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The official email newsletter of the PTO in North America Issue 19 March 2008

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SUMMARY OF MARCH ISSUE
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DEBUNKING THE MYTHS: Barely into March and we are already thinking of presenting the 2008 Golden Polly Award to Rich Timoney of the Fieldbus FOUNDATION no less, for a myth-ridden comparison document. More here.
ONE DAY TRAINING EVENTS: The PTO and PROFI Interface Center are holding one-day training classes throughout North America for the sixth consecutive year. Check if there's a venue near you.
 
PROFINET DEVELOPER WORKSHOPS: In conjunction with the PROFINET training mentioned above, PTO is sponsoring a series of PROFINET Developer Workshops at no charge. If you're thinking about building PROFINET products, read more here.
 

NEW USA TRAINING CENTER: RC Systems, in Johnson City, Tennessee, has been accredited as a PI Training Center for PROFIBUS DP and PA. RC Systems is owned by Ron Mitchell (right), whom many readers may know. More here.
NEW CHILEAN TRAINING CENTER: RP Ingenieria, located in Concepción City in the south of Chile, has become an accredited PI Training Center. RP was founded in 2002 by Rodrigo Pinto Cárdenas. Read more here.
 

PROFIdrive STANDARDIZED: The PROFIdrive profile for PROFIBUS and PROFINET is now an international standard.The PROFIdrive profile can be used on both PROFIBUS and PROFINET, with many common features to make engineering and operations easier. More here.
EDD CERTIFICATION STARTS: In January 2008, PI accredited itm in Munich, Germany, as the first EDD test laboratory. At the same time the first EDD Certificate was issued. More here.
 
INTERNATIONAL MEETING INTRODUCES FREITAG: Twelve Regional PI Associations (RPAs) were represented at special RPA Chairmen Meeting held on January 17, 2008, in Karlsruhe, during which Acting Chairman Mike Bryant introduced the new Deputy Chairman Jörg Freitag (right). More here.
NEWS FROM THE BLOG: PROFIBLOG continues to attract attention. Latest topics include a serious look at more of the myths mentioned in the Timoney document mentioned above. More here.
 
RSS ... a.k.a. NEWS FEEDS a.k.a. WEB FEEDS: Are you using web feeds yet? No, then take a look at our primer here to find out what they are, how they work and how you can benefit from them. Carl Henning provides a list of Industrial Blogs for you to access.
 
WORLD NEWS: from South East Asia, China, UK, Poland and Brazil. Read all about it here.
 

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