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 ...

ODVA’s biannual update of its network specifications helps enable end users and OEMS to address specific industrial automation applications. The April 2012 enhancements build on energy-related ...

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 ...

ODVA has published new editions of specifications for the family of CIP Networks, enhancing the EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet technologies. Updates contain important guidelines for ...

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 ...