Club recognises commitment to conformance

ODVA has launched the CIP Conformity Club in recognition of its members' commitment to the interoperability of CIP Networks products through the practice of conformance testing.

ODVA has launched the CIP Conformity Club in recognition of its members' commitment to the interoperability of CIP Networks products through the practice of conformance testing.

Initiation in the CIP Conformity Club (or C3) signifies that an ODVA member has agreed to comply with a specific set of user responsibilities outlined in the CIP Networks' Terms of Usage Agreements, the documents through which ODVA licenses vendors to make and sell products that implement the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).

ODVA is committed to providing industry with vendor-independent assurance that network products implementing CIP comply with the specifications, rules and guidelines contained in the CIP Networks Library.

Understanding that customer satisfaction with CIP Networks is directly linked to the ease of interoperability of these products in multivendor systems, ODVA achieves this assurance through its conformance testing practice and the shared commitment of its members to comply with the responsibilities mandated in CIP Networks' Terms of Usage Agreements.

These include (but are not limited to): obtaining declarations of conformity from ODVA, if applicable, for all CIP Network products; following the most current edition of the specifications, rules and guidelines as published in the CIP Networks Library; and making a strong statement in the product documentation that is provided to customers that the products comply with the specifications.

C3 members are recognised on the ODVA website through the placement of the C3 logo on the member page.

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