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Founded in 1995, ODVA is a global association whose members are comprised of the world’s leading automation companies. ODVA’s mission is to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies in industrial automation.

Products

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ODVA has enhanced EtherNet/IP with improved network diagnostics, new methods to optimize bandwidth, and resource requirements for devices, and the addition of IIoT building block...
May 1, 2020

Blogs

2019: The Year of the Industrial Network Protocol
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Nov. 28, 2018
Coming Soon to Your Ethernet Network: Time Sensitive Networking
At the ODVA 2015 Industry Conference, a great deal of focus was directed at Time Sensitive Networking and its potential to bring determinism to industrial Ethernet networks.
Oct. 22, 2015
Connecting Expertise Along the Supply Chain
A combination of video, audio and data can be used to connect remote experts in the manufacturing supply chain to avert or solve production bottlenecks and train workers.
July 22, 2014
The rapidly expanding use of Ethernet in industrial settings has had a positive impact on the advancement of network technology.
May 6, 2013
Information System Departments have to keep up with operations, but how?
Nov. 1, 2012
I’m attending the 15th annual ODVA Industry Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this week and a breakfast conversation turned to training and manufacturing.
Oct. 18, 2012

News

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The level sensor addition improves interoperability and preparation of data for edge and cloud analytics, while the new pull model for CIP Security eases device replacement and...
April 9, 2025
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ODVA announced today that conformance testing is now available for EtherNet/IP network-enabled devices that communicate over the Ethernet-APL physical layer.
Nov. 9, 2022
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A new interface standard for the acquisition of energy consumption data in industrial manufacturing is being developed by ODVA, OPC Foundation, PI, and VDMA based on OPC UA.
June 7, 2022
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The Avnu Alliance, CC-Link Partner Association, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International jointly announce that they are collaborating to develop a single conformance...
June 7, 2022
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ODVA is pleased to announce that CIP SecurityTM, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IPTM, has added support for resource-constrained EtherNet/IP devices. CIP Security...
April 14, 2021
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ODVA announces that user level authentication has been added to CIP SecurityTM, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IPTM. Previous publications of the specifications...
Nov. 24, 2020
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ODVA is pleased to announce that HARTING, one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial connectivity technology, has become a principal member of ODVA alongside Cisco Systems...
Nov. 9, 2020
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ODVA announced today that it has entered into separate agreements to further integrate FDT and FDI technologies into EtherNet/IP. Additional device description work on the next...
May 12, 2020
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ODVA announced today that it has launched a joint working group with the OPC Foundation to develop an OPC UA companion specification to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). The...
April 1, 2020
As the push toward digitization around Industrial Internet of Things and Industrie 4.0 initiatives come to the forefront of ever
Honeywell notes increasing use of Ethernet/IP in the process industries as a principal reason for increasing its work with ODVA.
Oct. 30, 2018

Articles

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ODVA has added process device profiles to the EtherNet/IP specification to provide a standard format for process variables and diagnostics and support Ethernet-APL.
June 2, 2023
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This installment in Automation World’s continuing series on key industrial network technologies clarifies what EtherNet/IP is and traces its development as a leading Ethernet-...
March 21, 2023
Fieldbus organizations like the EtherCAT Technology Group acknowledge the value of OPC UA and see it as a complementary standard in industrial control networking. Courtesy: EtherCAT Technology Group
This second installment in a four-part series on key industrial network technologies explains why OPC UA continues to be recognized as the global interoperability method of choice...
May 17, 2022
SPE uses a single twisted pair of wires, as opposed to the two or three used in other forms of industrial ethernet.
Recent innovations in industrial Ethernet’s physical layer—Single Pair Ethernet and Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer—are being heralded as game-changers for their ability to extend...
July 13, 2021
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As the TSN standard nears completion, excitement is growing over the prospect of bringing IT and OT closer together. Industrial protocol associations have been working hard with...
Aug. 14, 2020
The well-known trunk-and-spur configuration will serve as the general topology for Ethernet-APL. Source: Profibus & Profinet International.
Highlighting its role in the development of new industrial process and discrete communications, the OPC Foundation has joined the advanced physical layer for industrial Ethernet...
July 28, 2020
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Though standardization efforts for Time-Sensitive Networking continue at pace, it is still years before industry should expect to see a bumper crop of compatible products.
July 26, 2019
New Technologies Extend the Life of Legacy Fieldbus Networks
Neither Ethernet nor fieldbus have all the answers for industrial applications. Suppliers and industry groups are working on ways forward that take into consideration the needs...
Jan. 24, 2019
Figure 1: CIP Security™ is designed to protect Industrial Control Systems (ICS) in the new era of automation.
ODVA, FDT Group cooperate on standards, tools that protect a connected company’s assets. Joint development builds security infrastructure.
Oct. 17, 2017
Users are taking advantage of the different ways suppliers are exploiting Ethernet and the various communications protocols available to distribute I/O devices.
Jan. 25, 2013

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Time-Sensitive Networking Status Update
A growing list of high-profile automation technology suppliers are bringing Time-Sensitive Networking and its promise of real-time determinism on standard Ethernet closer to real...
March 7, 2017
Improving Industrial Ethernet for the Process Industries
NAMUR and ODVA announce collaboration on the optimization of industrial Ethernet for process automation technologies and applications.
Dec. 6, 2016
Interoperability and Protocol Organizations Embrace the Cloud
OPC Foundation and ODVA point to the cloud as a principal focus of their strategies moving forward.
April 27, 2016
EtherNet/IP Ventures into the Process Industries
Well-known for its application in the discrete manufacturing industries, EtherNet/IP is now looking to the process industries.
Dec. 9, 2014
ODVA Explores the DeviceNet of Things
Industrial network protocol organization forms group to assess DeviceNet enhancements that can enable hardwired devices to join the DeviceNet network.
April 17, 2014
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ODVA announces the availability of a new white paper, Optimization of Process Integration, which outlines a strategic vision for manufacturers looking to maintain cost-effective...
Feb. 10, 2014
Ethernet in Process Applications
Along with Cisco Systems, Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric, ODVA launches a process automation initiative.
April 18, 2013
Dr. Raimund Sommer, Managing Dir., Endress+Hauser, says customers are asking for more EtherNet/IP-enabled devices.
At the recent 15th annual meeting for ODVA networking group held Oct. 16-19 in Atlanta, Ga., the organization officially welcomed Endress+Hauser as a principal member and pointed...
Oct. 22, 2012
ODVA today announced the 2012 Industry Conference and 15th Annual Meeting will be held from Tuesday, Oct. 16, to Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort...
June 26, 2012
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ODVA today announced that Endress+Hauser, one of the world’s suppliers of measurement and automation equipment, as well as solutions for the process industries, will become a ...
May 22, 2012
Initial results of the Machinery Initiative, launched jointly by Sercos International, ODVA, and OPC Foundation, prove the ability to use multiple Ethernet protocols to connect...
May 9, 2012
Industrial networks are past the adolescent stage and are evolving into mature and responsible members of the automation community. A number of the organizations that manage the...
May 1, 2012
Representatives from leading industrial Ethernet networking protocols will assemble for a panel discussion that will take place at The Automation Conference on May 23, 2012 in...
April 26, 2012