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CIP Security Updated to Support User Level Authentication

Harting Increases Commitment to Odva and Ethernet/IP to Become Odva's Newest Principal Member

Network Protocols Harmonize Around Time-Sensitive Networking

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 their support group to adapt their protocols to this emerging standard.

The well-known trunk-and-spur configuration will serve as the general topology for Ethernet-APL. Source: Profibus & Profinet International.

OPC Foundation Joins APL Project; Announces OPC UA Motion

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 project group and is working with ODVA and Sercos on a new motion technology.

ODVA Enters Into Agreements with FDT and Fieldcomm Group and Continues XDS Development to Expand Ethernet/IP Technology Ecosystem

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 generation xDS for CIP devices also continues to move forward.

Ethernet/IP Enhanced To Further Address Industry 4.0 And IIoT

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 infrastructure.

OPC UA Companion Specification to be Developed for CIP

Not So Fast: TSN Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

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.

Profinet, based on Ethernet technologies, integrates existing fieldbus systems. Source: PI North America

New technologies extend the life of legacy 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—and limitations—of the present.