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 ...

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 ...

This technology would provide more information to the controller, and greatly reduce the cost and complexity of wiring field devices. But while companies joined organizations to begin developing these ...

Of the major fieldbus networks, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Foundation Fieldbus, and Profibus are all moving to support Ethernet connectivity through their protocols. Using this network usually associated ...

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 ...