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You're right, of course. However, the IIoT / Industrie 4.0 is about taking it all to new levels of interoperability and integration. See: http://www.mmsonline.

You're right, of course. However, the IIoT / Industrie 4.0 is about taking it all to new levels of interoperability and integration. See: http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/7-things-to-know-about-the-internet-of-things-and-industry-40 http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/7-things-to-know-about-the...

Animats 11y ago
That says: “actively drive the reshaping of industry, as it combines aspects of the physical, virtual, IT and cybersystem worlds to help create a new working environment of integrated productivity between worker and machine. It represents a highly dynamic point of achievement, where every company, whether large OEM, major tier supplier or small job shop, can benefit from the technologies and the communication platforms emerging in the market today, some at the speed of light.” Is there a non-bullshit version?
- michaelsbradley 11y ago
  There's some good stuff in there as well – I leave it to you to sift. In all fairness, the quote you gave isn't by the post's author, but rather consists of the words of a VP at Siemens (as quoted by the post's author). See also the links in my parent comment.
- michaelsbradley 11y ago
  You can read more about the reference architecture model for Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0), published by ZVEI: http://www.zvei.org/Downloads/Automation/5305%20Publikation%20GMA%20Status%20Report%20ZVEI%20Reference%20Architecture%20Model.pdf http://www.zvei.org/Downloads/Automation/5305%20Publikation%... Interestingly, they've settled on OPC UA as the standard for the communications layer. The reference architecture (IIRA) for the American-led effort can be downloaded from the Industrial Internet Consortium: http://www.iiconsortium.org/IIRA.htm http://www.iiconsortium.org/IIRA.htm Last year, the OPC Foundation seemed to be "lobbying" for OPC UA to play a similarly key role in IIRA as it now has in RAMI 4.0, but that did not come to pass. I expect that IEEE P2413 will use IIRA as a starting point. Perhaps OPC UA will be "blessed" as one of several options for the communications layer, but we'll have to wait and see. See: https://standards.ieee.org/news/2015/iic_liaison.html https://standards.ieee.org/news/2015/iic_liaison.html

Animats 11y ago

That says: “actively drive the reshaping of industry, as it combines aspects of the physical, virtual, IT and cybersystem worlds to help create a new working environment of integrated productivity between worker and machine. It represents a highly dynamic point of achievement, where every company, whether large OEM, major tier supplier or small job shop, can benefit from the technologies and the communication platforms emerging in the market today, some at the speed of light.” Is there a non-bullshit version?

michaelsbradley 11y ago
There's some good stuff in there as well – I leave it to you to sift. In all fairness, the quote you gave isn't by the post's author, but rather consists of the words of a VP at Siemens (as quoted by the post's author). See also the links in my parent comment.
michaelsbradley 11y ago
You can read more about the reference architecture model for Industrie 4.0 (RAMI 4.0), published by ZVEI: http://www.zvei.org/Downloads/Automation/5305%20Publikation%20GMA%20Status%20Report%20ZVEI%20Reference%20Architecture%20Model.pdf http://www.zvei.org/Downloads/Automation/5305%20Publikation%... Interestingly, they've settled on OPC UA as the standard for the communications layer. The reference architecture (IIRA) for the American-led effort can be downloaded from the Industrial Internet Consortium: http://www.iiconsortium.org/IIRA.htm http://www.iiconsortium.org/IIRA.htm Last year, the OPC Foundation seemed to be "lobbying" for OPC UA to play a similarly key role in IIRA as it now has in RAMI 4.0, but that did not come to pass. I expect that IEEE P2413 will use IIRA as a starting point. Perhaps OPC UA will be "blessed" as one of several options for the communications layer, but we'll have to wait and see. See: https://standards.ieee.org/news/2015/iic_liaison.html https://standards.ieee.org/news/2015/iic_liaison.html