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News - ODVA training courses and workshops 30/08/2011
ODVA is hosting a series of training courses and workshops on Ethernet/IP across Europe in September.
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White papers - Strategy for optimisation of energy usage in the industrial sector - Whitepaper 06/05/2011
The industrial sector consumes half of the world's total delivered energy, making it the largest end-user sector. ODVA plans to raise awareness of energy consumption and offer control strategies that can optimise energy usage throughout the industrial ecosystem from the plantfloor to the grid.
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News - ODVA members collaborate to optimise energy usage for the industrial sector 31/03/2011
ODVA has launched a new energy initiative, in cooperation with suppliers including Cisco Systems, Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.
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News - ODVA welcomes increased participation from Bosch Rexroth 01/03/2011
Drive and control technology company, Bosch Rexroth has become a principal member of ODVA, joining industrial suppliers such as Cisco Systems, Rockwell Automation, Omron and Schneider Electric.
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News - ODVA announces enhancements to expand application coverage and improve ease of use 13/12/2010
At the recent SPS event in Nuremberg, ODVA announced that it will be publishing new editions of the specifications for ODVA networks, updating the EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet technologies, and the CIP Safety extension to the EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet networks.
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Features - ODVA opens registration for EtherNet/IP training course 01/06/2010
ODVA is calling on product engineers and managers, with responsibility for turning commercial products specs into engineering specs, to attend its EtherNet/IP Quick Start for Vendors training course. The event will be held in Paris on June 30, 2010.
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News - ODVA announces seminar line-up 27/04/2010
ODVA is rolling out training seminars across Europe, holding events in Denmark, Germany and France. The seminars are designed to provide potential users and vendors of EtherNet/IP with technical information about implementing the industrial networking protocol.
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News - CIP networks: 24 V dc power with Ethernet specification expected in April 06/03/2009
End-users can face incompatibility when designing and deploying 24V auxiliary power on the factory floor. In response, ODVA, keeper of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) network, is creating a 24 V dc 'Power with Ethernet' specification to help power e-stops, I/O sources and devices, actuators, and controllers.
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News - Schneider ramps up participation with ODVA 20/04/2007
Schneider Electric has upped its involvement to become a principle member of ODVA, joining Cisco Systems, Eaton Electrical, Omron Corporation and Rockwell Automation.
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News - New specifications for CIP Networks 03/04/2007
ODVA has published new editions of the specifications for the family of CIP Networks, which includes updates for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, ControlNet and CIP Safety. These new editions represent the first publication update of these specifications in 2007, and they bring a range of enhancements to the specifications aimed at delivering increased ease of configuration for users.
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News - ODVA and FDT publication 07/12/2006
ODVA and the FDT Group have joined forces to publish the Field Device Tool for CIP Networks: Annex to FDT Specification. It provides the schemas required to implement the Device Type Managers (DTM) configuration option for the currently available adaptations of networks built on the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), which include DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP and ControlNet.
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