In 1996, Schneider Electric (www.schneiderelectric.com), which acquired Modicon, began promoting Ethernet as the best solution for industrial networking, calling the concept “Transparent Factory.” The ...

Inductive Automation announces the addition of Modbus TCP/IP to Ignition OPC-UA, the world's first cross-platform, completely free OPC-UA server. The Modbus protocol is used in millions of devices ...