Modbus Conformance Test Laboratory Opens in China


ITEI Lab Tests Modbus TCP/IP and Modbus Serial Line Devices

North Grafton, Mass. (October 18, 2005): Modbus-IDA and the Instrumentation
Technology & Economy Institute (ITEI) announce the opening of ITEI's Modbus
Conformance Test Laboratory in Beijing. As part of its expanding Conformance
Test Program, Modbus-IDA is contracting with organizations in locations
around the world to offer conformance testing and certification of Modbus
devices.

Planning for the ITEI lab started in January 2005. With the help of
Schneider Electric engineers, the lab is open today and available to test
and certify devices as conforming to Modbus TCP/IP specification or Modbus
over Serial Line. Conformance and interoperability tests are performed with
equipment donated by Schneider Electric.

Tested devices will be listed on the Modbus-IDA website
(www.modbus-ida.org), which features a growing database of Modbus devices
for users to search and identify the right Modbus devices for their
applications.

According to Ken Crater, president of Modbus-IDA, "The launch of this new
laboratory is a marker of the ubiquity of Modbus around the world and its
importance in the growing Chinese manufacturing market. Modbus-IDA is
delighted to be working with the ITEI to make conformance testing easily
available for device suppliers in Asia."

Mr. Ouyang Jinsong, Director of Standardization, ITEI, and General Secretary
of the National Standardization Technical Committee on Industrial Process
Measurement and Control will introduce the laboratory and its capabilities
this week during a four-city tour of China sponsored by ITEI and Modbus-IDA.

About Modbus-IDA: Modbus-IDA is headquartered in North Grafton,
Massachusetts, USA. The organization is a group of independent users and
suppliers of automation devices that seeks to drive the adoption of the
Modbus communication protocol suite and the evolution to address
architectures for distributed automation systems across multiple market
segments. Additional information about Modbus-IDA may be found on the
organization's website at www.modbus-ida.org.

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