FDT Real-Time Supplement – October 2023 Issue | Unifying Control Systems
October 24, 2023
In This Issue:
FDT/DTM (IEC 62453) focuses on eliminating intelligent device management barriers to enable data harmonization and access enterprise-wide for the process, hybrid, and discrete markets. This issue emphasizes industry’s ‘opportunity for innovation’, allowing manufacturing to thrive by unifying control systems across market domains.
- Editorial: Unifying Control Systems for Industrial Automation Markets – Steve Biegacki
- Tech Focus: Can FDT/DTM Technology Work in Factory Automation and Hybrid Applications?
- FDT News: Andre Uhl announced as new FDT Chairman and & New Certified DTMs
- FDT Product: Harmonizing Cross-Platform Access With Legacy DTMs – M&M Software
- FDT Product: The ‘Full Version’ DTM Collection is Now Free for Everyone – VEGA
- FDT Product: Improve Operations with DTMs to Gain Access to Plant-Floor Data – Rockwell Automation
- FDT Product: Innovative Field Device Management Solution – Schneider Electric
- FDT Product: Yokogawa Adds New Functions to Oprex Field Instruments – Yokogawa
- Service Provider: M&M Software Video
- Service Provider: CodeWrights Video
FDT Real-Time Supplement – June 2023 Issue | Harmonization
May 30, 2023
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Let’s Harmonize Intelligent Device Management
- Tech Focus: Unified Environment for Control System Integration
- FDT Service: Meet M&M Software’s Full Stack Now Supporting FDT UE – M&M Software
- FDT Product: A More Reliable Level Measurement for Industry 4.0 – VEGA
- FDT Product: New FLEXHA 5000 Modern I/O Platform Brings Flexibility and Reliability to Process Systems – Rockwell Automation
- FDT Product: Altivar Soft Starter ATS480 Integrated Digitally for Easy Engineering, Selection and Downtime Reduction – Schneider Electric
- Video: Harmonizing Industrial Device Management – Steve Biegacki
- Video: FDT Enables Asset Management Software – Suriya Selvarja
FDT Real-Time Supplement – February 2023 Issue | Predictive Maintenance
February 22, 2023
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Editorial: Data Harmonization on Course for the FDT Unified Environment
- Tech Focus: Accelerate Your Reliability-Centered Maintenance Strategy
- FDT Case Study: MOL Group Refinery Uses Asset Management Tools to Improve Plant Performance
- FDT Product Case Study: Yokogawa Adds New Functions to Oprex Field Instruments
- Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
- Press Release: PACTware 6.1 Now Supports FDT3 and Expands Device Integration Model
- Interview: Steve Biegacki and Holger Sack talk about universal device management with PACTware 6.1
FDT Real-Time Supplement – November 2022 Issue | Unified Environment for Intelligent Device Management
November 9, 2022
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Renewed Energy and Product Use Cases Drive Industry Excitement for FDT UE
- Tech Focus: Modern Intelligent Device Management with IT/OT Data-driven Operations
- Case Study: Bioethanol Producer Employs Advanced Automation Technology to Optimize Integration, Operation and Lifecycle Management of Critical Assets
- FDT DTM Solutions
- Altivar Soft Starter ATS480 DTM Integrates Digitally for Easy Engineering, Selection and Downtime Reduction – Schneider Electric
- Remote Instrument Verification: Check the Pulse of Your Assets Everywhere – Endress+Hauser
- Oprex Vortex Flowmeter VY Series and DTM Improves Reliability with Self-Diagnostics – Yokogawa
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Real-Time Supplement – September 2022 Issue | Solving the IT/OT Divide
September 12, 2022
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Standardized IT/OT Data Interoperability – Ask for FDT UE
Enable a direct connection to the IT world with OPC UA integration/information modeling and a complete solution making data sharing seamless
- Tech Focus: Use Case: It’s Not Enough to be Smart: Simplifying Device Lifecycle Management
What do users need? Simplification based on Standards
- FDT Embedded Solutions
- New DTM User Interface – It’s More Than Just a Facelift – Endress+Hauser
- Improve Operations with DTMs to Gain Access to Plant-Floor Data – Rockwell Automation
- TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller
- Utthunga’s Simplified FDT DTM Certification Process – Utthunga Technologies
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Real-Time Supplement – May 2022 Issue | Distributed Control for Modern Asset Management
May 12, 2022
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Unified Environment Delivers IT/OT Data Harmonization and Mobility
