Hanover, Germany – April 17, 2023 – ODVA announced today that process device profiles have been added to The EtherNet/IPTM Specification to provide automation practitioners with another critical tool to help optimize plant operations. Process device profiles provide a standard format for process variables and diagnostics across an array of devices for smoother vendor interoperability… Continue reading →
Nuremberg, Germany – November 8, 2022 – ODVA announced today that conformance testing is now available for EtherNet/IP network-enabled devices that communicate over the Ethernet-APL physical layer. Conformance testing verifies the Ethernet-APL physical layer functionality by checking that the different port types properly adhere to the relevant specifications. The EtherNet/IP communication network functionality is also… Continue reading →
Hanover, Germany – May 30, 2022: the Avnu Alliance, CC-Link Partner Association, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International jointly announce that they are collaborating to develop a single conformance test plan for the IEEE/IEC 60802 Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) profile for Industrial Automation. The test plan will be used as a base test… Continue reading →
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – March 28, 2022 – ODVA held its 21st Annual Meeting of Members in San Diego, California, USA on March 10, 2022. With over 85 industry professionals from 30 companies in attendance, highlights of the Annual Meeting included a keynote on the future of the field instrumentation layer in process automation… Continue reading →
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – April 12, 2021 – ODVA is pleased to announce that CIP SecurityTM, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IPTM, has added support for resource-constrained EtherNet/IP devices. CIP Security can now provide device authentication, a broad trust domain, device identity via Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs), device integrity, and data confidentiality for resource-constrained devices… Continue reading →
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – April 12, 2021 – ODVA announced today that The EtherNet/IP™ Specification has been enhanced to allow vendors to bring the network to resource-constrained devices in-cabinet, including push buttons and contactors. Cost, size, and power restrictions have historically limited the usage of EtherNet/IP at the edge, where many nodes are still… Continue reading →
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – November 24, 2020 – ODVA announces that user level authentication has been added to CIP SecurityTM, the cybersecurity network extension for EtherNet/IPTM. Previous publications of the specifications for CIP Security included key security properties including a broad trust domain across a group of devices, data confidentiality, device authentication, device identity,… Continue reading →
IIoT / Industry 4.0 ODVA is committed to ensuring that EtherNet/IP meets all requirements of Industry 4.0 and IIoT. EtherNet/IP is a proven industrial automation network that is object-oriented, multi-vendor interoperable, and highly standardized. EtherNet/IP also leverages TCP/IP and commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and works across HTTP, FTP, SNMP, and DHCP to better connect the work cell...
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – April 20, 2020 – ODVA announced today the latest enhancements to The EtherNet/IP™ Specification to provide improved network diagnostics, new methods to lower bandwidth and resource requirements for devices, and the addition of IIoT building block infrastructure. “EtherNet/IP’s continued leadership in the industrial communication space will be assured by adding… Continue reading →
