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  • TR Electronic Adds ProfiNET to LE-200 Distance Measurement System

    The LE-200 is also available with a variety of protocol options including EtherNET/IP, DeviceNET, Profibus, Interbus and CAN interfaces.
    29 May, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • OPC Foundation & TIA work on M2M

    TIA and the OPC Foundation will work to promote and produce harmonious telecom technology standards. The two organizations will also consider regulatory issues of common importance to further the development of high-tech communications industries worldwide.
    21 May, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • OPC Foundation Announces "OPC Technology Summit 2012"

    OPC has become a de facto standard for data integration in industrial automation applications. Attend OPC Technology Summit 2012, scheduled for October 16-18, to learn more about OPC technology and to network with the OPC experts. Register today for the early bird discount.
    21 May, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ITAC installs control system at tobacco company

    System integrator ITAC installed Rockwell Automation ControlLogix, RSLogix, PlantPax, drives, DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP hardware and software at an unnamed tobacco company.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    17 May, 2012 | 8 minutes
  • Origin, Development and Objectives of OPC UA

    Automation.com, May 2012 By Jürgen Lange, Softing Here's a history of OPC, which also gives an understanding of the importance that the new OPC Unified Architecture standard has for automation. Part 2 in a series of eight articles
    16 May, 2012 | 5 minutes
  • Wonderware PacWest to resell MatrikonOPC

    Wonderware PacWest is a MatrikonOPC authorized reseller in Western Canada and the United States Pacific Northwest region.
    By: MatrikonOPC
    16 May, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Thomas Hahn appointed to OPC Foundation Board

    Thomas Hahn of Siemens was elected to replace Reinhold Achatz, who resigned his seat.
    16 May, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • On the Verge of a Breakthrough

    Automation.com, May 2012 By Georg Süss, Softing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is a standard is aimed at eliminating the weak points detected in Classic OPC while significantly expanding the use case scenarios. Part 1 in a series of eight articles.
    16 May, 2012 | 7 minutes
  • Linamar uses Kepware software to automate auto parts line

    Linamar deployed KEPServerEX Communications platform to gather data from sixty production machines controlled by six disparate systems.
    By: Kepware
    07 May, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Automation Usage of IT Network Technology

    Automation.com, May 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Participants of the Pharmaceutical Automation Roundtable discussed the topic of networking approaches while considering the differences between manufacturing automation control system networks and business IT networks.
    07 May, 2012 | 6 minutes
  • Sercos announces Safe Motion Profile for CIP

    The Safe Motion Profile guarantees that the safety-related functions of peripheral devices are available across the entire network in a uniform and manufacturer-independent way.
    01 May, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • SERCOS announces practical results of the machinery initiative

    The first practical results of the machinery initiative, which was launched jointly by Sercos, ODVA and OPC Foundation in April 2011, was announced at the Hannover trade fair 2012.
    26 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Sercos III Specification Update V1.3 Now Available

    Specification V1.3 not only broadens the functionality and the range of applications of the globally accepted real-time standard Sercos but also includes new trends in machine and plant construction.
    26 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Sercos releases diagnostic tool for Sercos III

    The diagnostic tool allows a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the data traffic in Sercos III networks.
    26 April, 2012 | 1 minutes
  • Update on ODVA Machinery Initiative

    ODVA, OPC Foundation and Sercos International plan to combine Sercos III and EtherNet/IP compliant devices on an integrated network infrastructure.
    26 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • ODVA releases energy specification enhancements for 2012

    ODVA expanded capabilities for the optimization of energy usage on EtherNet/IP and other CIP Networks.
    26 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Kepware signs distributor in Brazil

    Kepware signed Exata Sistemas de Automação Ltda as its Preferred Distributor partner throughout Brazil.
    By: Kepware
    26 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Machinery and Systems Networking with Sercos III and EtherNet/IP

    The first practical results of the machinery initiative, which was launched jointly by Sercos International, ODVA, and OPC Foundation in April 2011, were announced at the 2012 Hannover trade fair.
    25 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Elmo Motion Control drives gain EtherCAT Approval

    Gold Servo Drives have passed the rigorous EtherCAT Conformance Tests.
    By: Elmo Motion Control
    23 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Endress+Hauser joins ODVA as principal member

    Endress+Hauser will become a principal member, joining Bosch Rexroth, Cisco Systems, Rockwell Automation, Omron and Schneider Electric.
    By: Endress+Hauser, Inc.
    23 April, 2012 | 2 minutes
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