The CIP Security Authorization Profile enhances CIP to provide additional security properties such as general, flexible authorization where access policy can be based on any attribute of the user and/or system. Concepts and open systems that might serve as a basis for the CIP Authorization Profile are explored.

A 10 Mb Ethernet physical layer (10BASE-T1L) combined with power delivery (Engineered Power/PoDL/SPoE) on two wires, up to 1 km, will enable new types of Ethernet-connected devices that generate higher value insights that are now more accessible via a converted IT/OT Ethernet network.

Wi-SUN’s latest research report shows that organisations are becoming more ambitious and sophisticated in their thinking. IoT is now a bigger priority than ever, and the scale of what is being planned over the next few years is encouraging.

Intelligent IoT edge solutions can close the gap between the IT and OT worlds. With preinstalled software packages as well as universal graphical user interfaces and programming environments, powerful Edge PC hardware are enabling simple development and implementation of edge applications.

OPC UA is establishing itself as an industrial interoperability standard not only for the vertical integration from the control level to the edge or up to the cloud, but also as an interface for exchanging process data between controllers regardless of which protocol communicates with underlying field devices.

In this 2022 special report, industry experts provide their perspective on the role of the Industrial Edge in the IIoT. With edge computing processing data where it’s generated, using solutions that connect the physical and digital worlds, plants are leveraging data to optimize workflows, save resources and improve quality.

Learn what every control engineer needs to know about constructing properly engineered Ethernet/IP control networks. Excerpts from a new book offer a resource and insights into proven technologies, architectures and recommendations for designing and deploying EtherNet/IP control networks on the factory floor.

Advanced Physical Layer (Ethernet-APL) is gaining attention due to the opportunity it presents to extend the reach of EtherNet/IP into areas in which Ethernet has not been deployed. However, this is just one of several areas where development is taking place to facilitate the use of EtherNet/IP in process applications.

The world is abuzz with talk of the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. Digitization, smart technologies, machine-to-machine communications, Internet of Things deployments, the list goes on, and on. All these innovative concepts will benefit from the standardized exchange of information between all levels of an industrial system.

Ultra-compact Industrial PC and TwinCAT solutions power robot-based cake production, providing flexible EtherCAT technology for the Theo robot which bakes high-quality Baumkuchen.