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News Release from: ISA | Subject: Industrial Data Communications
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 November 2007
Networking book reaches fourth edition
Industrial Data Communications gives technical professionals the knowledge they need to understand, troubleshoot and maintain both legacy and leading-edge systems.
ISA has released the fourth edition of Industrial Data Communications by Lawrence M Thompson Following the boom in networking and data communications advancements throughout industry, the fourth edition gives technical professionals who have little or no background in data communications the knowledge they need to understand, troubleshoot and maintain both legacy and leading-edge systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The text emphasises practical functional aspects of common systems rather than design criteria.
It includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards and protocols including EIA/TIA 232, 485 and IEEE802.
Thompson states in his preface to the Fourth Edition, "In the fifteen or so years since the first edition of this book, nearly every aspect of data communications has changed and above all industrial applications".
Thus, the new material in this edition includes updated information on 100 and 1000Mbit/s Ethernet, RIP and OSPF router technologies, OLE for Process Control (OPC), ActiveX and .NET, virtual private networks.
A complete glossary and index make the book especially useful as a desk reference.
The growth and application of data communications in the industrial environment as well as emerging technologies are discussed.
Chapters include Communication foundations, physical layer and data link standards, local area networks, network operating systems and LAN Management, industrial networks and applications, wide area networks and an historical overview.
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