Digital fieldbus technologies, including Foundation fieldbus and Profibus, are increasingly being used with success in the nuclear and fossil fuel power industries. This article compares a ...

Fieldbus is a suite of industrial protocols which define a digital industrial network that will replace the analog 4 – 20mA signal standards. However, Fieldbus is much more than a replacement for the ...

Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation and control) ...

Plant managers at the water plant in DeKalb Country, Ga., learned about the benefits of fieldbus networks quickly when they installed Profibus in their new water plant. They were so pleased with the ...

Panduit, a leading global provider of network infrastructure solutions, has released its latest single pair Ethernet (SPE) cables to support building automation and industrial automation technologies.

Siemens S7-Advanced communication module permits communication between the field level and the IT world without intermediary gateways. As Ethernet continues its rapid advance into manufacturing, a ...

Fieldbus communications computer boards are serial data network devices that connect computers and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to fieldbus networks. Fieldbus networks provide digital, ...

Based on a presentation to ISA2001, Sept. 10-13, 2001, Houston. The waterflood facilities for PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia´s Balam and Bangko oil fields, on Indonesia´s Sumatra Island, included ...

Designed for installation on DINrails, the FPH integrates fieldbus segment connections, appropriate terminators, and host-specific system connectors. The hub follows the passive design of powering the ...

The latest version of Advanced Diagnostic Module DTM software monitors the quality of fieldbus communication for Foundation fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA networks, and includes a number of updates that ...