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FieldComm Group seeks nominees for 2023 Plant of the Year Award 06/07/2023 FieldComm Group is actively seeking qualified nominees for its 21st annual Plant of the Year Award. End users and manufacturers from all world areas are encouraged to nominate their plant or their customer’s plant. Full Story...
Industrial communications: the next big thing! 17/10/2022 Suzanne Gill asked what control engineering can expect the next big development to be in industrial communication technologies. Full Story...
Collaboration promises to simplify integration of OT and IT systems 23/08/2022 Major standards development and end user organisations serving the process automation industry have announced ongoing collaboration work on the specification for a standardised Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM), with the goal of optimising the management of data from field devices in process automation environment. Full Story...
FieldComm Group announces registration of first process automation FDI host system 03/05/2022 FieldComm Group has announced that Emerson’s AMS Device Manager has successfully completed conformance requirements testing under FieldComm Group’s FDI Technology Host Registration Policy. Full Story...
HART technology evolves with HART-IP 21/06/2021 Paul Sereiko highlights how the HART technology has been developed, alongside other technologies, to allow it to continue to meet the needs of the industry marketplace. Full Story...
HART: Evolution in action 27/05/2020 Wally Pratt, director of HART technology at FieldComm Group, brings us up to date with developments of the HART Communication Protocol. Full Story...
HART-IP developer kit launched for process automation instrument suppliers 04/05/2020 FieldComm Group has announced the availability of a software, hardware and services development platform for HART-IP enabled instruments. Full Story...
Making digitalisation work! 08/09/2019 Suzanne Gill finds out how industrial communications are supporting and simplifying the digital migration process. Full Story...
FieldComm Group completes liaison with the Open Group Open Process Automation forum 11/03/2019 FieldComm Group and the Open Group Process Automation Forum have completed a liaison agreement to leverage FieldComm Group specifications within the OPAF ‘standard of standards’. Full Story...
Simplifying field device integration 18/02/2019 The FieldComm Group process automation device information model specification (PA-DIM), based on NAMUR requirements, has been endorsed by the OPC Foundation and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI). This announcement serves as validation of FieldComm Group’s position at the center of process automation standards development and product conformance testing. Full Story...
FDI tools and components support OPC UA 05/12/2018 FieldComm Group has announced the availability of version 1.3.0 of the FDI development tools for field devices and host systems. These updated tools allow suppliers to develop a broader range of products with fewer tools and better capabilities, while enhancing security and integration capability for their customers. Full Story...
Ethernet moves a bit closer to the field 10/09/2018 The latest developments to the Advanced Physical Layer project to enable Ethernet to the Field were reported at ACHEMA by three leading standards-based organisations for suppliers of process automation. Suzanne Gill reports. Full Story...
FDI: Opening up the integration process 25/06/2018 Find out more about how Field Device Integration (FDI) technology looks set to provide automation stakeholders with a better user experience and an open, future-proofed standard for integration of field devices with process and enterprise systems. Full Story...
Nominees sought for the FieldComm Group 2018 Plant of the Year Award 02/04/2018 FieldComm Group is actively seeking qualified nominees for the 2018 Plant of the Year Award. Full Story...
FDI now supports enhanced cyber security measures 12/11/2017 FieldComm Group has announced the availability of version 1.1 of the FDI Technical Specifications and version 1.2.1 of the FDI Development Tools. These specifications and tools allow suppliers to develop a broader range of products with fewer tools and better capabilities, while enhancing security and integration capability for users. Full Story...
Shell Prelude FLNG named as FieldComm Group 2017 Plant of the Year 06/11/2017 The Shell Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) plant/ship of Royal Dutch Shell, which will be located in the Timor Sea off the North West coast of Australia, has been named as the FieldComm Group 2017 Plant of the Year. Full Story...
Field Device Integration – built to last 02/05/2017 Control Engineering Europe gets up to date on the latest developments for FDI, which aims to harmonise EDDL device integration languages. Full Story...
FieldComm Group seeks nominees for 2017 Plant of the Year Award 28/03/2017 Qualified nominees for the 15th annual Plant of the Year Award are now being sought by FieldComm Group, which recognises end user companies in the process automation industry for their valuable application of FOUNDATION Fieldbus, FDI and/or HART Communication technologies. Nominations will be accepted until 31 May 2017. Full Story...
WirelessHART: secure by design 23/10/2016 Data security is critical to the successful deployment of field instruments in plant applications. Suzanne Gill asked a variety of automation vendors for their views on WirelessHART security and their own strategies to ensure network security. Full Story...
HART-IP: simplifying data exchange 25/09/2016 Control Engineering Europe reports on HART-IP which is helping ensure that 4-20mA devices continue to have something to offer in an increasingly digital world. Full Story...
FieldComm Group and PI sign a cooperation agreement for FDI technology 30/08/2016 The completion of the FDI (Field Device Integration) technology gives us hard evidence of a targeted cooperation between a vareity of different organisations in industrial automation with the aim of providing users with operational technologies for their solutions. This includes the specification of FDI, EDDL, tools, and components to support efficient product development. Full Story...
FieldComm Group looking for its Plant of the Year 16/02/2016 The FieldComm Group is currently seeking qualified nominees for its 14th annual Plant of the Year Award. Full Story...
Standardising and simplifying device to host integration with FDI 05/01/2016 You should expect to start hearing a lot more about FDI in 2016, as products that support this new device integration standard start to come to market. Control Engineering Europe reports on its journey so far. Full Story...
Fieldbus: a vital element in IIoT 20/10/2015 Suzanne Gill reports on the vital role of fieldbus technologies, such as HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus, in the success of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0. Full Story...
FieldComm Group releases FDI Package IDE and Common Host Components Version 1.1 24/08/2015 The FieldComm Group has released the first update to its newest tool deliverables, the FDI Package IDE and the FDI Common Host Components. Full Story...
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