Walt Boyes' Blog

The digital facsimile editions of Control and our sister magazine, ControlDesign are now available. … [Read more...] about Get Yer HOT HOT Digital ISSUE Right Heeeeere!

According to Emerson's Jerry Moon, the big E has taken the plunge: EMERSON COMBINES REMOTE AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES OF BRISTOL®, FISHER®, DANIEL AND MOBREY WATERTOWN, CONN. (March 19, 2006) - Emerson today announced that it has created a new division to better serve the remote measurement and control needs of the oil, gas, water, and wastewater treatment industries. … [Read more...] about from the department of "SCADA here we come!"

A few days ago I posted about the recent ARC white paper on Rockwell and I want to give the author, Larry O'Brien, who also works with me on the Control/ARC Automation Top 50 project, a chance for equal time. Larry makes a good point, and we should seriously consider it. "I feel compelled to respond to some of the comments going around about this Rockwell Automation white paper … [Read more...] about from the department of "uniqueness is as uniqueness does…"

This morning, Arch Rock introduced a serious contender for the SP100 physical standard: an 802.15.4 radio with Internet Protocol (IP) native to the device. This means that ethernet, Industrial Ethernet, Modbus TCP, CANbus, Foundation fieldbus HSE, and a whole lot of other existing protocols can use this radio natively. Control columnist and SP100 member, Dick Caro, said, "When … [Read more...] about from the department of "the fox is in the henhouse…"

I don't usually post local section meeting notices, but this one's going to be very interesting, as I think you'll see. ISA, Will-DuPage Section April Meeting Notice When: Monday, April 9, 2007 Where: Carriage Greens, 8700 Carriage Green Dr, Darien, IL Time: Social 5:00 PM; Dinner 6:00 PM; Forum 7:00 PM The Shootout at the Wireless Corral The Work on the industrial wireless … [Read more...] about the shootout at the wireless corral…