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OPC UA Protocols |
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Sreejumon's Industrial World
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By Sreejumon on
Sunday, April 01, 2007
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OPC Unified Architecture (UA), the most recent OPC specification from OPC Foundation, replaces the protocols of its predecessors. OPC stands for OLE for Process Communication, but I would call it as Open Protocols for Connectivity. Hope you will agree with my new definition for OPC (Open Protocols for Connectivity) :)
OLE/DCOM based process communication is going to be part of the history. OPC UA supports two protocols, binary and Web service (SOAP).
Binary protocol can be accessed via TCP port (4840) and URL(tcp://ServerName). It is best suited for embedded devices and it takes only minimum resources since no XML, HTTP, SOAP stuffs required for binary stack implementation. Binary protocol offers best performance with least overhead.
Web Service / SOAP based protocol is firewall friendly and it will work on http (port 80) and https (port 443). ...
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Emerson Receives Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award |
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By Sreejumon on
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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Frost & Sullivan selected Emerson Process Management as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement within automation and software solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
With its PlantWeb® digital automation architecture, Emerson has successfully differentiated itself from other companies by translating its vision of an integrated solution into reality thus becoming a one-stop shop for all pharmaceutical industry customers More
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Basics of Industrial Ethernet |
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Sreejumon's Industrial World
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By Sreejumon on
Friday, March 02, 2007
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Industrial Automation community has been adopting proprietary (or open) protocols (eg: - Modbus, Profibus, DeviceNet etc) for communicating with devices and most of them are based on serial communication. Industrial Ethernet is all about the usage of Ethernet protocols in industrial environment. I have uploaded an article related to Industrial Ethernet. Please visit the article section.
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Mini PCI Fieldbus Cards for Industrial PCs |
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Sreejumon's Industrial World
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By Sreejumon on
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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 Beckhoff Automation has released Mini PCI fieldbus cards for PROFIBUS, CANopen, DeviceNet and Ethernet networks. The new generation of Beckhoff Industrial PCs, including the C69xx control cabinet PCs and the CP62xx or CP72xx Control Panel PCs, is extremely compact. With each device featuring 2 Ethernet ports, they represent high-performance Industrial PCs for Ethernet and EtherCAT-based control applications. The IPCs can optionally be extended with Mini PCI cards, or with fieldbus technology. More
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Wonderware Receives award for HMI and SCADA Software |
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Sreejumon's Industrial World
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By Sreejumon on
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Wonderware announced that Control magazine readers have awarded Wonderware First Place in the HMI Software category. Wonderware also tied for First Place in the SCADA Software category. This is the 12th year that Wonderware has received "Readers' Choice" awards from Control magazine in these two categories. More
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Trumpf Laser Cutters |
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Open Source and Automation
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By Pradyumna Sampath on
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Trumpf ( http://www.trumpf.de ) has released its new laser cutter which is based on linux , dotgnu (http://dotgnu.org) and winforms. Now that is extremely exciting for Open Source in Industrial Automation and Control.
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