Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

With EtherNet/IP a controller can now be linked to both information systems and I/O devices for a flat network architecture. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is to Ethernet as ...

What's fueling growth in networking for high performance motion control? With our focus on integrated control architecture, we see significant growth in motion networking and networking for factory ...

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 ...

Like many words in the English language, “network” and “protocol” have different meanings, depending on the context. In the context of digital communications, Merriam-Webster defines network as “a ...

Forward-looking machine builders understand that the increasing use of EtherNet/IP technology will significantly affect how the plant floor and IT work together at customer sites. For starters, the ...

ODVA, Tokyo, developed Project CipNet SA, a network for simple sensors and actuators, which uses the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). ODVA, Tokyo, developed Project CipNet SA, a network for simple ...

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 ...

You can’t control what you don’t measure. That old chestnut is perfectly apt when it comes to energy management capabilities in most production facilities – a fact that begs explanation, since energy ...

An international association whose members represent the world's leading automation companies, ODVA (http://rbi.ims.ca/5406-538) stands for Open DeviceNet Vendors ...