Ethernet is ubiquitous. As long as it is the protocol of choice in IT, and the cost of even industrially hardened Ethernet switches and I/O are low, Ethernet will remain the communication protocol of ...

Traditionally, the factory floor was configured with proprietary networks to connect controllers to devices and sensors to monitor data and provide simple control feedback to production lines. Growth ...

Fieldbuses were originally designed to integrate field devices such as sensors, transmitters, actuators, valves and the like into the control system using digital networks. This technology would ...

The integration of Ethernet and wireless interfaces into microcontrollers makes networking even easier in industrial automation. Every line of microcontrollers includes a model with at least one ...

EtherNet/IP is an industrial automation networking protocol based on the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that has dominated the world of IT networking for the past three decades. Despite Ethernet’s ...

Users of EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet technologies now have ways of handling energy management over industrial networks. ODVA, formerly known as the Open DeviceNet Vendors ...

ODVA is holding a range of seminars and training events focused on EtherNet/IP™, the industrial Ethernet solution that ODVA supports. Each one-day event will provide considerable technical training on ...

PositionServo drive now features the EtherNet/IP Communication option. The protocol uses the same set of predefined common objects as DeviceNet and ControlNet, making communication between devices ...