) I/O board and DNA-ARINC-5xx series ARINC-429 interfaces are supported by DASYLab.

ISA-TR61804-4 (104.00.02)-2007, Function Blocks (FB) for Process Control - Part 4 was approved by ANSI.

The Norwegian marketing committee (FF-NO MC) will promote the adoption of FOUNDATION technology throughout the Norwegian market.

ICONICS announced its ongoing commitment to the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) standard.

Phoenix Contact and ABB will work together to enhance PROFINET for use in the process industries.

The three organizations will develop a spec for a common interface to a wireless gateway. They will base their work on WirelessHART and the ISA SP100.11a standard.

Based on WirelessHART and ISA100, the wireless infrastructure will connect directly to HART devices and require no changes.

Emerson's wireless system monitors remote equipment buildings at Milford Power, a 500 MW gas-fired turbine facility in Milford, CT.

The RFID center will be located in KMA's Mississauga, Ontario, Canada facility

System 800xA AC 800M controller has now achieved both Foundation-level MUSIC and Achilles Level 1 security certification.

NI used KEPServerEX technology to create the new NI OPC Server.