Conformance testing verifies the Ethernet-APL physical layer functionality by checking that the different port types properly adhere to the relevant specifications. The EtherNet/IP communication ...

New process device profiles for temperature sensors have been made available for the EtherNet/IP specification to improve vendor interoperability and thus help system integrators and end users ...

Process maintenance teams have long been challenged with gaining access and connectivity to service their field-level devices. Traditionally, plant personnel needed to walk out to the processing area ...

Dr. Al Beydoun, ODVA: “The introduction of process device profiles to EtherNet/IP is another critical step in meeting the full set of requirements of the process ...

“The Edge” refers to any source of data that ultimately ends up in a data center or cloud processing paradigm. Examples are cameras and sensors, mobile devices, many types of vehicles, routers and ...

Machine builders are enjoying a new level of machine design flexibility through the use of a single network for their entire machine, including VFD and servo drives for integrated motion control. That ...

EtherNet/IP is one of three open network standards (DeviceNet TM, ControlNet TM and EtherNet/IP TM), which all use a common application layer, the “Common Industrial Protocol” (CIP TM). This common ...

Security researchers made good on a promise to release new exploits for programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The exploits include one targeting a flaw in the implementation of the EtherNet/IP ...