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News Release from: ODVA
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2006
Industrial Ethernet standard gathers
pace
More than one million total nodes of EtherNet/IP have shipped worldwide.
ODVA has projected that more than one million total nodes of EtherNet/IP have shipped worldwide With more than 150 vendors promoting nearly 400 products, EtherNet/IP is well established in the market
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 15 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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EtherNet/IP stands apart from other industrial Ethernet options as it uses the same standard TCP/IP protocol chips and wiring that are used for the Internet and in company business networks worldwide.
This approach offers a myriad of benefits to automation users and vendors alike: low product development costs, ease of use, simple product and network integration and multi-vendor interoperability, delivering far more than a fieldbus ever could.
Sharing the same application layer - the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) - as DeviceNet, ControlNet and the recently announced CompoNet, EtherNet/IP provides seamless bridging and routing of messages from sensors to the enterprise software, delivering a free flow of information and enhanced decision making throughout the enterprise.
"The viability of EtherNet/IP is tremendous, as this recent milestone proves", said Katherine Voss, Executive Director of ODVA.
"It matches the needs of industrial automation users looking to build information-rich, cost-effective and integrated facilities that will last well into the future".
"Many manufacturers have already adopted EtherNet/IP as their networking standard in industries as diverse as automotive, food, military, infrastructure, beverage and brewing and life sciences, and we anticipate that many more will follow".
In an April 2005 study published by ARC Advisory Group, EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP dominate global node shipments for open Industrial Ethernet, a market that is projected to grow 51.4% annually through 2009.
The report cites the economic benefits and broad availability as the strongest factors in the deployment of industrial networks using Ethernet.
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