ODVA to form special interest group for rail transport.
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ODVA announced that it will form special interest group (SIG) to evolve ODVA technologies for rail transport, including on-board train controls, monitoring, signaling, and demand-response. Expected to encompass EtherNet/IP compliant products, resulting standards will guide development of automated, interoperable information and communication technologies in rail transport. SIG is expected to hold its initial meeting in Q1 2011, with ODVA members attending from Europe, Asia, and Americas.
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Odva Announces Formation of Vertical Market Special Interest Group for Rail Transport
Increased global adoption of EtherNet/IP is expected
Ann Arbor, Mich. - ODVA announced today that it will form a new special interest group to evolve ODVA technologies for rail transport. Aimed at enhancing ODVA's specifications with services and device profiles to meet the needs of rail transport, the resulting standards are expected to provide a comprehensive solution for rail transport, encompassing on-board train controls, monitoring, signaling and demand-response. The formation of this special interest group (SIG) reflects increased interest in ODVA technologies by OEMs in the rail transport industry.
The strong business outlook for rail transport is driving increased investment by OEMs in information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the ODVA technology portfolio. ICT will be critical to the realization of improvements in safety and service in combination with market demands for increased rail capacity and higher performance equipment. The intimate connection of rail transport with key sectors of the economic ecosystem - industrial, retail, commercial, residential and government - mandates that future ICT implementations in rail transport adapt automation technologies that are open, interoperable and, whenever possible, embrace the use of commercial-off-the-shelf and standard, unmodified Internet and Ethernet technologies. All of these attributes are exemplified by ODVA and its cornerstone technologies, the Common Industrial Protocol and EtherNet/IP.
Pascal Cléré, vice president, Alstom Transport Information Solutions, and ODVA member, stated, "Broad-based deployment of Ethernet technologies is a key element of the product plans for Alstom's Carborne range of systems, devices and services for the railway sector. Alstom is leading the market in the application of Ethernet for rail transport and was first to market in 2008 with an ATC control/command application in Beijing. Now Alstom seeks to lead in the application of open Ethernet standards to this sector and believes that ODVA - with its core values of vendor-neutrality, open participation and open technologies - and EtherNet/IP - as the world's leading industrial Ethernet network - together provide the ideal platform for building consensus within the railway transport industry around its next generation of global network standards based on Ethernet."
"This is a new market sector for ODVA technologies, which ODVA is entering due to the interest of members," added Katherine Voss, executive director of ODVA. "As one of ODVA's vertical market SIGs, the Rail Transport SIG will provide a unique opportunity for leaders in the rail industry and information technology to collaborate for best-in-class, open and interoperable communication standards for the next generation in railway transport."
The SIG is expected to hold its initial invitational meeting in the first quarter of 2011. Participation in the SIG is expected to include ODVA members from multiple regions in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Initial implementations of specification enhancements are expected to be in EtherNet/IP compliant products. Interested parties seeking more information about ODVA, ODVA technologies or the Rail Transport SIG, should visit ODVA's website at www.odva.org.
About ODVA
Founded in 1995, ODVA is a global association whose members are comprised of the world's leading automation companies. ODVA's mission is to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies in industrial automation. ODVA recognizes its media independent network protocol, the Common Industrial Protocol or "CIP" - and the network adaptations of CIP - EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet - as its core technology and the primary common interest of its membership. ODVA's vision is to contribute to the sustainability and prosperity of the global community by transforming the model for information and communication technology in the industrial ecosystem. For future interoperability of production systems and the integration of the production systems with other systems, ODVA embraces the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and standard, unmodified Internet and Ethernet technologies as a guiding principle wherever possible. This principal is exemplified by EtherNet/IP- the world's number one industrial Ethernet network.
For more information, contact:
Adrienne Meyer
ODVA
4220 Varsity Drive, Suite A, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-5006 USA
734.975.8840
ameyer@odva.org
CIP, CIP Motion, CIP Safety, CIP Sync, CompoNet, ControlNet, DeviceNet, and EtherNet/IP are trademarks of ODVA. Other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
