A recent study conducted by the Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA), Boca Raton, Fla., found more than 80 vendors are developing hardware and software for the EtherNet/IP specification, verifying ...

Dr. Al Beydoun, ODVA: “With Ethernet-APL, users can fully exploit the advantages of EtherNet/IP in process plants.” © ODVA Real-time Ethernet networks according ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Open DeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA, www.odva.org) made several announcements on April 24 at the annual Hannover Fair in Germany. The Association has projected that more than 1 million total ...

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/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 ...

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General Motors Corp., the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, recently standardized on the Ethernet/IP network for its vehicle manufacturing operations. The network is slated to provide real-time ...