by James Powell | Jun 4, 2024 | General
I am thrilled to announce that JCOM Automation is now the official distributor of Indu-Sol products in Canada. Indu-Sol GmbH is a leading provider of diagnostic equipment for EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, PROFIBUS, CAN, ASi, and EMC. At JCOM Automation Inc., we have been...
by James Powell | May 6, 2024 | General
Introduction: Welcome to the first of four postings in May about Modbus. Yes, it will be marvelous. This one will be about why we still use Modbus. The next three will focus on three key applications of Modbus in industrial automation: Monitoring, Datalogging, and...
by James Powell | May 24, 2023 | General
Modbus is the Grand-daddy of industrial protocols. It has been around since the mid-70s. One would think it had gone the way of the Eight-track tape by now. I have heard, ‘Oh Modbus, it is dead – isn’t it?’ Well, No, it is not. As I have...
by James Powell | Jun 17, 2019 | General
Being a PROFIBUS PROFINET International (PI) Competence Center (PICC) and PI Training Center (PITC) for both PROFIBUS and PROFINET means that we need to stay current on what is happening. To do this, PI has a meeting of PICC and PITC once a year, and this year it was...
