Title :
Why IEEE 1394 (“FireWire”) might not be a perfect choice for factory automation today - a case study from the printing industry
Author :
Rehkopf, Andreas ; Weber, Johannes ; Groeger, Hans-Detlef
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Automatisierungstechnik, Tech. Univ. Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg
Abstract :
Only a couple of years ago IEEE 1394 and derivatives were seen as a promising alternative to already well established standards in industrial communications or even military avionics. Right now it has become pretty quiet around IEEE 1394. This contribution presents why the digital printing industry chose IEEE 1394 and how it tried to adopt it. It then describes the problems the industry stumbled upon and it why these problems are also relevant to other industrial applications. To some extend this showcase adoption process and its problems even seem to be similar to some of todaypsilas realtime Ethernet issues.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; factory automation; local area networks; peripheral interfaces; printing industry; IEEE 1394; factory automation; industrial communications; military avionics; printing industry; realtime Ethernet issues; Communication industry; Communication standards; Defense industry; Digital printing; Firewire; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Military standards; Printers; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2008. ETFA 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1505-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1506-9
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2008.4638436
