The ODVA follows suit
The ODVA is now setting up an internal 'special interest group' to develop a new network stack. This stack is intended to harmonize a native OPC UA information model and security features with CIP profiles and services.
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The ODVA is now setting up an internal 'special interest group' to develop a new network stack. This stack is intended to harmonize a native OPC UA information model and security features with CIP profiles and services.

The ODVA announced on 16 August that it is developing a new network stack that harmonizes a native OPC UA information model with the CIP profiles. What is the context of this announcement? What does this have to do with the shapers and the OPC Foundation?

TSN is a real-time extension of standard Ethernet. The upcoming effects on all sectors - from industry to the automotive and consumer world - will be the focus of the TSN/A Conference on September 26 and 27, 2018 in Stuttgart.

In the factory of the future, machines will have to speak the same language - this requires standardized communication interfaces. The VDMA's OPC UA image processing and robotics working groups have now published their first specifications.
Rockwell Automation has joined the "Shapers". What impact could this decision have on Siemens and, above all, on the OPC Foundation? Rainer Brehm and Thomas Hahn explain their points of view.
Rockwell Automation has joined the "Shapers". What impact could this decision have on Siemens and especially on the OPC Foundation? A commentary.

Is OPC UA plus TSN the exclusive industrial communication solution of the future? The so-called "Shaper Group" is now emphasizing this conviction with a white paper. Computer & AUTOMATION offers it for download.
The CLPA wants to simplify the implementation of Industry 4.0 applications. To this end, the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) and the OPC Foundation have announced an OPC UA Companion Specification for the CLPA's new 'CSP+ for Machine' technology.

The AVNU Alliance and the EEC announced a cooperation at the end of November in Beijing. Their aim is to promote interoperability in industrial control technology.

At SPS IPC Drives 2017, a total of 17 automation and IT companies confirmed their intention to establish the OPC UA plus TSN communication solution on the market as quickly as possible.