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    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
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    Suppliers launch switches and other solutions to bring Ethernet’s physical layer safely into hazardous areas
    Electrician connects a high-power cable to an industrial socket panel, performing setup tasks related to electrical installation and temporary power distribution systems.
    Phoenix Contact explains how Ethernet-APL’s operating profiles provide electricity safely
    Source: Pepperl+Fuchs and Jim Montague
    Figure 1: In a recent demonstration at Hannover Fair 2025 in Germany, Pepperl+Fuchs showed how its FieldConnex Ethernet-APL Ex ia intrinsically safe (IS) rail field switch with eight, 16 or 24 APL ports and its web-based interface work with Endress+Hauser’s Cerabar PMC 71B transmitter and Samson’s Trovis 3797 valve positioner, which both have the interface built in to communicate via Ethernet-APL with the communication protocol of any switch or controller that supports it.
    Pepperl+Fuchs shows how Ethernet-APL field switches can work with transmitters, positioners and other components
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