The ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Association) has added process device profiles to the EtherNet/IP specification to give process automation engineers another tool to optimise plant operation.
ODVA announces that conformance testing is now available for EtherNet/IP network-enabled devices that communicate over the Ethernet-APL physical layer.
Ethernet-APL to become more widely available, ownership of PA-DIM expands, and development of a single standard for an interoperable OPC UA interface between controllers and instrumentation devices begins.