ODVA 2011: Industrial Networks Continue To Advance
March 2, 2011
ODVA, the organization that shepherds the CIP networks (Common Industrial Protocol--DeviceNet, Control Net, CompoNet and EtherNet/IP), gathered its members March 1 - 3 in Phoenix for its 14th Annual Meeting.
Tuesday was devoted to Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings. Today's
meetings kicked off with a report of the Technical Review Board and the
SIGs with paper presentations filling the rest of today. The annual
meeting of members takes place tomorrow.
ODVA Chief Technology Officer, Rich Harwell, introduced the work of the
SIGs. Each of the groups presented its results since the last annual
meeting. He also announced the formation of two new SIGs—Energy and
Rail Transport.
All of the SIGs have been busy since the last meeting. A few notable
advances include working out a way to address SERCOS III devices on the
CIP Safety network, integrating data from Modbus (TCP and serial) into
CIP networks, and adding analog I/O to CIP safety.
More later.
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