Dr. Gene Yon, president of Adaptive Instruments at Accutech, has a long history of leadership roles in process automation companies. He worked in combustion engineering at what is now ABB, and later with Invensys PLC.
In this podcast for the Process Automation Radio Network, Yon provides his perspective on industrial wireless to CONTROL Editor in Chief Walt Boyes. Is wireless really gonna be the revolutionary paradigm breaking, chasm crossing technology everybody says it's gonna be? Well, according to Yon, it depends on how fully committed the standards development people are to understanding the technologies involved and the users needs.
Click the Download Buttons below to hear why Yon views industrial wireless not as a displacement technology for the existing process control world, but an enhancement.
This podcast is in three parts:
PART I
PART II
PART III
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Users want an industrial wireless standard
09/11/2005
Process Automation: Editor in Chief Walt Boyes takes a look at how existing standards for wireless products in industrial process plant...
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Wireless security on the plant floor
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Honeywell unveils secure industrial wireless roadmap
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Yon on wireless
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In this podcast for the Process Automation Radio Network, Dr. Gene Yon, president of Adaptive Instruments at Accutech, provides his...
Wireless security on the plant floor
02/28/2006
This paper takes a comprehensive look at wireless security for both corporate and industrial automation networks, placing an emphasis...
Omnex Control Systems enters into joint development partnership for secure industrial wireless
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Omnex Control Systems enters into joint development partnership for secure industrial wireless
MCAA has customer wireless needs for breakfast
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Wireless sensor networks market expected to skyrocket
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