Harnessing Advanced Automation Technology for Digital Transformation Today

Опубликовано: 06 Май 2026
на канале: FieldComm Group
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As process automation facilities increase their adoption of full digital automation solutions, minimizing transition costs including workforce training, instrumentation additions and automation software upgrades is crucial to positive project ROI.

This free four-hour workshop provides an opportunity for users and suppliers to engage with subject matter experts to better understand the available technology options and how they might be successfully deployed in a facility. Topics include presentations and product demonstrations focusing on the evolving technology landscape in process automation including Ethernet-APL, FDI, HART-IP and PA-DIM.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Start
0:42 - Thank you to our demo sponsors
1:58 - Workshop agenda
9:25 - Three technologies re-architecting automation (Peter Zornio, Emerson)
38:30 - FCG technologies shaping the digital transformation today (Ted Masters, FCG and Andy Cutchin, Emerson)
52:26 - Highlight of the workshop live demo system (secure access to remote measurements)
56:07 - HART-IP and Infrastructure
57:26 - Demo: secure access to remote measurements using HART-IP and HART devices (Kurt Polzer, FCG)
1:11:54 - How Phoenix Contact uses HART-IP to provide value to their customers (Arnold Offner, Phoenix Contact)
1:43:00 - Ethernet-APL overview
1:49:23 - Transitioning to HART-IP roadmap
1:52:09 - HART-IP and instrumentation
1:58:58 - Emerson's solution to Ethernet-APL integration into DSC (Peter Zornio, Emerson)
2:01:11 - Ethernet-APL - use case: integration with existing technology
2:04:45 - Q&A session
2:13:34 - PA-DIM overview
2:14:48 - PA-DIM: detailed discussion (Frank Fengler, ABB)
2:27:15 - DEMO - implementation of PA-DIM in a product (Andreas Isenmann, VEGA Grieshaber)
2:36:25 - DEMO - secure access to remote measurements (Dr. Michael Gunzert, CodeWrights)
2:55:45 - Closing words from Ted Masters, CEO of FieldComm Group
3:04:29 - Q&A session