Issue Archive

Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus—Part II
An Early Adopter of Fieldbus Technologies Overcame a Few Start-up and Commissioning Issues and Qualified a Control System

Signal Variables Shape Wireless
Infrastructure Hardware and Transmission Frequency Depend Largely on Transmission Speed, Amount of Data, Distance and Obstructions

PoE Gets Plugged In
Power over Ethernet Has Its Pluses and Minuses. A Well-Grounded Implementation Requires Looking at Both

Have More Data Conversations
OPC Unified Architecture Addresses Shortfalls of OPC DA for Cross-Platform Communications

What Are You, Chicken?
Users and Integrators Say Many Fieldbuses Don’t Function as Well on the Plant Floor as They Do in PowerPoint Slides. Fieldbus Experts Counter That Digital Networks Deliver Savings Over Time and That Users Are Still Just Being Stubborn

Square One
Some End Users Finally Are Moving Applications From Point-to-Point Hardwiring to Their First Digital Industrial Networks. Here’s How You Can Do It, Too

Wireless HART’s Price Point
I Would Do This About 100 Times, and all My Stranded Diagnostics Finally Will Show Up in My Asset Management Software

Square One Online Resources
Access Our Expanded Coverage Resources, Videos, Other Digital Network Resources and an Updated Fieldbus Comparison Chart

Wireless-Network Advances Need Reliable Radio Standards
Industrial Wireless Systems Enhance Safety in Industrial Companies

PoE Technology Charges Into Networks
Read the Latest Market Survey Results on PoE

ConocoPhillips Goes Wireless
Implementing OneWireless Platform