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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Ethernet ports are usually just relegated to connecting computers to routers to facilitate an internet connection, but they're capable of much more than that.