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Oil Sands Automation Conference 2010

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Submitted by IanVerhappen on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 13:07.

The 7th annual Oil Sands Conference concluded one week ago in Fort McMurray, the heart of the oil sands and it was evident that automation will play a significant factor in the continuing development of this important hydrocarbon resource. Topics covered at the event include how automation and control will be a factor in improvements to the process and environment including such diverse areas as:
•    Robotics, Vision Systems and load monitoring/control in mines

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Reminder: Four Subject Matter Experts Discuss Industrial Wireless Ethernet...and you're invited! #pauto

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Submitted by waltboyes on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 16:33.

Wireless Ethernet: Ready for Industrial Prime Time

Sponsored by: National Instruments, Phoenix Contact & CONTROL

Content Type: Webcast on Wednesday March 3, 2010 at 2:00 pm ET

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Forget the ISA100.11a-WirelessHART Feud ... Home Wireless Is Where It's at

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Submitted by nbartels on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 15:55.

Our U.K. correspondent, Andrew Bond, says that while following the soap opera of the ISA/WirelessHART standards wars may make for a good read, the real action in wireless is happening much closer to home--literally. In the February issue of Bond's  Industrial Automation Insider, he reports that "home automation system shipments will approach 2.8 million in 2011." Here's Bond's take on what these numbers mean, not just for those of us with disappearing tv remotes, but for, perhaps, the factory floor:

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Forget the ISA100.11a-WirelessHART Feud ... Home Wireless Is Where It's at

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Submitted by nbartels on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 15:55.

Our U.K. correspondent, Andrew Bond, says that while following the soap opera of the ISA/WirelessHART standards wars may make for a good read, the real action in wireless is happening much closer to home--literally. In the February issue of Bond's  Industrial Automation Insider, he reports that "home automation system shipments will approach 2.8 million in 2011." Here's Bond's take on what these numbers mean, not just for those of us with disappearing tv remotes, but for, perhaps, the factory floor:

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Wireless Compliance Institute Gears Up for ISA100 Products

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Submitted by klarson on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 14:20.

The commercialization of products based on the ISA100.11a wireless standard took several steps forward at the ARC World Industry Forum this week in Orlando. "ISA100.11a is unique," said GE's Justin Smith to a gathering of industry media, "because its requirements were determined by end users in an open consensus process, with 23 of 24 end-users voting to approve the standard."

"We wanted something that could be enhanced and customized to the needs of every site," said ExxonMobil's Pat Schweitzer and committee co-chair.

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GSM Compromised?

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Submitted by IanVerhappen on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 18:13.

The December issue of IEEE Spectrum had a small lead about the following Open Source attempt to hack the GSM phone system. The full article can be found at http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/open-source-effort-to-hack-gsm/0.

From 'The Great Kanduski: Best Practices in Industrial Networking'

Wireless Mesh Networks Score Again

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Submitted by nbartels on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 15:05.

Found this lurking in my mailbox. Looks like all this stuff is getting long past early adopter stage.

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Let's Get Started

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Submitted by IanVerhappen on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 20:52.

Here we go, the most challenging of all steps is the first one so I will start safe (baby steps concept) by sharing with you the topics I hope to cover in this blog:

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Wireless Standards- here's a reality check

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Submitted by waltboyes on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 16:43.

Here's a reality check for everybody who thinks that the choice is between WirelessHART and ISA100 and Zigbee. This is a press release from Bob Eckery at EnOcean:

EnOcean's Emergence as Wireless Leader Evidenced by Real Shipping Products

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Wireless and your DCS-- are you ready? A WINA Monthly Webcast #PAuto

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Submitted by waltboyes on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 10:41.

From the good folks at WINA, this webcast will take place on Monday: 

 

WIRELESS AND YOUR DCS - ARE YOU READY?

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