First-in-Show FDT UE Demo Happening at Hannover Messe 2022
- Tech Focus: FDT UE Migration Empowers Data-Centric Business Models
New standard helps forward-thinking end users, system and device suppliers make actionable data accessible across the enterprise
- PodCast: FDT UE for the Industry 4.0 Era
- Case Studies
- New DTM User Interface – It’s More Than Just a Facelift – Endress+Hauser
- Efficient Device Setup with Network Scanning and Remote Access to Device Intelligence – Rockwell Automation
- TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller
- Oprex Vortex Flowmeter VY Series and DTM Improves Reliability with Self-Diagnostics
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Real-Time Supplement – February 2022 Issue | Unified Environment Enabling Multi-Purpose Digital Twins
February 14, 2022
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Unifying Automation for Industry Success
Advancing open-based open systems with service-oriented solutions - Tech Focus: Digital Twins Improve Plant Design and Operational Performance
- White Paper: FDT Unified Environment for Industrial Device Management and IT/OT Data Transport
- Case Studies
- Digitalizing Asset Health Maintenance Process to Improve Overall Plant Performance – Utthunga Technologies
- “Quick Monitoring by DTM” for Machine Condition Monitoring Applications – Yokogawa Corporation
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Real-Time Supplement – November 2021 Issue | Data Collaborative Innovation Reviving Manufacturing
November 9, 2021
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Transformation – Revive Manufacturing as Critical Infrastructure for the World
FDT IIoT ecosystem is designed to harmonize and provide data collaboration innovation - Case Studies
- From HART Device to Smart Device – Endress+Hauser
- TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller – Schneider Electric
- Normalizing and Standardizing the Field Instrument Data to Unlock the Potential of Industry 4.0 – Utthunga Technologies
- PLCnext as the Ideal Platform for IIoT Integration – Phoenix Contact
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Supplement – September 2021 Issue | Real-Time Mobility Apps Empowering Innovation
September 7, 2021
In This Issue:
- Editorial: FDT 3.0 Testing and Certification Opens for Next Generation DTMs
Certified DTMs establish interoperability criteria for IIoT and I4.0 applications - FDT Tech Focus: FDT 3.0 Platform for Innovation Helps Developers Deliver Apps for Diverse Automation Use Cases
New mobility Apps will benefit both device suppliers and end users by transforming industrial optimization and maintenance strategies - Case Studies
- From HART Device to Smart Device – Endress+Hauser
- TeSys island – Full Tool Integration into EcoStruxure Control Expert Supporting M580 Controller – Schneider Electric
- “Quick Monitoring by DTM” for Machine Condition Monitoring Applications – Yokogawa Electric
- Improve Operations with Access to Plant-floor Data Using DTM Enhanced HART I/O Modules – Rockwell Automation
- Your One-Stop-Shop for FDT – M&M Software
- FDT Video: Transformation by FDT 3.0
FDT Real-Time Data Supplement – May 2021 Issue – Empower Endless Integration Capabilities
May 10, 2021
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Modern, Open Automation Platform Reaches Final Milestones – FDT 3.0 certification updates, IO-Link Interpreter DTM, and OPC UA Information Model to be released
- Tech Focus: Changes to Device DTM Certification with FDT 3.0 – Modern developer tools, comprehensive testing and new online DTM repository streamlines certification process for manufacturers and improves DTM access for end users
- FDT IIoT Case Studies:
- Yokogawa’s Collaborative Information Server – An OpreX Control and Safety System solution for integrated management of plant operations from any location (Yokogawa Corporation)
- Improve Plant Operations with Enhanced Gateway DTMs for HART I/O Modules – Remote connectivity to field devices, configuration and monitoring features (Rockwell Automation)
- PLCnext as the Ideal Platform for IIoT Integration – Limitless automation (Phoenix Contact)
- TeSys Island by Schneider Electric – Digital multifunctional load management solution up to 80A (Schneider Electric)
- From HART Device to Smart Device – The FieldPort SWA50 by Endress+Hauser can upgrade instruments to wireless communication making them IIoT ready (Endress+Hauser)
- Leveraging IT into FDT 3.0 Specification Realizes FDT IIoT Architecture – Accelerating the evolutionary journey into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FDT Group)
- FDT 3.0 Mobility – White Paper
- FDT 3.0 Podcast with Control Amplified