Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brown-field Sensors Testbed
including the demand of “the customers of
the customers.” For instance, TE primarily
provides its components to the original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the
automation domain
(e.g., Siemens,
Rockwell) and is very well connected with
them (also through engagements in user
groups such as PROFIBUS & PROFINET
International and ODVA). Working within
the greater IIC ecosystem fosters
understanding of the demands of the value
chain beyond those well established
relationships, e.g., machine builders.
provides an appropriate structure to explain
the
properties
and
interoperability
requirements of the communication
protocols used in the Testbed. For instance,
OPC UA’s high-level allocation in the stack
indicates that it operates with lower-level
transport and networking protocols (e.g.,
TCP/IP), clarifying that OPC UA provides for
semantic interoperability.
The Testbed results have been shared with
the IIC Standards Task Group (a group within
the IIC Liaison Working Group) who had
previously expressed interest. The Testbed
team is working with the Standards Task
Group to discuss how to proceed regarding a
common scheme tying testbeds and
investigatory standards together. The
Testbed is also one of the testbeds
contributing to the IIC Networking Task
Group (a group within the IIC Technology
Working Group) in their development of an
Industrial Internet Networking Framework
by adding specific details on network
requirements and implementations of the
Testbed’s usage scenarios. The Testbe