Process maintenance teams have long been challenged with gaining access and connectivity to service their field-level devices. Traditionally, plant personnel needed to walk out to the processing area ...

All computers connected to networks have different IP addresses. This is how networks can verify where particular messages should go. In order to connect different computers, you need to access one ...

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 ...

At the SPS 2024 event Nuremberg, Germany, ODVA announced two new updates for EtherNet/IP. The first announcement relates to the enhancement of CIP Safety on EtherNet/IP to allow for the use of ...