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Ethernet

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Understanding ISA100 Wireless Technology

At multi-vendor interoperability demonstrations at the Hannover Messe 2013 trade show, Andre Ristaino, managing director of the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute, talked about ISA100 Wireless technology, which is based on the ISA100.11a*1 standard. Products based on the standard emphasize user choice and network device flexibility, and compete with...

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Yokogawa's Wireless Anywhere concept advocates for plant-wide use of ISA100.11a*1 compliant wireless technology

News

| May 23, 2013

ISA100 Wireless Shows Off Interoperability at Hannover Messe 2013

  Live, multi-vendor demonstration showed how the key benefits of the ISA100 Wireless protocol have shifted from theoretical/on-paper to actual products and applications.

Honeywell One Wireless mobile station

Primer

| May 23, 2013

Understanding ISA100 Wireless Technology

The ISA100.11a*1 standard is at the heart of a range of wireless networking products from Honeywell, Cisco, Flowserve, GE, Yokogowa and others.

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Networks: Wired & Wireless

Sign up to receive timely updates from our editors and download this FREE Special Report exploring the most widely adopted protocols for fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless networking in the process industries, as well as the latest trends in wireless applications.

Yokogawa's Wireless Anywhere concept advocates for plant-wide use of ISA100.11a*1 compliant wireless technology

News

| May 22, 2013

Yokogawa “Wireless Anywhere” Concept Expands ISA100 Wireless Use

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Energy Management Dashboard

News

| May 21, 2013

Making Sense of the Enterprise Energy Dashboard

Energy monitoring means different things to different companies.

Profibus on LinkedIn

News

| May 15, 2013

Profibus LinkedIn Group Change

A new LinkedIn group—Profibusters—now serves as a forum for Profibus and Profinet discussions.

News

| May 9, 2013

Beckhoff Links Operator Displays up to 100 m

A new connection technology enables multi-touch panels to be up to 100 m from the industrial PC.

News

| May 9, 2013

ODVA Announces Process Industry Initiatives

New initiatives include ODVA’s work with the FDT Group to annex the FDT2 spec to ODVA’s CIP networks, and a special interest group for the exchange of information between machines.

Embedded PC Control

Case Application

| May 9, 2013

Medical Device OEM Leverages Embedded PC-based Control

Beckhoff’s embedded PC is used to control IntraOp Medical’s new generation of IntraOperative Electron Radiation Therapy machines.

Feature Article

| May 6, 2013

The Ethernet Security Issue

One downside of Ethernet—be it wired or wireless—is that it’s vulnerable to attacks, viruses and other maladies.

Feature Article

| May 6, 2013

Ethernet: It’s All About the Availability

The trend across the manufacturing and process industries is clear: Network users expect higher reliability, faster speeds and wireless connectivity.

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Column

| May 6, 2013

Industrial Ethernet Improves Through Combined Effort

The rapidly expanding use of Ethernet in industrial settings has had a positive impact on the advancement of network technology.

Product

| May 3, 2013

Wireless Data Transmitter/Receiver

The WRT series provides a self-managed mesh network that works with any RS-485 network protocol to promote highly reliable system operation in new or retrofit applications.

Column

| May 1, 2013

Printing Press Upgrade Includes Move to Sercos III

Edda Trykk, the second largest publisher in Norway, has selected Honeywell to upgrade the Printa press control and shaftless drive systems at its newspaper printing facility in Stokke, Norway.

Column

| April 30, 2013

From Fieldbus to Industrial Ethernet

Compared to traditional, non-Ethernet-based industrial solutions, Ethernet technology delivers substantially higher performance and several other advantages.

Product

| April 25, 2013

Gigabit Ethernet Switches with Dedicated Priority Ports

The EKI-3000 series "Light Industrial" unmanaged switches prioritize the traffic coming over priority ports and delay the less immediately necessary data over the remaining ports.

Product

| April 23, 2013

Mitsubishi Electric’s Upgrades to CC-Link IE Field Network Provide Greater Flexibility, Time Savings

Mitsubishi Electric has expanded the connectivity and functionality of the CC-Link IE Field network.

SIemens RuggedCom

News

| April 23, 2013

Siemens RuggedCom Releases First Product

Ruggedcom RSG2488 harsh environment, high-density layer 2 rack switch supports up to 28 copper or fiber ports in a 1U chassis.

Ethernet in Process Applications

News

| April 18, 2013

ODVA Focuses on Ethernet in the Process Industries

Along with Cisco Systems, Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, ODVA launches a process automation initiative.

Microchip’s BodyCom technology

News

| April 15, 2013

Technology Makes Human Body a Secure Communications Channel

BodyCom technology can make the human body a secure, low-power method for short-range wireless communication, eliminating the need for costly RF antennae and batteries for low-data-rate applications,

Wi-Fi & Cellular Router

News

| April 11, 2013

Wi-Fi and Cellular Industrial Router

Designed for machine-to-machine connectivity, the Spectre 3G cellular router from B&B Electronics also features 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.

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