Editorial: Transformation – Revive Manufacturing as Critical Infrastructure for the World FDT IIoT ecosystem is designed to harmonize and provide data collaboration innovation
Case Studies
From HART Device to Smart Device – Endress+Hauser
TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller – Schneider Electric
Normalizing and Standardizing the Field Instrument Data to Unlock the Potential of Industry 4.0 – Utthunga Technologies
PLCnext as the Ideal Platform for IIoT Integration – Phoenix Contact
Editorial: FDT 3.0 Testing and Certification Opens for Next Generation DTMs Certified DTMs establish interoperability criteria for IIoT and I4.0 applications
FDT Tech Focus: FDT 3.0 Platform for Innovation Helps Developers Deliver Apps for Diverse Automation Use Cases New mobility Apps will benefit both device suppliers and end users by transforming industrial optimization and maintenance strategies
Case Studies
From HART Device to Smart Device – Endress+Hauser
TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller – Schneider Electric
“Quick Monitoring by DTM” for Machine Condition Monitoring Applications – Yokogawa Electric
Improve Operations with Access to Plant-floor Data Using DTM Enhanced HART I/O Modules – Rockwell Automation
Editorial: Modern, Open Automation Platform Reaches Final Milestones – FDT 3.0 certification updates, IO-Link Interpreter DTM, and OPC UA Information Model to be released
Tech Focus: Changes to Device DTM Certification with FDT 3.0 – Modern developer tools, comprehensive testing and new online DTM repository streamlines certification process for manufacturers and improves DTM access for end users
FDT IIoT Case Studies:
Yokogawa’s Collaborative Information Server – An OpreX Control and Safety System solution for integrated management of plant operations from any location (Yokogawa Corporation)
Improve Plant Operations with Enhanced Gateway DTMs for HART I/O Modules – Remote connectivity to field devices, configuration and monitoring features (Rockwell Automation)
PLCnext as the Ideal Platform for IIoT Integration – Limitless automation (Phoenix Contact)
TeSys Island by Schneider Electric – Digital multifunctional load management solution up to 80A (Schneider Electric)
From HART Device to Smart Device – The FieldPort SWA50 by Endress+Hauser can upgrade instruments to wireless communication making them IIoT ready (Endress+Hauser)
Leveraging IT into FDT 3.0 Specification Realizes FDT IIoT Architecture – Accelerating the evolutionary journey into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FDT Group)
FDT Group’s Managing Director, Steve Biegacki explains why the FDT standard is important for the industrial automation future….The FDT Unified Environment (FDT UE) is accelerating the evolutionary journey into Smart Manufacturing with its newly released data-centric, server-based architecture empowering IT/OT data harmonization and web services mobilizing the industrial workforce. The FDT UE Server is a completely platform-independent, single-server, cloud-based solution offering the freedom to use innovation to support new and existing manufacturing infrastructure through a smart, connected ecosystem of integrated machines and devices for the process, hybrid, and discrete industries.