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 ...

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 ...

Fieldbuses were originally designed to integrate field devices such as sensors, transmitters, actuators, valves and the like into the control system using digital networks. This technology would ...

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 ...

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 ...

PositionServo drive now features the EtherNet/IP Communication option. The protocol uses the same set of predefined common objects as DeviceNet and ControlNet, making communication between devices ...

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 ...