Walt Boyes' Blog

According to MCAA, the Measurement Control and Automation Association, the FCC has amended its rules about radar level devices, called Level Probing Radars. Cynthia A. Esher, president of MCAA, said, "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules geared specifically to level probing radars (LPRs) which are made by a number of MCAA members. These devices are now … [Read more...] about FCC Amends Rules on Radar Level Transmitters #MCAA #pauto #fielddevices #manufacturing

Thu, 17:20: Industrial Automation Insider sponsors ARC Forum #pauto #automation http://t.co/lybZYSPR9k Thu, 17:56: Joe Weiss: Why has Aurora become so political and why is the electric industry fighting it? #pauto http://t.co/0CAkYCP126 Fri, 09:26: Schneider Acquisition of Invensys Is Final #pauto #automation http://t.co/EWVK3u8Daf #pauto Fri, 11:44: HART Protocol … [Read more...] about My tweets

After twenty years of assumed invulnerability, a security researcher has presented two papers on vulnerabilities in the venerable HART Communication Protocol. First, in a presentation entitled "HART (in)security: how one transmitter can compromise whole plant," presented in November of 2013, and now at S4x14 in one titled "HART as an Attack Vector: from current loop to … [Read more...] about HART Protocol Compromised? #pauto #HART #automation #manufacturing #S4x14 @dar_k3y

Schneider becomes a major power in automation with the acquisition of Invensys, including Foxboro, Wonderware, Avantis, SimSci, Eurotherm and other companies. This adds to Modicon, Andover Controls,Telvent and Citect. It will be interesting to see where Paul Studebaker and ARC put Schneider after the acquisition in the Control Magazine Top 50 next December. Additively, it moves … [Read more...] about Schneider Acquisition of Invensys Is Final #pauto #automation

From Joe Weiss' blog: Aurora was first publicly demonstrated at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in March 2007. Subsequent to the test, DHS held an invitation-only meeting with the utilities at the March PCSF meeting followed by NERC publishing the first NERC Aurora Advisory. Aurora has a number of unique aspects: The Aurora phenomena is a PHYSICAL gap in protection of the … [Read more...] about Joe Weiss: Why has Aurora become so political and why is the electric industry fighting it? #pauto