Wireless Standards- here's a reality check
Here's a reality check for everybody who thinks that the choice is between WirelessHART and ISA100 and Zigbee. This is a press release from Bob Eckery at EnOcean: EnOcean's Emergence as Wireless...
View Article"Those Whom the Gods Hate, They First Make Mad": ISA kills the standards benefit
I innocently wrote a reply to one of the Ask the Expert questions this morning. I said, "One of the last remaining tangible benefits of ISA membership is the ability to view and download standards,...
View ArticleGreen Buildings and Automation
ASHRAE recently published a new standard 189.1 for the “Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-rise Residential Buildings” that can be viewed in the java based RealRead Viewer at...
View ArticleSpecification Development – What are we trying to solve
Practically every project requires the development or at least updating of specifications as part of the process and normally an early part of that process. What are specifications other than a method...
View ArticleSpecification Development – part 2, Requirements
Having agreed on the problem or problems to be resolved with the specification, the committee now has to define what will solve the problem. For example, to use a common nursery rhyme, the Use Case is...
View ArticleSpecification Development – part 3, Specification
FINALLY, we are able to execute the preparation of the specification proper. However prior to do so we need to be clear on whether we wish to prepare a “Descriptive/Function” or a “Prescriptive”...
View ArticleConvergence is the question, not the answer #pauto #isa #WirelessHART
Convergence—or not, that’s the question...Much has been made of the “end-user revolt” early this year at the ISA100 meeting held jointly with the ARC Forum in Orlando. The group of large end-users (in...
View ArticleIEC62591-WirelessHART standard approved by CENELEC without changes #pauto...
From the press release from HART Communication Foundation:read more
View ArticleAutomation Standards Listings
How often does each of us wonder “is there a standard for that?” I know practically every project that I work on is driven by standards – either project specific and most often related to another...
View ArticleIEC TC65 2011 Meeting
I am now back from the IEC meeting for a bit more than a week so thought an update worth sharing.read more
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