Just received two press releases from ODVA two weeks after the press conferences. That'll teach me to go to Hannover Messe in Germany so I can get them real-time. In the first announcement, which I heard about last week in conversation from a competitor, ODVA (the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association) has assumed control of all the CIP (common industrial protocol) networks--including EtherNet/IP and Controlnet. Although there was an organization known as Controlnet International that owned the Controlnet protocol and shared the ownership of EtherNet/IP, I don't think I ever heard any news from it or met anyone who admitted to membership. So now, ODVA will own and shepherd all the networks and protocols.
Further, ODVA has announced its 13th annual meeting to be held in Orlando on February 26, 2009. The 12th annual meeting was held in Denver in September, 2007. Although the press release states there will be "multiple days of presentations and training," the only confirmed time right now is 8 to 12 am on Feb. 26.
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