Siemens, Emerson add standards

Emerson Process Management and Siemens Automation & Drives will expand system interfaces to enable greater support of global fieldbus standards. They plan to exchange technology and engineering support that will extend their systems and software to offer greater interoperability and functionality.

First products are expected to be available mid-2007. Technologies include Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), FOUNDATION fieldbus, Profibus DP, Profinet, and OPC-UA (OLE for process control unified architecture) standard. www.siemens.com , www.emersonprocess.com

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