Tag Archives: PROFINET IO

Sharing the Trade Floor with President Obama

I recently returned from Hannover Messe (‘messe’ is German for ‘fair’), my first visit to [...]

Still a Thrill: OPC UA Device Discovery

A long while back, I when I started working on industrial connectivity, I had hair. [...]

IoT Transport Protocols… Not!

IoT (Internet of Things) is all the rage. Everybody is talking about it. My morning [...]

All Hail, ASCII, King of Data

I fell in love with ASCII 40 odd years ago and I’m still in love [...]

MTConnect Saves from the Fires of Adapter Hell

Those of us in the world of discrete and process automation think that everyone is [...]

Wanted: New Ways to Model Information in Automation

In lots of ways, when you compare the technology used in Industrial Automation to what’s [...]

The Headache That Is Embedded Security

If you’re a manufacturing professional, as I am, the subject of security – embedded security [...]

Immortal Modbus

When I think of Modbus and the future, I am reminded of that old joke [...]

Modbus Conformance

If you’re a device manufacturer and you’ve ever developed an EtherNet/IP Adapter, BACnet/IP Server or [...]

Industrial Ethernet Security

I admit it. All this security talk makes my head spin. I didn’t go to [...]