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News
 | May 15, 2013

Profibus LinkedIn Group Change

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