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ork has begun on a distributed motion networking technology that will provide real-time, deterministic, closed-loop motion control for multi-axis, controller-to-controller synchronisation and controller-to-drive communications. At its annual conference, late last year, ODVA -- the organization formerly known as the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association -- decided to expand the work it is doing with ControlNet International to develop standards for commissioning and maintaining distributed motion applications.
At its November meeting, ODVA decided to expand the motion group's work to encompass a complete CIP Motion system by extending CIP Sync to demanding motion applications and to controller-to-drive communications. Explaining the recent developments in London last month, ODVA's executive director, Katherine Voss, said that "the work paves the way for a complete motion solution with the ability to run I/O, HMIs, and motion on the same network. You can never have enough I/O."
CIP Motion is expected to have its first public demonstration at the SPS/IPC/Drives exhibition in Nuremberg this November, with the first products going on sale during 2006.