ODVA 2011: Industrial Networks Continue To Advance

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. > ODVA-related content, click here.