Users of EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet technologies now have ways of handling energy management over industrial networks. ODVA, formerly known as the Open DeviceNet Vendors ...

This protocol is called “common industrial protocol (CIP)” and is used by DeviceNet, ControlNet, EtherNet/IP, CIP Safety and CIP Sync. DeviceNet is a fieldbus suited for discrete manufacturing.

GM plans to deploy industrial Ethernet plantwide, including devices and sensors on the factory floor. It plans to implement it in stages, using ControlNet and DeviceNet for the near term and ...

ControlNet is an open control network built on a single, media-independent platform — the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) — that also includes EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet.

ODVA has published new editions of specifications for the family of CIP Networks, enhancing the EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet technologies.

Users will benefit from new features in CIP Safety for process and wireless applications, and from the ability to integrate Modbus serial devices with CIP Networks, the ODVA says. The Open DeviceNet ...