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    Endress+Hauser, Softing and VEGA share varying perspectives on IIoT and how to gain the most benefits from it
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    The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is using whatever network gets its data where it needs to go on time
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    Dwaine Plauche of Emerson’s AspenTech business shows how aggregating data sources gets users the answers they need
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    Automation Solutions Ecuador developed a hybrid SCADA architecture for boxed generators
    Find understanding and common language. Bridge gaps, build connections, and foster understanding. Need for clarity, patience, and a shared commitment to dismantling barriers.
    Paul Sereiko of the FieldComm Group shows how the PA-DIM provides a protocol-agnostic way to present device information
    Source: Costa Farms and Opto 22
    Figure 1: Experimenting with lighting and temperature at an indoor test garden, Costa Farms grows 1,500 varieties of houseplants on a total of 5,200 acres at production facilities in the southeastern U.S.
    Grower implements standardized PLC and SCADA without specialized expertise, and transfers data without user intervention
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    Endress+Hauser demonstrates how gateways and software-aided survey can streamline wireless deployments
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    Phoenix Contact compares advances in Wi-Fi 6 and 7 and 5G and private 5G LTE.
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    Suppliers launch switches and other solutions to bring Ethernet’s physical layer safely into hazardous areas.
    Source: Profibus Nutzerorganisation and Jim Montague
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    Profibus Nutzerorganisation exhibits 14 different Ethernet-APL products at Hannover Fair 2025
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    How Ethernet-APL technology improves plant safety and efficiency with 10 Mbps communication speed and simplified parameterization, while ensuring compliance with cybersecurity...
    Source: ODVA and Jim Montague
    Figure 1: ODVA’s exhibit at Hannover Fair 2025 included a demonstration of five present or prototype Ethernet-APL devices, including Vegapuls 80 GHz radar level transmitter from VEGA, and StoneL Axiom position indicator from Valmet. They were joined or accompanied by two APL field switches from Phoenix Contact and Pepperl+Fuchs, and two PACs from Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric.
    ODVA and Rockwell Automation demonstrate how Ethernet-APL’s common interfaces let switches, controllers work with transmitters and indicators.